En 6 ans d’existence, Akalé Wubé n’a cessé d’élargir le cadre où se déploie sa musique, de plus en plus riche et profonde, à l’image de sa source d’inspiration première : le répertoire populaire éthiopien des années 60 et 70.
A l'origine rassemblé autour de reprises de la série "Ethiopiques", le groupe a grandi en s'immergeant profondément dans les musiques d'Éthiopie et en multipliant les collaborations avec des musiciens et danseurs éthiopiens, africains et européens. Peu à peu, les quelque deux cents concerts d’Akalé Wubé en Europe, en Asie et en Afrique en ont fait l’un des ambassadeurs mondiaux du groove éthiopien.

David GEORGELET : Drums
Oliver DEGABRIELE : Bass
Loïc Réchard : Guitar
Étienne DE LA SAYETTE : Flûtes, Sax
Paul BOUCLIER : Krar, trumpet, percussions
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DAMAKASE

Endris Hassen (The Ex, Ethiocolor, Imperial Tiger Orchestra, Nile Project, MistO-MistO etc) and Cory Seznec (Groanbox, Seznec Bros, solo, MistO-MistO, etc) joined forces in late 2014 to fuse sounds from east and west Africa. Hungry for a fuller sound, they brought in Misale Legesse (Ethiocolor, Addis Acoustic Project, etc) on kebero and Cass Horsfall on bass (Black Jesus Experience, Jazmaris, etc) to flesh things out and create Damakase, a name which comes from a plant used in traditional medicine in Ethiopia to heal "gunfan" (cold/flu) and other ailments.
By late 2015 they had enough songs for an album, and asked Kenny Allen to come in as producer.
Gunfan Yellem! (translated roughly as Fever No More!) is an album recorded live in Cory's Glasshouse Studios. Guest artists were invited to add a little spice here and there, and Kenny fine tuned and tweaked the mix to perfection.
The music is comprised of 6 originals and two covers (Wuba by the Eritrean composer Tewelde Redda, and Mother's Love by the Ethiopian pianist Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou).

Cass Horsfall : bass, vocals
Cory Seznec : guitars, ngoni, banjos, vocals
Endris Hassen : masenqo, vocals
Misale Legesse : kebero, percussion, vocals