Negatit band which was established in 2012 by Teferi Assefa, an “Ethio Musicologist” who researches the unique and previously unknown Ethiopian musical rhythms, tunes, beats, themes and intertwines them with conventional jazz and experimental musical styles. The band was established as a platform for undertaking ethnomusicology and anthropology research and analysis efforts targeting indigenous communities and their unique cultural heritages. The band vision is to produce and publish “indigenous jazz” recordings, which are able to seamlessly incorporate undiluted beats and rhythms of rapidly disappearing indigenous communities of our world as core foundations to the band's jazz arrangements.
