Akalé Wubé has been played on NTS shows including Afrobuddha Presents: Spirits Frequency, with Ené Nègn Bay Manèsh first played on 29 June 2014.

It is an improbable story: one that reunites, a group of young Parisians with the Swingin' Addis sounds of the seventies. In October 2008, five musicians got together on a wild project: to delve into the repertoire of the ethiopian golden age, discovered through “Ethiopiques”, the famous series of reissues. “The idea was to transcribe songs from this period and rearrange them to the sound of our times. First off, it eliminated the need to write songs that risked falling into…