Ibex Band

During the 1970s and 1980s, Ibex Band was an extremely prolific studio and live group, backing artists such as Aster Aweke, Girma Bèyènè and Mulatu Astatke, and appearing on more than 200 albums and thousands of singles.

During a period of political oppression in Ethiopia, Ibex Band managed to reinterpret and breathe new life into traditional melodies, creating a vast repertoire of irresistibly cool dance music. The sound of countless musicians would be shaped and inspired by them in the decades…