Ashes
A Safe Place For Us / From the Ashes of Our Homes
Ashes
A Safe Place For Us / From the Ashes of Our Homes
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Gabriel Teodros - From the Ashes of Our Homes (independent, 2023)
From the Ashes of Our Homes opens with a reflection on the day Teodros and his spouse, Ijeoma Oluo, fled from an actual house fire, and expands to a full-length meditation on the loss of home and safety so many of us experienced these last few years as a result of wars, the pandemic, the climate catastrophe, and more - and how do we build something new from the ashes of all of our collective homes.
Picking up where 2018's History Rhymes If It Doesn't Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual) left off, Ashes is another collective exercise in moving through trauma, this time made in connection with Teodros' long-standing partner in rhyme Khingz (of Abyssinian Creole), who's new album A Safe Place For Us was created in concert with Ashes. The two albums each tell a story on their own, and a greater story when you play them back to back. Other vocalists on the LP include Meklit, Aisha Fukushima, Sarah MK, Nikkita Oliver, Rell Be Free, Dakota Camacho, Ian Kamau, Jennifer Johns (who collaborated on a heartfelt dedication to both Rahwa Habte and Gift of Gab), and narration by Tigrayan poet BeeLyn Naihiwet.
Ashes also sees Teodros’ introduction to the world as a producer, alongside key musical contributions from Northwest legends like Vitamin D, Ahamefule J. Oluo, and more.
Available on Bandcamp | iTunes / Apple Music | Spotify
Interview: The Meaning of Home: Gabriel Teodros on The Travelers Podcast with Brother Ali
”One of the realest records you’ll hear all year and an immediate entry in my top 10 of 2023. Such intimate glimpses of an artist’s infinite inkwell are truly rare.” - Gavin @ KRCL 90.9 FM (SLC)
“With vivid, insightful, poetic reflections on the tragic fire that him and his spouse, Ijeomo Oluo, had to flee from in September 2020, longtime friends that have passed away, and a shifting landscape wracked by the pandemic, wars, and the climate catastrophe, From the Ashes of Our Homes finds strength in its honest and reflective lyrics that focus on building and nurturing relationships, both at home and in the community.” - Alex @ KEXP 90.3 FM (Seattle)
Gabriel Teodros - EMBERS (independent, 2024)
EMBERS is an album comprised of previously unreleased remixes and reimagined songs from seven different projects, along with a few songs originally intended for the Ashes album that just didn’t make the final cut. Like embers from the fire, this is a bit of what was, and a spark for the fires still to come.
Gabriel Teodros - Ashes & Embers (Instrumentals) (independent, 2024)
Ashes & Embers is a collection of instrumental tracks produced by Gabriel Teodros from both the Embers and From the Ashes of Our Homes LPs.
Khingz - A Safe Place For Us (independent, 2023)
A Safe Place For Us is a solo album by Khingz, created in conversation with From the Ashes of Our Homes. The two albums each tell a story on their own, and another story when you play them back to back.
What We Leave Behind
What We Leave Behind
What We Leave Behind
What We Leave Behind
The Lost Tapes featuring Aisha Fukushima, Kimmortal, Prometheus Brown, Khingz, Jennifer Johns, SETI X, Jonathan Emile, Kasi, Castro, Amos Miller & The New Seattle Orchestra; with production by SoulChef, Crispy, Phreewil, DJ B-Girl, EarDr.Umz the MetroGnome, Teal Douville, Martín, Wundrkut, AirMe, Third Eye Bling, Jonathan Emile, Uncle Greg, Budo & Ahamefule J. Oluo.
