Various Artists: Noise & Chill Out: Ethiopian Groove Worlwide – review

(Buda/Discovery)With his Ethiopiques series, producer Francis Falceto transformed western ideas about African music by rereleasing classic recordings from the late 60s and early 70s, when Addis was transformed by musicians mixing local styles with US R&B, funk and jazz. Ethiopiques led to a fascination with Ethiopia by musicians around the world; now Falceto has compiled this 28-track double album to show how they reacted. It starts in confident style with Ethio-fusion band Dub Colossus, and ot...

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