Qen Sew

Endeguena Mulu, aka Ethiopian Records, is one of the pioneers of Ethiopiyawi Electronic, the constantly evolving sound (in fact it refers more to the process of experimentation than to the final outcome) that fuses old Ethiopian music (whether traditional or more recent ethio jazz) with electronic productions. On the record Mulu combines dub-heavy electronica with layered vocals (on opener “Qen Sew ቅን ሰዉ (For My Father),” or the evocative sounds of the masenqo and washint  with relentless drum patterns and dreamy synth pads (on uplifting club banger “Feluha”), creating an album that honors the past by bringing it to the present.