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Our opener is an exclusive new track from Australia's own Ethio Soul superstar Dereb The Ambassador, featuring our collaborator Todd Simon on some trumpet arrangements, and it's the quite unique kind of music were always looking for: something new, something borrowed and something special! So this is really new, we had never heard Ethio-Twist before. This is something borrowed, from a traditional Ethiopian tune. And this is something really special, since it comes to us from Australia through Los Angeles! We fell in love for Dereb's Ethio Soul with their first album released in 2011, which included the killer 'Gedawo' cover we played in may 2012 in our ' 21st Century Afro Spectacular Vol.3', and after some festival dates in Japan the band is back in Sydney where they have a weekly residency at the Basement (Reiby Place, Circular Quay), preparing their second album...

About Dereb The Ambassador :
Born in Ethiopia, Dereb Desalegn (aka Dereb the Ambassador) grew up surrounded by a family of musicians, and from an early age was completely immersed in his home countrys richly unique melange of sounds, rhythms and musical styles. Now based in Sydney, Derebs musical career has gained considerable momentum over the past year with the release of an acclaimed debut album and several Australian performances at venues in Sydney and Melbourne as well as at larger festivals such as Womadelaide.He has also been garnering considerable interest abroad, and has more recently returned to Australia from a tour to Ethiopia and a festival performance in Korea. As word about Dereb continues to spread, his mind-blowing vocal talents and addictive brand of Ethio-soul, enthrals a growing fan base of happily music-savvy folk who know there's more to life than three-chord guitar rock. Backed by a ridiculously tight seven-piece ensemble that boasts some of the hardest-working musicians on the Sydney scene, Dereb the Ambassador taps into territory hitherto uncharted on local stages, and in doing so breathes a kaleidoscope of texture into the possibilities for music in Australia. His repertoire unites a classic jazz-fusion sounds of 60s-70s Ethiopia now becoming increasingly popular around the globe, as well as shoulder-shakingly rhythmical incarnations of traditional Ethiopian tunes, and of course a swagful of spicy, hypnotic originals.

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from Have You Ever Been To Electric Afroland? - Tropical Grooves & Afrofunk International Vol​.​4, released October 25, 2013
Dereb Desalegn : vocals
Eden Ottignon : bass
Ross Ferraro : drums
Jon Pease : guitar
Daniel Pliner : keyboards
Todd Simon : trumpet
Mathew Ottignon : tenor and baritone sax
Peter Farrar : C-melody sax
Aykho Akhrif : percussion

Recorded at Alberts Studios and Studio Le Pavois, Sydney, Australia
Written & composed by Dereb Desalegn / Tony Buchen / Trad.
Published by Alberts Music/Control (APRA)
Produced by Tony Buchen
Mixed by Tony Buchen
Mastered by Grant Phabao at Paris DJs studios
© 2013 Brighton Blvd Productions / Dereb The Ambassador

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