***This album, Ethio Jazz, by MULATU ASTATKE is a jewel of the modern Ethiopian music and a mythical album. An album incredibly groovy recorded between 1969 in 1972. A record of Ethio groove in which we find some US soul, the jazz, the Latin accents and especially the oriental rhythms. A real jewel of the Ethiopian modern instrumental music, which illustrates perfectly the symbiosis of the strong rhythms and the quality arrangements with the Ethiopian subtle and deep melodies. A best for all the music lovers of ‘70s sound! In the Ethiopian musical landscape, Mulatu Astatke is a unique musician, a composer, an arranger. His real contribution lives in its action for the instrumental music, in a country where the orchestral traditions did not exist. For more than 30 years, he is the door flag of the Ethiopian music. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl and packaged in heavy cardboard jackets.
LP $29.85
03/20/2026
***First time reissue of this forgotten album of DON CHERRY. This album was recorded in 1978 in Paris and released only in France in 1981. That was the first meeting between Don Cherry and Indian percussionist LATIF KHAN and the result is an incredible mixture of jazz and Indian music. This unsung album is only known by hardcore fans of Don Cherry who considered it as one of his best efforts.
LP $29.85
03/20/2026
***Alèmayèhu Eshèté is no less than one of the great voices of the heyday of modern Ethiopian music, the swinging sixties which, in this country, went on until the fall of the Emperor Haile Sellassie 1 in 1974. On a par with Tlahoun Gèssèssè, Bzunèsh Bèqèlè or Mahmoud Ahmed, Alèmayèhu is a star at the top level of the constellation that once lit up the wild nights in the capital.
LP $28.85
03/20/2026
***Although he is still completely unknown to Western audiences, for Ethiopians, Tlahoun Gèssèssè is THE VOICE. The first-ever pan-Ethiopian star, he has embodied such nonstop unanimity since the end of the 1950s that is a role-model and a point of reference.
LP $28.85
03/20/2026
***“Getatchew Mekurya is probably the most revered veteran of Ethiopian saxophone. A real giant, both physically and musically. Not only is he at the very top level of Ethiopian saxophonists, but he is the ‘inventor’ of an extremely distinctive musical ‘style.’”
LP $29.85
03/20/2026
***Seminal compilation of instrumental tracks, originally released in Ethiopia in 1972. Features tracks from Tèsfa-Maryam Kidané, Bahta Gèbrè-Heywèt and Mulatu Astatké including the hit "Yégélé Tezeta" 2016 release.
LP $29.85
03/20/2026
***AVAILABLE AGAIN!!! A few years ago the world discovered a unique sound coming from the distant Ethiopian capital Addis Abeba. The emotional blow was only matched by the brightness of this original and magnificent discovery. The Ethiopiques series directed by Francis Falcetto and edited by Buda Musique provides a comprehensive landscape of this subtle musical universe where local and western cultures do magnify each other. This new Ethiopian Urban Modern Music release follows the first Soul & Groove installment and keeps revealing some essential parts of the modern Ethiopian puzzle. An unequaled soul funk signature until today.
LP $28.85
03/20/2026
***Born in Trinidad and based in UK since 20 years, ANTHONY JOSEPH is one of the UK's most exciting and innovative voices, poet, novelist, musician and lecturer. “The idea for ‘Rubber Orchestras’ was inspired by some lines by the surrealist poet Ted Joans. A spark went off inside my head when I read them. I knew immediately that this poem summed up everything I wanted to do with my poetry—a kind of flexible meaning, a mutant style based on spontaneous language. Like rubber!.” Anthony has called on the talents of producer MALCOLM CATTO, drummer and lead singer with THE HELIOCENTRICS. The decisive presence of the producer isn’t the only new ingredient in the retro-futurist blend, which combines raw jazz and deep soul, black rock and Afrobeat, soca funk and free swing… This is no backward-looking revival or sterile fusion; this grand mix gives a new and modern perspective to all these musical styles. There are other guests on Rubber Orchestras, as the singer JASNETT LINDO but also JERRY DAMMERS, the legendary founder of THE SPECIALS took to the controls to arrange and enhance a visionary and revolutionary poem, the iconic suite called “Generations.”
2XLP $24.35
11/08/2011
***The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzales, the nine-track special by classically trained pianist and rapper CHILLY GONZALEZ, is intertwined intelligently with the Gonzo’s clever raps and impressive solos where he grinds away on the piano. Most well-known as a producer and collaborating with such artists as Peach, Jamie Lidell and Feist, this time he‘s chosen to take hold of the spotlight. And here, he lays down the most entertaining, and at times, comical tracks that shine a light on the narrative stories etched in his notebook. The end result will leave you shaking with anticipation of what‘s to come. The record is being hailed as the world’s first all-orchestral rap album. Having an orchestral style is one of the most amazing draws of the album. When listening to it in its entirety, listeners can picture themselves at Carnegie Hall attending a delicate recital, which is pleasing to classical music enthusiasts; however, instead of a sharply dressed man with slick gelled hair, there is a man named Chilly. He is presumably dressed in the usual hip hop attire, possibly even with a gold chain to boot. The record is nevertheless rewarding and vastly different from other mainstream rap albums. Gonzales, aka JASON BECK, worked with his brother CHRISTOPHE BECK, who is a Hollywood film composer, for much of the arrangements. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl in an edition of 1,000 copies with insert.
LP $23.95
08/02/2011