To listen to audio on Rock Paper Scissors you'll need to Get the Flash Player
Sample Track 1:
"Enseralen Gojo" from Bole 2 Harlem Vol 1 (Sounds of the Mushroom)
Sample Track 2:
"Bole 2 Harlem" from Bole 2 Harlem Vol 1 (Sounds of the Mushroom)
Buy Recording:
Bole 2 Harlem Vol 1 (Sounds of the Mushroom)
Layer 2
CD Review
Click Here to go back.
New York Times, CD Review >>

Bole 2 Harlem

Chalk up a new African-American blend: the Ethiopian-New York hybrids of Bole 2 Harlem on its debut album, “Volume 1” (Sounds of the Mushroom). Maki Siraj raps gruffly in Amharic; David Schommer produces tracks that touch on everything from reggae to North African rai to Pakistani qawwali, with invaluable help from a female Ethiopian singer, Tigist Shibabaw. (Bole 2 Harlem is named after Bole International Airport in the capital, Addis Ababa.) Songs like “Hoja Hoye,” “Ensaralen Gojo” and “Ametballe” mesh Ethiopian modes and rhythms with crisp hip-hop loops, adding up to irresistible party chants. Sample them at bole2harlem.com. 11/05/06 >> go there
Click Here to go back.