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Hey Geb, rereading my comment, I feel like I gave it an unpleasant tone that I didn't intend. Let's start over. What I wanted to say is that, comparing a bit of the opinions of the people I know, this album has made everyone who didn’t know anything about Mulatu before it pull their hair out, while it has been liked a lot, but without making anyone tear anything out, by those who already knew him well. It’s probably because those who knew him already had an idea of what to expect, but above all, I believe, because this album contains evolutions of classic Mulatu pieces (for example, "Dewel," which I consider the most beautiful track on this album, but it features among the pieces of "Mulatu of Ethiopia," which is from '72... the original is super acid!) that those who have followed the history see the trace of... I don’t know if I explained myself? This album is a bit of a divertissement, like if King Crimson remade "The Court" in a Hardcore style. It’s not that I’m surprised that someone might, rightly, like it since I like it too :) I’m just surprised that it’s considered one of the strong pieces of Mulatu when it has little to do with Mulatu, with his grammar and his languages, especially considering that before this album, the subject had 43 years of career behind him. I hope I’ve explained myself better... then, oh, listen for the pleasure of listening... do whatever the heck you want :) Bye!

You only know the last two productions, so you can't really judge what's "so negligible." Listen to everything first and then decide what can be overlooked and what can't. That seems logical, doesn’t it? :)

Okay, noted. Thank you!

I have it on vinyl with the remix of "Cheree" and the ending "Keep Your Dreams" ...they should be guillotined for not including "Keep Your Dreams" from the start. Anyway, spectacular.

Nice, of course... but easily overlookable compared to all the other things by Mulatu. Also from last year, there's a rather encyclopedic collection from Strut, and this year's album, "Mulatu Steps Ahead," is much more Mulatu. Nice, in short, but not very Mulatu. Like this one, which is also quite nice and is from last year, there's the one by the Whitefield Brothers... "Earthology."

Hey Fosca... I just sent you a private message. Happy listening! :)

Hey there, Céline and The Journey were not defined as "leftist" ... it was he himself who defined The Journey as "lyrical populism" and said he was "for a communism with a soul." Céline was not just a simple antisemite. In the Jew, Céline saw the bourgeois and constipated modern man whom he justifiably hated. What makes Céline Céline is that in his madness he was always perfectly consistent... to say that "his case is emblematic of a (de)evolution towards right-wing thoughts" is to read him poorly or to bend him to one's own political ideas. Céline has always been who he is (an anarchist... how many times should he have repeated it to be understood?)... an irrationalist who preached not having ideas, a hatred for academia and various Sartres, a tragic optimist... in being tempted by fascism there is no devolution, quite the opposite. It is not for everyone... and two plus two equals four, but when two plus two equals five, there is fun.

Look, the fact that it was mostly action does not exclude that behind it there is, in the background, a philosophical thought. On the contrary, fascist irrationalism is a paradoxical thing since it was embraced, for the most part, by intellectuals and intellectuals from all over Europe... and if you think about it, art - it's true that they talked about "culture," but art and culture go hand in hand - is pure irrationalism, instinct, and for the "left," which makes rationality its dogma, it becomes impossible to practice it except through delusions that "come from the brain and not from the heart," and therefore, at least for my taste, a bit self-referential... obviously not in all cases. Regarding Evola... I also found him chilling when instead of reading him, I read analyses of his thought, which applies a bit to all philosophy. Having read some of his works, I can tell you that he has been quite instrumentalized for various purposes and was not simply fascist. It was fascism that was a bit Evola, not the other way around. I agree with what you say about Marx... I prefer Proudhon to Marx, but by a long shot :) And, on the other hand, I don't agree on Primo Levi. I'm fresh out of re-reading Se questo è un uomo and La tregua, and in terms of "masterpiece," it doesn't even come close, at least according to my tastes. With the "material" he had available, to put it cynically, he could have done incredible things, yet there are pages and pages of mortal boredom. Still on that topic, I recommend the Tales of Kolyma, which fits my criteria for a masterpiece and was published by Adelphi (blessed be it!) :) But enough now. Bye.

Ehhh, I'm already a mess as it is. Go Greg, I bet you'll like them... I’m sure of it. Let me know, later.

Very possible.