Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Of Ethopia - 3x LP Vinyl

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SKU:
c0014725
UPC:
730003312939

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Album:
Mulatu Of Ethopia
Artist:
Mulatu Astatke
Format:
12" Vinyl
UPC:
730003312939

Description

This definitive reissue of the album comes in a limited edition 3LP 6-panel gatefold set featuring the stereo album master, a pre-mix mono master and a selection of out-takes from the sessions, giving the listener rare access to the DNA of the studio process. Also features a new interview with Mulatu Astatke and rare photos.

Strut present the first official reissue of a landmark album in the field of African music, Mulatu Astatke’s ‘Mulatu Of Ethiopia’ from 1972. Recorded in New York, the album arrived at a time when Astatke had begun to master the delicate fusion of styles needed to create Ethio jazz. “I left the UK for America and studied at Berklee College in Boston. I learnt the technical aspects of jazz and gained a beautiful understanding of many different types of music. That’s where I got my tools. Berklee really shook me up.”

Journeying regularly to the Big Apple to play and watch live shows at the Cheetah, the Palladium and the Village Gate, Astatke met producer Gil Snapper on the circuit. “Gil was a nice and very interesting guy. He produced music and worked with all kinds of musicians.” The meeting would lead to a series of albums on Snapper’s Worthy label. The first, ‘Afro Latin Soul’, documented Astatke’s new-found directions. “Mulatu has created a new sound,” enthused Snapper on the album jacket. “He has taken the ancient five-tone scales of Asia and Africa and woven them into something unique and exciting; a mixture of three cultures, Ethiopian, Puerto Rican and American.”
Original Stereo Album
A1Mulatu
A2Mascaram Setaba
A3Dewel
B1Kulunmanqueleshi
B2Kasalefkut-Hulu
B3Munaye
B4Chifara
Mono Album Mix
C1Mulatu
C2Mascaram Setaba
C3Dewel
D1Kulunmanqueleshi
D2Kasalefkut-Hulu
D3Munaye
D4Chifara
Session Out-Takes
E1Munaye
E2Mascaram Setaba
E3Mascaram Setaba
E4Mascaram Setaba
F1Kulunmanqueleshi
F2Kulunmanqueleshi
F3Kulunmanqueleshi
F4Kasalefkut-Hulu
F5Kasalefkut-Hulu
A second volume of ‘Afro Latin Soul’ followed before Astatke began to hone his sound further, infusing funk and Azmari “chik-chikka” rhythms into the mix. Returning to a downtown Manhattan studio with Snapper and working with some of the city’s top young jazz and latin session players, ‘Mulatu Of Ethiopia’ began to take shape. “We rehearsed for 3-4 weeks,” remembers Astatke. “it took them a while to get the right feeling in the music.”

The resultant album represented the first fully formed document of Astatke’s trademark Ethio jazz sound. It features ‘Kulunmanqueleshi’, ‘Dewel’, and ‘Kasalefku-Hulu’, tracks that Mulatu would return to regularly on singles and in live shows, the Ethio-Latin workout ‘Chifara’ and the self-titled groover ‘Mulatu’ (“I wanted to make a track for…. myself!”).