MULATO ASTATKE - "Ethio Jazz" LPMulato Astatke Ethio Jazz LP (Heavenly Sweetness, 2023 repress) "An incredibly groovy Ethiopian record, originally from 1969 1972. Amazing orchestral 'Ethio groove' filled with US soul, jazz, sometimes Latin and the deepest Eastern rhythms, even including some great nasty and dirty fuzz guitars. A true gem of Ethiopian modern instrumental music, which illustrates perfectly this symbiosis of strong rhythms and quality arrangements of subtle yet deep

cartoon trance

more subtle phraseology than many of his peers

amidst ubiquitous national protest over the Vietnam War and racial injustice

Its bleak guitars

His recordings and performances often feel like spliced excerpts

" - Steve Eng

coexisting as Direen created band names based on the phonics of "Bill Direen

Perry Farrell’s first band Psi Com

While all three members play together in GG King

as this is the sound of guitar pop under a global quarantine: hopeless and defeated

and The Mekons' Jon Langford

in order to protect the other cosmonauts