Tag: Ethiopiyawi
How a small D.C. record label became a hotbed of modern Ethiopian Sounds
1432 R debuted with a brand new artist and a brand new sound. Mikael Seifu invents Ethiopiyawi here and changes history.
Mikael Seifu Announces Zelalem EP, Shares “How To Save A Life (Vector of Eternity)”
By Evan Minsker Producer Mikael Seifu has announced his Zelalem EP, which is out March 5 via RVNG Intl. The first track from the album, “How To Save A Life (Vector of Eternity),” is streaming below. Read More on Pitchfork
Psycho Animus by Dawit Eklund
By Philip Sherburne Washington, D.C.’s 1432 R label launched earlier this year with a record by an Ethopian artist, Mikael Seifu, that fused techno and ambient tropes with percussion and vocals from his native country. He’s back on the label’s second release with “Tuff Ruff”, an even more seamless merger of Ethiopian elements with Western club rhythms. But the…
Ethiopian Records Spins A Spell-Binding Origin Story On “Hetebet”
A promising producer performs sonic alchemy in Ethiopia’s capital city. By Juliet Liu Equipped with his PC, a copy of Ableton, and a wealth of cultural and personal experiences from his life in Ethiopia’s capital city Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Records—the recording name of producer Endeguena Mulu—is staking a claim in the city’s burgeoning electronic scene. Mulu’s…
D.C. Has A New Electronic Music Label: 1432 R
Yarada Lij,” a four-song EP from Ethiopia’s Mikael Seifu, will be the first release on 1432 R by Ally Schweitzer For a couple of years, Subterranean A was one of D.C.’s best-curated DIY venues. Or at least that’s the case I made in a 2012 story I wrote for Washington City Paper, which ran not long…
