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| ABEBA DESALEGN | MUSHERAYE KERE | MUSHERAYECD | CD | £ 30.00 | |
Mega rare Ethiopian made CD of her early songs where Abeba sings her heart out on every track. The CD has one more track than the cassette. Like all the greatest albums this one has a sample of every track for you to hear and every track went straight into my computer juke box. Pure magic all the way through.
Inlays are a bit roughly cut but the CD is perfect | 1. DAWIT WENCHEFEN
2. GURAGE ACH BARU
3. MUSHERAYE KERE
4. BETU BETA BELAYE
5. GENA GUDE YESEMAL
6. SERGEH LAYE NEBERKUGHE
7. HAMET MISGANA NEW
8. MINEM SALAWK AWEKUHE
9. ALMEKENATEH YASKENAGHAL
10. BEREKET
11. AYEDENKEGHEM |
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| ABEBA DESALEGNE | YELEHUBETM | YELEH | CD | £ 13.50 | |
Her third album as far as I know and and the first to get an international release. Lovely set of songs even the Eskista dance style ones are played with a Western slant. The Ethiopian release has the Ethiopian calendar date on it of 2005 but this was actually released in 2013 on our calendar. You can tell I love this whole album as there are sound clips for all the tracks. Teret Teret is my favourite. US version is a Digipak but the Ethiopian version is a normal CD case.
BOTH ITEMS CONDITION AS NEW BUT NOT SEALED.
U.S. RELEASE HAS LESS AMHARIC INFORMATION THAN THE ETHIOPIAN ONE. | 1. LEMIN NAFEKEGNE
2. YEFIKIR HUDADIE
3. TERET TERET
4. BAT ASAKLUGNE
5. AZMENE AMADU
6. LIYU LIJ
7. MIN TESEMAH
8. YELEHUBETM
9. MAYETIE KENTU
10. CHER WERIE
11. EMBAYIEN ABESE
12. FIKIR MALET
13. HIYWET ENDE SHEKLA |
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| ABEBECH DERARA AND ZAGOL BAND | KALEH KATEGEBIE | AEMRO | CD | £ 0.00 |  |
| An absolutely stunning album that's so simple yet so awesome. Abebech sings, Getnet Meazza plays bass guitar while keyboard wizard Kassa Adamassu weaves a truly magical spell over everything. The music fairly belts along with wonderfully irresistible and exciting vocals from ace singer Abebech. I have had a love affair with Ethiopian music for many years but this album is definitely the new darling of my collection. Released back in 1996 with catalogue number AB001CD. [10T/60M] | 1. BELU ENJI
2. ALCHILIBET
3. DAMO DAMO
4. SEW HULU
5. ABICHU NEGA NEGA
6. NA GELAYE
7. KALEH KATEGEBIE
8. SEWENETU
9. BEL TEWEW
10. YAYINIE ABEBA |
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| ABEBECH MESFIN | MER-AT AYNI | RAGMC999CD | TC | £ 10.00 | |
| Singer Abebech comes from Tigray and this is her first release which is sung in Tigrinya. Mainly traditional in style the music comes from a line-up of guitars, sax, keyboards and the lovely Krar. The bouncy Kebero drum and handclap style dominates on most tracks but Neada Nekila and Tsuke Teume take on a modern guitar and sax based sound and with Abebech's haunting vocals they are just lovely. The album name translates as retina which is one of Abebech's nicknames [10T/60M] | 1. YEKETEL DO FIKRIE
2. NETA HABABERE
3. AYMETSEN TERIFU
4. HAKE I
5. NEADA NEKILA
6. SHEKOR GUAL TIGRAY
7. TENAFEKENDO
8. JEMIRUNI FIKREI
9. TSUKE TEUME
10. WOYNAYE MEN-ESEY |
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| ABEBECH MESFIN | MER-AT AYNI - Vol. 1 | RAGMC999 | TC | £ 0.00 |  |
