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1432R 008EP
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The Guardian on 1432 R label founder Mikael Seifu: "Electronic musicians have long mined old-world sounds to contrast with their crisp beats, but Mikael Seifu's music transports the listener all the way back to 1,000 BC. On the one hand, he's Ethiopia's answer to Flying Lotus, LA's maker of futuristic, cosmic jazz-laced bass. On the other, he draws on his homeland's ancient folk traditions. If a free-thinking techno DJ made tunes for the courts of Old Testament kings, the result would sound a fair bit like Seifu. . . . The result isn't another version of African music put through a western electronic mangle; it's in awe of age-old traditions, not beholden to them. Bring on the next 3,000 years."
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1432R 006EP
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"'Expanding on his signature mix of traditional Ethiopian music and modern hardware, with subtle nods to hip-hop and UK garage, all worked into something wholly different. Hand drumming, vocal ribbons and rugged basslines run wild through Letu Sinega's shifting polyrhythms, with vibes that range from meditative to mad...' 'After all the wind and fuss, and empty or beautiful words,' avers ER, 'what matters is the music. Forget about all your preconceptions when you listen to a piece. Forget about all the labels ... forget about where you found it. Close your eyes and absorb yourself in the moment. Listen, truly listen, and try to feel what the music is doing to you.'"
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