Gabriel Teodros - What We Leave Behind (independent, 2020)
“Gabriel Teodros has been making quality hip hop for twenty-plus years, so it should come as no surprise that when he went back through the vaults, he had enough to put together an album that would rival most artists carefully crafted and planned projects.” - Scratched Vinyl
Interview on KEXP: “A World Where Many Worlds Fit”: Kimmortal and Gabriel Teodros on Black and Asian Solidarity
Gabriel Teodros - The Anniversary EP (independent, 2019)
Available on Bandcamp | iTunes / Apple Music | Spotify
A Southend Healing Ritual
History Rhymes If It Doesn’t Repeat
(A Southend Healing Ritual)
A Southend Healing Ritual
History Rhymes If It Doesn’t Repeat
(A Southend Healing Ritual)
Gabriel Teodros - History Rhymes If It Doesn’t Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual) (independent, 2018)
“Gabriel Teodros is one of the bravest rappers currently working in Seattle.” - NPR Music
“Throughout his 15-year career, spanning several musical and publishing projects under a handful of different names and guises, Teodros settled among the artists who embody Seattle’s conscience and, in the process, its memory, and his artistic archive is more important than ever as the city changes faster than the rest of us can keep up with.” - City Arts Magazine
Interview in South Seattle Emerald: Gabriel Teodros Addresses Trauma and the Healing He Found In Music and the Southend On His New Album
Interview on KEXP: Gabriel Teodros Battles His Inner Demons on History Rhymes If It Doesn't Repeat (A Southend Healing Ritual)
Evidence Of Things Not Seen
"i'm operating in a system i do not believe in
authoring some stories we could leave for our children"
Evidence Of Things Not Seen
Gabriel Teodros & SoulChef
Evidence Of Things Not Seen
"i'm operating in a system i do not believe in
authoring some stories we could leave for our children"
Evidence Of Things Not Seen
Gabriel Teodros & SoulChef
Children Of The Dragon
"a beautiful struggle in a jungle called everywhere
i'm in the air so they say i'm felt anywhere
familiar and rare, like tears at the airport..."
Children Of The Dragon
Gabriel Teodros & AirMe
Children Of The Dragon
"a beautiful struggle in a jungle called everywhere
i'm in the air so they say i'm felt anywhere
familiar and rare, like tears at the airport..."
Children Of The Dragon
Gabriel Teodros & AirMe
Gabriel Teodros & AirMe - Children Of The Dragon (independent, 2014)
"Life handed Gabriel Teodros a 24 hour layover and with that the Ethiopian/Seattleite MC made soulful wordplay for anyone who has ever felt in flux between two homes." - Alyssa Klein, Okayafrica
"Teodros explores themes of diaspora, blackness, masculinity, resistance, and love through his music, which is always on point." - Verónica Bayetti Flores, Feministing
CopperWire
"we run like the answer to ancestor's questions
of what resurrection is, and does redemption live here?"
CopperWire - Earthbound
CopperWire
"we run like the answer to ancestor's questions
of what resurrection is, and does redemption live here?"
CopperWire - Earthbound
Colored People's Time Machine
"you do fulfill our dreams unrealized
and my love for you is impossible to recite
it'd be the sweetest note ever spoke upon a mic"
Colored People's Time Machine
Colored People's Time Machine
"you do fulfill our dreams unrealized
and my love for you is impossible to recite
it'd be the sweetest note ever spoke upon a mic"
Colored People's Time Machine
Gabriel Teodros - GT's Ethiopium: A Jitter Generation Mixtape (independent, 2009)
Air 2 A Bird (Amos Miller & Gabriel Teodros) - Crow Hill (independent, 2010)
Gabriel Teodros & DJ Ian Head - The Lentil Soup EP (Everyday Beats, 2011)
Lovework
but if we label this
just picture what we might miss
Lovework
but if we label this
just picture what we might miss
Gabriel Teodros - No Label (MassLine, 2007)
Gabriel Teodros - Westlake: Class Of 1999 (A Musical Scrapbook, 2006)
Abyssinian Creole (Khingz & Gabriel Teodros) - Sexy Beast (MADK/Pangea, 2005)
Guest Appearances
"i wonder if the ancestors smile when they see us
something bout your happiness feels like freedom"
Guest Appearances
"i wonder if the ancestors smile when they see us
something bout your happiness feels like freedom"
