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SKU	60351
Artist	IMPERIAL TIGER ORCHESTRA
Title	MERCATO
Label	MENTAL GROOVE / ABSINTHE MUSIC
Catalog #	AMMG CD002
Tag	African
Release	W 25 - 2011
Format	CD - EUCD
€ 19,99	incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

Yedao
IMPERIAL TIGER ORCHESTRA
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/60351_mercato/1_yedao.mp3
Lale Lale
IMPERIAL TIGER ORCHESTRA
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/60351_mercato/2_lale_lale.mp3
Zoma
IMPERIAL TIGER ORCHESTRA
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/60351_mercato/3_zoma.mp3
Anchi Bale Game
IMPERIAL TIGER ORCHESTRA
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/60351_mercato/4_anchi_bale_game.mp3
Yefikir Woha Timu
IMPERIAL TIGER ORCHESTRA
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/60351_mercato/5_yefikir_woha_timu.mp3
Bemgnot Alnorem
IMPERIAL TIGER ORCHESTRA
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/60351_mercato/6_bemgnot_alnorem.mp3
Shinet
IMPERIAL TIGER ORCHESTRA
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/60351_mercato/7_shinet.mp3
Demamaye
IMPERIAL TIGER ORCHESTRA
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/60351_mercato/8_demamaye.mp3
Tirulegn Feat. Bethelem Dagnachew
IMPERIAL TIGER ORCHESTRA
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/m/60351_mercato/9_tirulegn_feat._bethelem_dagnachew.mp3

Description

Follow-up to 2010’s acclaimed EP Addis-Abeba, Mercato is the debut album by Swiss band Imperial Tiger Orchestra. Raphaël Anker, trumpet player from Geneva, one day decides to gather musicians for a live performance revisiting the golden age of Ethiopian music. It's 2007, and the experience is so memorable that the one shot happening becomes a band: Imperial Tiger Orchestra.Consisting of members with very diverse backgrounds (free jazz, noise experimentations, contemporary music, twisted pop…) the Orchestra tests the grounds with an EP and a 7", followed by a trip to Addis-Abeba where they perform with local luminaries and learn about the large diversity of Ethiopian music. An experience which brings them back to the studio for their debut album: Mercato. Mercato is a re-interpretation of Ethiopian music's golden age mixed with the digitalized themes that appeared in the 80s and filtered through the eclectic influences of the Orchestra.