For several years, guitarist Damien Cluzel had wanted to re-explore an instrumental version of the Ukandanz project. Indeed, before the arrival of charismatic singer Asnake Gebreyes in 2010, the group performed as a quartet. Every cloud has a silver lining, and thus the border closures caused by COVID-19 gave him the opportunity to focus on a new repertoire. At the end of 2020, he composed "4 against the odds," a suite that navigates between the polyrhythmic interplay he particularly loves, the harmonies and melodies borrowed from Ethiopian music, and the unbridled energy of uncompromising rock.