It is always a little unnerving when the musicians responsible for a favourite studio album get together to perform live, especially when the album is as bravely original as In a Town Called Addis by Dub Colossus. One of the outstanding fusion sets of the past year, this was a collaboration between the British dub reggae enthusiast, producer and guitarist/bass player Nick Page, better known simply as Dubullah, and a diverse group of Ethiopian musicians.

Could they sound as good playing live? Indeed they could, especially when so many of London's Ethiopian community turned out to transform Dingwalls into a seething African dance hall. It started with the feisty young singer Mimi Zenebe backed first by Teremage Woretaw on the wailing masenqo fiddle, and then by the jazz piano playing of Samuel Yirga Mitiku.

Just as this odd collision of the ancient and modern sounded as if it was about to topple over under the pressure of all the different influences, in came the sturdy reggae rhythms as Zenebe and young singer Tsedenia Gebremarkos began to match Ethiopian pop against Jamaican influences.

The Dub Colossus album was an impressive studio collaboration, but for this live show Dubullah often stood back and allowed the Ethiopians to take over. The result was a set in which ballads such as Tizita were given a subtle reggae edge and matched against anything from piano-driven salsa to a glorious treatment of Uptown Top Ranking. By the end, the two girl singers were ordering the audience to sit on their haunches so they could practice wiggling dance moves.