Ethio – Finnish singer-songwriter, based in Helsinki/Finland. His music is somewhere between afro-funk and Ethio-jazz and has a mix of influences ranging from traditional and contemporary Ethiopian groovy tunes.

Grown-up in the small town of Debre Berhan. He became qualified for music studies at Addis Ababa University in 2012. Despite studying music written by others, He felt a strong need to find his own music taste. He started his first acoustic band Le-Alem in 2013 and performed in many places both in Ethiopia and Finland.

Remains authentic to his origins, with his Ethiopian melancholic singing style and his mellow voice present in the music he plays, which exhibits an approach of composing with complex structures and acceptable use of improvisation, yet easy to listen to for every music fan. Mainly what he wants to achieve with his music is to spread positive and inspiring messages and thoughts.

While in Ethiopia he worked with prominent Ethiopian artists and bands such as the acclaimed Retrieve Ethio Big Band (as a trombonist), Ethio-Spanish Symphony Orchestra, Zion Rebels, The Grammy nominee artist Wayna Wondwossen, and Mulatu Astatke a.k.a The Father of Ethio Jazz (Retrieve Ethio Big Band). Also, He has been performing at Selam Festival and collaborated with French rapper Gael Faye and many other artists. Represented Ethiopia in an international music festival in 2016 (Tanzania Dar Choral Society).

After moving to Finland in 2016, He has been working with many Finnish musicians, and currently, He’s a lead singer of the legendary Finnish afro-funk band The Blassics They released their latest (First for him) album Togetherings in 2019.  The album got lots of international radio plays and excellent reviews and performed at several Finnish music festivals such as Naamat Festival, Funky Elephant, Hit The Break, Linna Jazz, and others as well as performing in Leuven, Brussels, and Amsterdam. He also collaborated with the Franco-Belgian electronic musician Ozferti on his recent album Solarius Gamma which was out in 2020 and he also featured on the Belgian Ethio-jazz/Afro-funk band Alpacas Collective EP SEVEN WISDOMS OF PLUTONIA in 2022.

He is currently working on his solo album project.

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