New Release : Inspiration Information, Vol. 4 Strut’s Inspiration Information series moves on from the critically acclaimed Mulatu Astatke / Ihe Heliocentrics collaboration with the fourth album in the series. a mouth-watering head to head between Finnish maverick Jimi Tenor and Afrobeat drumming legend, Tony Allen.
New Release for Mulatu Astatke and New York - Addis - London on Strut Records. Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, Ethio jazz. Through the acclaimed Ethiopiques album series and through featuring on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch film Broken Flowers, his music has belatedly reached a global audience and a new, younger generation of fans.
Back in 2002, Strut released ‘Black Rio’ compiled by London DJ Cliffy, a snapshot of the ‘70s Black Rio soul and funk movement in Brazil, On June 29th, Strut release the second volume in the series, Black Rio, Vol. 2: Original Samba Soul 1968-1981 delving deeper into the vaults to sample some of the lesser known gems emerging from the Carnival capital during the era.
Jaqui Wickes reviews the latest in Strut Records’ ‘Inspiration Information’ collaborations which brings together Ethiopian Jazz Master, Mulatu Astatke and UK based music collective Heliocentrics to create a veritable smorgasbord of musical styles and sounds.
New Release : Inspiration Information, Vol. 4
New Release for Mulatu Astatke and 
on Strut Records. Vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, Mulatu Astatke is one of the all-time greats of Ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, Ethio jazz. Through the acclaimed Ethiopiques album series and through featuring on the soundtrack to the Jim Jarmusch film Broken Flowers, his music has belatedly reached a global audience and a new, younger generation of fans. 
Back in 2002, Strut released ‘Black Rio’ compiled by London DJ Cliffy, a snapshot of the ‘70s Black Rio soul and funk movement in Brazil, On June 29th, Strut release the second volume in the series, 
delving deeper into the vaults to sample some of the lesser known gems emerging from the Carnival capital during the era.
Jaqui Wickes reviews the latest in Strut Records’ ‘Inspiration Information’ collaborations which brings together Ethiopian Jazz Master, Mulatu Astatke and UK based music collective Heliocentrics to create a veritable smorgasbord of musical styles and sounds. 
