It’s heartwarming that London continues to give love and respect to the Classic and timeless artists that roll through. This past Wednesday was no exception when Ethiopian legend Mulatu Astatke, performing together with The Heliocentrics, was ecstatically celebrated by a capacity crowd at Koko. The diverse mix of musos, new converts and London based Ethiopian allowed for a whole lot of shaking and quivering goin’ on as Mulatu effortlessly strutted his Ethiopiques magic together with the dynamic Heliocentrics crew.

It’s only one week to go for the Mulata with The Heliocentrics show at Koko in London and we highly recommend that you do not miss it ! You can also enter here to WIN a pair of tickets to the show (if in London) or a signed copy of the album ‘Inspiration Information 3′ just released on Strut, by simply answering which movie has Mulatu’s music been featured in.

We love a Classic at KSPACE.TV and there is no doubt that the Ethiopian artist Mulatu Astatke is exactly that ! His collaboration with The Heliocentrics live at Cargo last year is already legend and out of that has come the equally as fantastic just released ‘Inspiration Information 3′ album on Strut Records (listen in [...]

‘Inspiration Information’ a great name to describe the excellent collaboration projects that the recently revived Strut Records are releasing (#1 Amp Fiddler/Sly & Robbie, #2 Horace Andy/Ashlee Beedle) with #3 being another true gem ! Ethiopia’s maestro Mulatu Astatke together with The Heliocentrics (Stones Throw) is a wonder of classic & the new and in [...]