Gétatchew Mékuria & The Ex + Guests

A film by Stéphane Jourdain

Dvd available in NTSC French and english versions

"For a few days in March 2006, the Dutch punk-rock combo The Ex and legendary Ethiopian saxophonist Getatchew Mekurya went into the studio together to work on 11 tracks for a CD entitled Moa Anbessa (Terp Records), considered to be the first ethio-punk album (the composition are nearly all taken from the tradionnal Ethiopian repertory). A handful of concerts, including the closing event of the Banlieues Bleues Fesival, allowed the artists to hone the work and present it to an extremely enthusiastic public. The film takes us back and forth from the atmosphere of concentration in the studio ...