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Aurore Fouchez

Kutu

Ethio Transe
France Ethiopia

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.

Videos

Live @ Jazz sous les Pommiers 2023
Live @ Jazz sous les Pommiers 2023
Baamet Beal
Baamet Beal
Concerts Volants - Arte - 5/06/23
Concerts Volants - Arte - 5/06/23

Photos

Upcoming concerts

12 Oct 2024

Portes les Valence (26) Le Train Théâtre

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17 Oct 2024

Paris (75) FGO MaMA Festival

Kutu
18 Oct 2024

Argenteuil (95) La Cave

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Archived concerts

03 Aug 2024

Le Port (97) Festival Jazz Port

Kutu
13 Jul 2024

Fossoy (02) Festival Musique en Omois

Kutu
12 Jul 2024

Vienne (38) Jazz à Vienne

Kutu
06 Jul 2024

St Denis de Gastines (53) Festival Au Foin de la Rue

Kutu
05 Jul 2024

Epernay (51) Voi(x) là l'Eté

Kutu
04 Jul 2024

Dieulefit (26) La Bizz'Art Nomade

Kutu
29 Jun 2024

Bailleul (59) En Nord Beat Festival

Kutu
27 Jun 2024

Lärz (DE) Fusion Fest

Kutu
22 Jun 2024

Malakoff (92) Plein Air

Kutu
15 Jun 2024

Sceaux (92) Sceaux Jazz Festival

Kutu
14 Jun 2024

Chateau Arnoux (04) Les Escapades

Kutu
07 Jun 2024

Skopje (MK) Skopje Jazz Festival

Kutu
06 Apr 2024

Tallin (EE) Tallin Music Week

Kutu
27 Oct 2023

La Corogne (ES) Womex - Pelicano Stage

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