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Gabriel Teodros: Lovework (Massline Media).(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
Born in Ethiopia and raised in Seattle, Washington, emcee Gabriel Teodros brings a litany of international influences and concerns to his music--so many it seems that an attempt to address all he's chosen to speak on would make for a weighty, pedantic record. Gratefully, Teodros is possessed of skill beyond his years and a refreshing lack of self-importance that is the bane of so-called "conscious" or "message-minded" hip-hop.
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First coming to attention as half of the Northwest U.S.-based duo Abyssinian Creole (and releasing a six-song EP in 2005), Teodros has honed his craft since the mid-1990s, as evidenced by the approach to his subject matter and immensely talented group of performers. Lovework was produced largely by keyboardist Amos Miller, and Teodros' breathy, intense, low-voiced delivery rides, sails and torpedoes through a sea of ...
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...Seattle rap/hip-hop artist. Gabriel Teodros is a member of hip-hop duo Abyssinian...around the same time 2Pac died," Teodros says. "I moved back to Seattle...QUOTE: "Hip-hop raised me," Teodros says. "It understood me, let...
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...launched with local hip-hop artists Common Market and Gabriel Teodros (of Abyssinian Creole). The label is distributed...chart lists four Northwest artists: Blue Scholars, Gabriel Teodros, The Saturday Nights at Lifesavas.) "'Blink...
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...entrepreneurs and artists from all over the world. Gabriel Teodros, who curates the Friday series, is a mainstay...them, who do all forms of music," said Teodros, who grew up in the Central District. Teodros hopes that other artists will follow his...
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...Sound of the Puget could go like this: Gabriel Teodros, 26, Ethiopian/white, born and raised...going on? Tell me where we went wrong -Teodros, "Chili Sauce," from the album "Lovework" Teodros is part of an expansive scene that includes...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Egge, Rose July 30, 2007 700+ words
...said. Another local hip-hop act, Gabriel Teodros, played to a packed house on the Neumos...the other half of Abyssinian Creole, Teodros' set was like an open jam session. Just an hour after Teodros took the stage, Aesop Rock, an indie...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Stout, Gene May 25, 2007 700+ words
...Knights (Mainstage); Grizzly Bear, Ghostland Observatory and The Slip (Wookie), and Aqueduct, Visqueen and Gabriel Teodros (Yeti). The Wookie Stage opens Saturday with an instrumental set by Beastie Boys. (M.I.A. has canceled her...
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- Magazine article from: The Stranger Mudede, Charles June 18, 2009 700+ words
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