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Translation Booklet & Press Release of “BEYOND ADDIS - Contemporary Jazz & Funk inspired by Ethiopian Sounds from the 70`s“
http://trikont.de/blog/beyond-addis-releaseparty-a-night-of-tropical-dance-grooves/
[...] In the mid 90s, french music archaeologist and journalist Francis Falceto started to re-release Ethiopian music from the 60s and 70s. His ‘Ethiopiques’ catalogue numbers over 30 CDs. This was a great discovery and an inspiration for many young musicians who were trying to find the original pressings which haven’t been produced since 1978. ‘When Mulatu Astatke performed in London after a decades long stage break, his music immediately caught the attention of young producers, and the album ‘Inspiration Information’ by ‘The Heliocentrics’, released in 2009, exposed the great master of Ehtio jazz and his brilliant music to a new audience. [...]
‘Once again the compass needle points to Africa, but not towards its well-researched anglophone and francophone music scene. This time it points straight to Ethiojazz, a form of Ethiopian soul music that reached the Western audience with Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers soundtrack in 2004 for the first time.’ Die Zeit, Jonathan Fischer.
‘On the one hand, the compositions seem warm, familiar and well-known, and on the other hand they sound odd, even mysterious. It’s a fascinating melange, far ahead of the mix of styles we hear today. Historical, avant-garde, and still sounding so incredibly fresh and timeless four decades later.’ Die Zeit Newspaper.
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PRESS RELEASE: ‘STRANGE & DANGEROUS TIMES New American Roots – Real Music For The 21st Century’
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‘We ́re back to being strolling minstrels and working for ale and grub and room and board.’
'As long as times change and we change with time, it is high times for ‘New American Roots!’
'America's cultural evolution and diversity is most palpable in folk music and roots music. ‘New Roots Music’, as it’s called lately, examines the madness, cruelty and beauty of the 21st century. Folk music has always been more than just a chronicle of life in a particular time or region. It was always an expressive vehicle for understanding and processing fundamental questions of human existence.'
http://trikont.de/allgemein/strange-dangerous-times/#more-11570
Neue Züricher Zeitung http://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/sounds/kritisch-ohne-jammerton-1.18386356
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Vladimir Kaminer über die neue Compilation BORSH DIVISION - The Future Sound of Ukraine
http://trikont.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/0478-BORSH-DIVISION_Digital-Booklet.pdf