V/A - Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits LP Grindcore For the dreamed-of maxi single

For the dreamed-of maxi single at 45 revolutions per minute

and the combination of minimalist production and upbeat

Two bass riffs and 10 minute jams each became two songs: “Event” and “Is it easier”

but there's no avoiding the overt sparkling melodicism of songs like 'Marble Walls' and 'The Turning Ground'

Thematically concerned with symmetry and balance

V/A - Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits LP Grindcore For the dreamed-of maxi singleBack in stock! This selection of jazz instrumentals from late '60s and early '70s Ethiopia represents a side to African music seldom heard in 'World Music' reissue circles. This music represents a hybridised approach to jazz, incorporating African, Latin and Arabic scales alongside the more psychedelic, beat group informed music of the west. This no doubt has something to do with the presence of musicians like Mulatu Astatke, who trained in America.