Invisible System

Invisible System is the pseudonym for the UK & Africa producer Dan Harper whose music is an eclectic fusion of Ethiopian, dub, reggae, techno, trance, drum and bass, jungle, acid, psychedelic, folk, post-punk, goth and rock. More recent productions have been based around Malian griot and traditional music fusions.

They have played at the Addis Ababa Music Festival, Ethiopia. Endorset Festival, UK. Thimbleberry Festival, supported the UK bands Dreadzone, The Beat, The Dub Pistols, Jah Wobble and also played Music Port Festival, Waveform Festival and Glastonbury Festival.

Punt (Made in Ethiopia) was released in 2009 with critical acclaim from e.g. The Guardian (Robin Denselow), Singout! (Chris Nickson), Daily Telegraph (Mark Hudson), New Internationalist, Financial Times (David Honnigman), The Independent (Andy Gill), 5 Stars www.LAsThePlace.com, Mojo (David Hutcheon) 4 Stars Alt Music, 4 Stars World Music Network (TJ Nelson), 4 Stars fRoots (Jamie Renton), Songlines, Uncut (Nigel Williamson), Fly Global (Tim Woodall), etc. on Harper Diabate Records.

Guest musicians included Mahmoud Ahmed, Captain Sensible, Aklilu Bedane, Justin Adams, Dubulah, Juldeh Camara, Desta Fikra, Ozric Tentacles, Tsedenia Gebre Markos, Bahta Gebre Hiwot, Simon Hinkler (The Mission), Zion Train, Eat Static, Loop Guru, Baka Beyond, Hilaire Chabby (Baba Maal) and others.

The album as stated in the reviews above such as Robin Denselow from The Guardian broke many barriers in terms of its style and Harper's method of production. Previously an aid worker in Ethiopia and Mali for 8 years it has a strong message to international development. He also seeded the connections and recordings for the Realworld Records (Peter Gabriel) signed project Dub Colossus.

The album has been played on BBC's World Service, Late Junction and Asian Network, on Radio New Zealand (Trevor Pagan), RRR Australia, BBC6 Music (Gideon Coe) and many European and US based stations,

It reached the final of the Songlines World Music Awards 2010 and included on the CD to celebrate the finalists in the Best Newcomer category.

In April 2011 a new album entitled Street Clan was released. Not only was this another Ethiopian fusion album as Punt, but it introduced Jamaican vocals and post-punk into the mix. It was released to great international critical acclaim again scoring 5 and 4 star reviews in for example, The New York Times (Jon Pareles), fRoots Magazine (Jamie Renton), the BBC (Robin Denselow), Uncut (Nigel Williamson), World Music Network (TJ Nelson), The Telegraph (Mark Hudson), The Financial Times (David Honigman), Los Angeles, All Music (Chris Nicson), etc.

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