After Nigerian afrobeat, Ethiopian music is now also finding a wider market in Europe. Imperial Tiger Orchestra hails from the Swiss city of Geneva and is made up of six musicians who, as none of the band members speak Amharic, have committed themselves to convincingly reinterpreting Ethiopian classics with a focus on instrumental tracks ('Tirulegn' featuring guest vocalist Bethlehem Dagnachew is a nice exception). 'Mercato' (a reference to the Addis Ababa market, the largest on the African continent) sounds like a vintage album from the Swinging Addis of the 1960s and early 1970s and is without a doubt the hottest piece of "Ethiopalia" we had the pleasure listening to in a while!