An incandescent ethio-trance combo, where the freedom of jazz blends with the raw depth of Azmari sounds. KUTU stirs and explodes with dazzling rhythms and energy, imposing a frenetic dance, a joyful spirituality!
KUTU was born of the meeting in Addis Ababa of musician Théo Ceccaldi and the voice of Ethiopian singer Hewan Gebrewold. The spark for this association came from a trip to the heart of the fevered nights of the Addis Ababa underground: a world where, as in the days of the sixties frenzies of Mahmoud Ahmed or Alèmayèhu Eshèté, hyperactive youths are seizing on ancestral sounds to transcend them. A journey to the heart of the feverish nights of Addis underground in 2020, where hyperactive youths are seizing on ancestral music in order to transcend it. Drawing on contemporary poems and tribal rhythms, Théo Ceccaldi imagines a telluric set where improvisation and vocal flights intersect, supported by a powerful rhythm section and a line-up of contagious vitality: electro-cosmic keyboards, hypnotic bass, exalted dances and stellar voices... An incandescent ethio-trance combo, where the freedom of jazz blends with the raw depth of Azmari sounds.
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Archived concerts
Argenteuil (95) La Cave
Paris (75) FGO MaMA Festival
Portes les Valence (26) Le Train Théâtre
Le Port (97) Festival Jazz Port
Fossoy (02) Festival Musique en Omois
Vienne (38) Jazz à Vienne
St Denis de Gastines (53) Festival Au Foin de la Rue
Epernay (51) Voi(x) là l'Eté
Dieulefit (26) La Bizz'Art Nomade
Bailleul (59) En Nord Beat Festival
Lärz (DE) Fusion Fest
Malakoff (92) Plein Air
Sceaux (92) Sceaux Jazz Festival
Chateau Arnoux (04) Les Escapades
Skopje (MK) Skopje Jazz Festival
Tallin (EE) Tallin Music Week
La Corogne (ES) Womex - Pelicano Stage
Our artists
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AaRON
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Abel Chéret
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Antonio Zambujo
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Ariol's Show
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Aznavour : Tout en Jazz
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Ballaké Sissoko & Piers Faccini
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Bastien Lallemant
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Cesaria Evora Orchestra
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Charles Berbérian
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Chico César
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Clay and Friends
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Cobi
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Ensemble Al Kindi
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Flora Hibberd
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Goran Bregovic
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Hausmane
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João Selva
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Jupiter & Okwess
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Klô Pelgag
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Kutu
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La Chica
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Lagon Nwar
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Le Mange Bal
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Le Roi Angus
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Les Siestes Acoustiques de Bastien Lallemant
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Marion Rampal
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Moriarty
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Natascha Rogers
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OKALI
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Piers Faccini
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Sages comme des Sauvages
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Simone Prattico
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Süya
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Wati Watia Zorey Band
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Æsthesis