by Mulatu Astatke and the HeliocentricsThis album features the legendary Ethiopian bandleader Mulatu Astatke, alongside the Heliocentrics, laying down what the sticker on the front of the album calls an "Ethio-jazz hybrid".
Whatever labels you might want to give these fourteen tracks, they are very cool. The African vibe is felt most clearly in the opening piece, "Masenqo", but throughout the album, you can feel the influence of a foreign culture and sensibility.
This is a lively, lovely album, which I feel will get a lot of play from me over the course of the summer. Highly recommended.
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