Mulate Astatke is al tientallen jaren de centrale figuur in de hedendaagse (jazz)muziek in Ethiopië. Zijn eerste plaatopnames dateren al vanaf midden jaren60 van de vorige eeuw. De prijswinnende serie 'Ethiopiques' zette de Ethiopische muziek weer opnieuw in de schijnwerpers, en dus ook die van Astatke. Op de cd en dvd is het concert te beluisteren en te zien dat Astatke en band gaven op 1 februari 2009 in Los Angeles. (Muziekbank TH)
"Formed in Tel Aviv in 2012 and renowned as the city’s premier Afrobeat band, Hoodna Orchestra has not only diversified its sound to incorporate funk, jazz, soul, psychedelic rock, and East African music but has also recently discovered a shared penchant for the music of Ethiopia, specifically the Ethio-jazz of its founding father, Mulatu Astatke. In 2023, the 11-musician collective was given the opportunity to record and perform with Astatke. The result of their endeavours is seven original compositions, which, whilst offering homage to the emblematic Mulatu sound, also blazes new trails as the music marries his trademark vibraphone playing with their brass-dominant creations. Like all good musicians, Mulato Astatke has refused to let his music stagnate; his Ethio-jazz style continues to evolve and travel along fresh paths in original directions. "Tension" is a vibrant, uplifting listen, the musicianship is of the highest order, and the chemistry between its participants is palpable throughout." (KLOF Mag)
"After studying vibraphone and percussion at Berklee in Boston, Astatke moved back to Addis Abada at the end of the 1960s to create his own musical fusion. It utilised the four pentatonic modes he had grown up with alongside the structures he had learnt in America. He brought in vibraphone, keyboards, effects pedals, congas and bongos to produce Latin rhythms while also using traditional Ethiopian instruments in new ways, including the krar (lyre), masenqo (one string fiddle) and washint (penny whistle). It is this combination of the familiar with the unexpected that makes his music so rich and instantly appealing. "Mulatu Plays Mulatu" is his first major studio album in ten years and is recorded between London and Addis Abada. It features his longstanding English band together with musicians from Addis and sees him revisiting tracks from his career, giving them new arrangements, extended improvisations and heightened rhythmic complexity. Over the course of 11 tracks, it weaves a relaxed magic." (Silentradio)
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