- artist:Invisible System
- featured artist:Dub Colossus before they were DC, Hole / Courtney Love's drummer Stuart Fisher, Dennis Wint, Merv Pepler (Eat Static/Ozr
- release year:2011
- country:Ethiopia
- formats:Audio File / Digital
- record posted by:Dan Harper/Invisible System/Harper Diabate
- label:Harper Diabate
- publisher:Harper Diabate
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nvisible System return with another highly original eclectic fusion E.P. Following their internationally acclaimed and Songlines World Music Awards Best Newcomer Nominated CD Punt (Made in Ethiopia), and the 2011 internationally acclaimed album Street Clan the Cauldron E.P. offers what listeners have grown to enjoy from the Invisible System camp.
Ethiopia again meets Jamaica and the UK as Zewditu Tadesse, Dennis Wint and Sydney Salmon guest on vocals.
Spirit is perhaps their most pop based release yet still in a world of its own. Dennis Wint drives the vocals and Stuart Fisher from Courtney Love's band Hole drives the drums as Dan Harper does the rest.
Mama Yey is a true Ethio/Jamaican dub track where Sydney from Shashemene originating from Jamaica even sings in Amharic alongside ongoing Invisible System vocalist Zewditu Tadesse.
Coven is another post punk/goth/Ethiopian/rock fusion track featuring Merv Pepler from Eat Static / The Ozric Tentacles on drums, Dan Harper on guitar, Zewditu on vocals and the graffiti artist Los Mutartis / Warp on bass.
Azmari Fuse is another collaboration between Dan Harper and Mimi & Teremag delivering what can only be described as a singing and rum drinking session on a pirate ship whilst walking the plank.
Invisible System may well perform live at a few music festivals next year time allowing and radio play is again inevitable with the previous albums being played on e.g. BBC 6, BBC 3, BBC World Service, BBC Asian Net, BBC London, BBC Bristol, BBC C&G, Radio New Zealand, Radio Prague, RRR Australia and countless stations around other European countries and the USA/Canada.
Reviews took place for both albums in the international press with the last albums having been extremely favourably reviewed in e.g. The New York Times, Mojo, Uncut, Rock N Reel/R2, fRoots, The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, ITunes, AllMusic.com, World Music Network, Financial Times (5 stars), Los Angeles (5 stars) www.lastheplace.com, Songlines etc.
Other artists that have guested on Invisible System albums include Captain Sensible from The Damned, Simon Hinkler from The Mission, Justin Adams from Robert Plant's band Strange Sensation, Baba Maal's composer Hilaire Chaby Hary, Zion Train and Mahmoud Ahmed from The Ethiopiques amongst others.
For more details contact Harper Diabate via sales@harperdiabate.com / 07515 400362
Recorded at Dan's home based roaming Worm Hole Studios and mastered by him between there and the commerical and educational Pro Tools HD studio he runs (also available to hire for any mix, master, recording at only £20 / hour including him (educational subsidy) - www.writhlingtonstudios.co.uk)