AddisAbabaBand
is a 13-man band originating from Aarhus. A cosmic vessel fueled by tight beats and collective improvisation. In front is a sharp and coherent horn section supported by a super-swinging guitar, keys and bass group on a foundation of captivating beats. AddisAbabaBand is a collective. The music is written and arranged jointly. With improvisation as the central force, they create a space for overriding inhibitions and dancing away. Since 2010, this unruly musical bastard of a band has played over 130 concerts, including Roskilde Festival, GrimFest, The Borderless Festival, Jazz festival in Odense, Alive Thy, Jazz in the Triangle, Aarhus Jazz Festival, Copenhagen Jazz Festival and SPOT Festival – and they have toured in Ghana and the Netherlands.

II is AddisAbabaBands second studio album, which netted them the acclaimed 2019 Premiering award from Statens Kunstfond, along with a cash prize.

Lineup
Martin "muskel" Madsen - drums
Jens Peter Møller - bass
Feike Van der Woude - percussion
Christian Dietrichsen - percussion
Preben Kaels - percussion/violin
Mikkel Govertz - guitar
Jesper Rasmussen - guitar
Simon Eskildsen - keys
Marco Dania - saxophones/flute
Lasse Enøe - saxophones
Olaf Brinch - saxophone
Christian Tscherning - trombone
Scott Westh - trumpet

Edited by Olaf Brinch
Recorded by Jacob Bredahl at Dead Rat Studio
Druid, Yogasvin, Mass Confusion and Bomygre mixed by Jasper Geluk in Tone Boutique Studios, Haarlem
Sterling No.1 Synthetic Beach & Cinematic mixed by Benjamin Spitzmüller at Philophon, Berlin
Cold Hawaii & Introgovertz mixed by Frederik Segers at Boma Studios, Belgium
Master by Wolfgang Gottlieb
Cover portraits by Franz Van der Woude

Released in 2019

AddisAbabaBand website