Mesele Asmamaw

Mesele Asmamaw, Kirar is a composer and arranger in Ethiopia. He joined the music industry for the past 20 years. He has released many albums and traveled throughout Europe and Africa performing the traditional music of Ethiopia. In the last eight years, he has been a favorite guest of the influential punk band called The EX. He has recorded several albums with the experimental Norwegian drummer Paal Nillson-Love. He has toured and recorded with his experimental rock group Trio Kazanches and worked extensively with MulatuAstatke, both in the studio and on stage. He uses several interesting techniques in Qwanqwa, including a wahpedal, a distortion pedal, a coke bottle and a plastic tube.