ETHIOPIAN CRUNCH MUSIC NEw lINE-UP / NEw SINglE / NEw AlbUM
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ETHIOPIAN CRUNCH MUSIC NEw lINE-UP / NEw SINglE / NEw AlbUM
ETHIOPIAN CRUNCH MUSIC New line-up / new single / new album Contacts [email protected] +33 (0)4 78 67 44 18 Promo / Booking : [email protected] +33 (0)6 49 02 17 18 www.ukandanz.com New EP – October 2014 (Dur et doux records) New album – Spring 2015 (Buda music / Dur et doux) Discography Yetchalal (Buda Musique / Ethiosonic – 2012) EP (Autoprod - 2010) Members Asnake Guebreyes - vocals / Damien Cluzel - guitar Benoit Lecomte - bass / Lionel Martin - tenor sax / Guilhem Meier - drums AN ENCOUNTER Spotted by Francis Falceto (director of the Ethio-Sonic collection), uKanDanZ was invited to perform at the “Ethiopian International Music Festival” in Ethiopia with a charismatic singer from Addis Ababa : Asnake Guebreyes (Mohammed Jimmy Mohammed Trio, The Ex, Addis-Abeba Police Orchestra with Getatchew Mekurya…). Their contribution was obvious and the new band had great success in its first ethio-european tour in 2010. Ever since, the band has been on the road, thrilling its audiences with hypnotic ethiogroove and crazy stage performances. Here they were rising up to the challenge of charming and bringing together a wide audience ranging from jazz lovers, world music and rock festival enthusiasts to more underground crowds like squatters, Ethiopian wasteland onlookers, travelers… A UNIQUE AND EXPLOSIVE STYLE: THE ETHIOPIAN CRUNCH MUSIC Taking its inspiration in traditional and popular Ethiopian songs, the music of uKanDanZ is mainly characterized by the originality of its compositions and arrangements as well as by an extra-ordinary energy. The quartet explores Ethiopian rhythms and sonorities and delivers a powerful and subtle rock groove (odd rhythms, dissonances) sublimated by the virtuoso voice of Asnake Guebreyes. Tour - Passed gigs FRANCE / EUROPE USA / ASIA Nuits de fourvière / Jazzdor Berlin / Africolor / Les Invites / Natjazz Bergen / Banlieue Bleue / Global Copenhagen / Oasis Bizz’Art / Croisée des Chemins / Fest’Afrik / Angelo Mai Roma / Rasa / Arci Biko Milano / A Vaulx Jazz / Zuiderpershuis / DE Regentes / Jazz 11 Geneva / Terre de Couleur / Opéra de Lyon / Rhino Jazz / Millau Jazz / Festival de Thau / Aeronef /Epicerie Moderne / Le Fil / La Rodia / La Dynamo / Alliance Française de Paris / Théâtre de la Ville / RFI / Le Cap / Pannomica / Café Charbon / La Cigale / Art’Cade / La Péniche / Le Nadir / Cavazik / La Bobine / Recycl’art / 4 Ecluses / Alimentation Générale / Iboat / Mix’art Myrys Lincoln center out of doors New York / Levitt Pavilion for the Performing Arts Los Angeles / Sukiyaki meets the wolrd Tokyo / Isla de Salsa Fukuoka ETHIOPIA National Theater Addis Abeba / Alliance française / Milenium park Dire dawa /Meskel square Nazareth / Awassa, guramaylé Addis Abeba / Fendika Addis Abeba … Availability 2015 January 15 – February 5th June – July Fall More on request f ooves kicks of ternational gr in of an pi ll io bi th le “E “A trip DanZ, an début of uKan Ababa with the U.S. beat of Addis e th s xe mi at th French rock.” crunch” band even a hint of d an e, is no , The New Yorker with jazz “uKanDanZ represent next step of evol ution of contemporary Ethiopian music, impressively buil ding on the post-punk fusion of Getatchew Mekurya and The Ex. Asnake Guebreyes is a charismatic frontman, with powerful vocals and ecstatic dancing, backed by a punk and prog-influenced French quartet that gives the grou p a sound and intensity that’s both deeply rooted, and uniq uely their own.” Bill Bragin / Lincoln Center for the performing arts / New York City ik, Mus südindischen der Polyrhythmik »Die eines Steve ten men eri Exp verbunden mit den ationen iten Gesangsimprovis Coleman und den bre ischen iop äth der , Azmari in der Tradition der is...« t schamanisches Erlebn Wandersänger - ein fas Kultur o adi Deutschlandr “A concert, where crossover was the essence and which grew beyond all borders. Great concer t with a band, we very much would like to see again.” Torben Holleu fer / Global Copenh agen “Their energy makes it so und like rock, their improvisatio ns remind us of jazz and the very soul sound is et of their hnic. This is Ethiobeat with the powe r of trance.” Zuiderpershu is / Antwerpe n / Belgium « Dans un style ethiogroove, aux influences rock, jazz, musiques traditionnelles et contemporaines éthiopiennes. » CLP - Jean-Marc Gaudillat héritage ouvertement « On est là dans un is des années 60’s, Add assumé du Swinging via les compilations remis à l’honneur se, ça groove… » ’Ethiopiques’. Ca pul Rhino Jazz « Leur musique “crunch” version bodybuildée de l’é thio-jazz, relit les vieux standards , tels ceux du légendair e Tlahoun Gèsssèssè, façon rock éthiop ique. Ils ont l’attitude, l’énergie sauvage, le gros son et le groove, explosif. Guèbrèyès termine sur les genoux, et nous, on en redemande ! » Télérama – Anne Berthod LiNKS Sema (Clip) Belomi Benna (Clip) Japan (Live) Promo / Booking DUR ET DOUX www.duretdoux.com [email protected] 29 rue Emile Combes 69008 LYON - FRANCE www.ukandanz.com