Punt – Made in Ethiopia

Genres : Electronic, Jazz, Rock, Reggae, Non-Music, Folk, World, & Country

Crédits

– Artwork – Bos / Warp, Dan Harper
– Composed By – Dan Harper, Mahmoud Ahmed
– Engineer – Dan Harper
– Guest – Bahta Gèbrè-Heywèt (tracks: Bahta Gebre Hiwot), Bos, Captain Sensible, Ed Wynne, Elmer Thudd, Gary Woodhouse, Hilaire Chabby, Joie Hinton, Juldeh Camara, Justin Adams, Mahmoud Amhed*, Martin Cradick, Neil Perch, Simon Hinkler
– Mastered By – Dan Harper
– Musician – Dan Harper
– Producer – Dan Harper

Notes
Invisible System present a 12 track fusion album of Ethiopian, Dub, Dance,

Musiciens :
– Mahmoud Ahmed & Bahta Gebrehiwot (Ethiopiques)
Hilaire Chabby (Baba Maal)
– Justin Adams (Robert Plant & Strange Sensation, ex Jah Wobble’s Invaders)
– Tsedenia, Mimi, Tarmeg & Sami (Ethiopians since this album signed to
Realworld Records)
– Joie Hinton (ex-Eat Static & Ozric Tentacles / Here and Now / IGV)
Martin Cradick (Baka Beyond/ex-Outback)
– Captain Sensible (The Damned)
– Ed Wynne (Ozric Tentacles / Noden Inctus)
Simon Hinkler (ex-The Mission)
– Dubulah (ex-Transglobal Underground, Temple of Sound, Natasha Atlas etc)
– Perch (Zion Train)
– Juldeh (Justin Adams, Realworld etc)
– Elmer Thudd (ex-Loop Guru)
– Gary Woodhouse (The Rhythmites)
– Bos (ex-Junk Waffle and Warp Graf/Eat Static Artist)

Invisible System is the pseudonym for the UK & Africa producer Dan Harper whose music is an eclectic fusion of Ethiopian, dub, reggae, techno, trance, drum and bass, jungle, acid, psychedelic, folk, post-punk, goth and rock.

They have played at the Addis Ababa Music Festival, Ethiopia.[1] Endorset Festival, UK. Thimbleberry Festival, supported the UK band Dreadzone, Music Port Festival and Waveform Festival.
Albums

Punt (Made in Ethiopia) was released in 2009 with critical acclaim from e.g. The Guardian (Robin Denselow),[2] Singout! (Chris Nickson),[3] Daily Telegraph (Mark Hudson),[4] New Internationalist,[5] Financial Times (David Honnigman),[6] The Independent (Andy Gill),[7] 5 Stars www.LAsThePlace.com,[8] Mojo (David Hutcheon) 4 Stars Alt Music,[9] 4 Stars World Music Network (TJ Nelson),[10] 4 Stars fRoots (Jamie Renton), Songlines, Uncut (Nigel Williamson), Fly Global (Tim Woodall),[11] etc. on Harper Diabate Records.

Guest musicians included Mahmoud Ahmed,[3] Captain Sensible, Aklilu Bedane,[12] Justin Adams, Dubulah, Juldeh Camara,[5] Desta Fikra,[2] Ozric Tentacles,[6] Tsedenia Gebre Markos, Bahta Gebre Hiwot, Simon Hinkler (The Mission), Zion Train, Eat Static, Loop Guru, Baka Beyond, Hilaire Chabby (Baba Maal) and others.

The album as stated in the reviews above such as Robin Denselow from The Guardian broke many barriers in terms of its style and Harper’s method of production. Previously an aid worker in Ethiopia and Mali for 8 years[12] it has a strong message to international development. He also seeded the connections and recordings for the Realworld Records (Peter Gabriel) signed project Dub Colossus.

The album has been played on BBC’s World Service, Late Junction and Asian Network,[13] on Radio New Zealand (Trevor Pagan),[14] RRR Australia, BBC6 Music (Gideon Coe) and many European and US based stations,[15]

It reached the final of the Songlines World Music Awards 2010[16] and included on the CD to celebrate the finalists in the Best Newcomer category.[17]

In April 2011 a new album entitled Street Clan was released. Not only was this another Ethiopian fusion album as Punt, but it introduced Jamaican vocals and post-punk into the mix. It was released to great international critical acclaim again scoring 5 and 4 star reviews in for example, The New York Times (Jon Pareles),[18] fRoots Magazine (Jamie Renton),[19] the BBC (Robin Denselow),[20] Uncut (Nigel Williamson),[21] World Music Network (TJ Nelson),[22] The Telegraph (Mark Hudson),[23] The Financial Times (David Honigman),[24] Los Angeles,[25] All Music (Chris Nicson),[26] etc.

Guest musicians including Skip McDonald (On-U-Sound/African Head Charge/Little Axe/Realworld/Sugar Hill Gang/Mark Stewart and The Pop Group), Adiran Utley (Portishead), Stuart Fisher (Hole / Courtney Love), The Ozric Tentacles, Eat Static and others.

Radio Play was very prominent on BBC 6 Music with Gideon Coe and was also on BBC3 Late Junction with Max Reinhardt,[15] RRR Australia, Radio New Zealand with interviews,[27] and many national radio stations in Europe and the USA including Italy, France, Spain and Germany.

It reached no.25 in the World Music European Charts.[28]

In January 2012 a new download only E.P. entitled The Cauldron was released with again much BBC radio 6 play with Gideon Coe and European and US coverage. Reviews included 5 stars in Los Angeles [29] and a review with David Honigmann in The Financial Times.[30]

Invisible System is the featured artist on Disc Two of The Rough Guide to the Music of Ethiopia (2012, World Music Network).