Singer Abebech comes from Tigray and this is her first release which is sung in Tigrinya. Mainly traditional in style the music comes from a line-up of guitars, sax, keyboards and the lovely Krar. The bouncy Kebero drum and handclap style dominates on most tracks but Neada Nekila and Tsuke Teume take on a modern guitar and sax based sound and with Abebech's haunting vocals they are just lovely. The album name translates as retina which is one of Abebech's nicknames [10T/60M]
 ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. YEKETEL DO FIKRIE
2. NETA HABABERE
3. AYMETSEN TERIFU
4. HAKE I
5. NEADA NEKILA
6. SHEKOR GUAL TIGRAY
7. TENAFEKENDO
8. JEMIRUNI FIKREI
9. TSUKE TEUME
10. WOYNAYE MEN-ESEY |
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| ABEBECH MESFIN | MER-AT AYNI Vol. 2 | AMV2CD | CD | £ 10.00 | |
Singer Abebech comes from Tigray and this is her second album which is sung in Tigrinya. Mainly traditional in style the music comes from a line-up of guitars, sax, keyboards and the lovely Krar. The bouncy Kebero drum and handclap style dominates on most tracks but Neada Nekila and Tsuke Teume take on a modern guitar and sax based sound and with Abebech's haunting vocals they are just lovely. The album name translates as retina which is one of Abebech's nicknames [12T/60M]
BRAND NEW CDR (made under license by Natari). | 1. KE DELEYO EYAE
2. ATA MENE EKHA
3. BE AYNEYE
4. LIMINAYE
5. ADEYE MAREYE
6. AFRICA
7. SEMIRULEYE
8. NEBEYEBNEYE
9. AYNI ZEWARE
10. SELESTE ENE
11. HEWNET
12. ATA MENE EKHA (Instrumental) |
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| ABEBECH MESFIN | MER-AT AYNI Vol. 2 | AMV2 | TC | £ 10.00 | |
Singer Abebech comes from Tigray and this is her second album which is sung in Tigrinya. Mainly traditional in style the music comes from a line-up of guitars, sax, keyboards and the lovely Krar. The bouncy Kebero drum and handclap style dominates on most tracks but Neada Nekila and Tsuke Teume take on a modern guitar and sax based sound and with Abebech's haunting vocals they are just lovely. The album name translates as retina which is one of Abebech's nicknames [12T/60M]
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION
| 1. KE DELEYO EYAE
2. ATA MENE EKHA
3. BE AYNEYE
4. LIMINAYE
5. ADEYE MAREYE
6. AFRICA
7. SEMIRULEYE
8. NEBEYEBNEYE
9. AYNI ZEWARE
10. SELESTE ENE
11. HEWNET
12. ATA MENE EKHA (Instrumental) |
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| ABEBECH MESFIN | TEAZIBEKA | TEAZIBEKA | CD | £ 10.00 | |
The fourth album from singer and songwriter Abebech is sung in the Tigrigna language of Northern Ethiopia and central Eritrea. and uses Krar (Ethiopian harp) played by Asmalu Tekelu and Masinko (One string Lyre) but with a modern twist from the guitar of Aiyou Solomon and the Saxophones of Feleke Hailu, Aregaye and Dawit Frew. The throbbing Eskista dance songs are mainly about love, women and equality. She cruises through the first four tracks and then lets fly with the wonderful Leminay. Alqado is another that leaps out and grabs your attention with its bouncy beat and strong vocals. This album, a present from Abebech, is now a treasured possesion in my collection.
Available here or just pop into the Electra Music Shop in front of Anwar Mosque in Addis Ababa. Happy listening.
BRAND NEW AND STILL SEALED. | 1. NESTELA-MAYMAY
2. TIMALI
3. QURI-QURI ABILUNI
4. MA-A-RDO AJIBO
5. LEMINAY
6. ANESE TEAZIBEKA
7. ALQADO
8. ADEY
9. HIWAN
10.WEYNAY MEN-ESEY
11 TIMALI (INSTUMENTAL) |
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| ABEBECH MESFIN | TEAZIBEKA | TEAZIBEKATC | TC | £ 0.00 | |
| Cassette is the same 10 tracks as the CD. | |
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| ABEBECH MESFIN | TEKELIE GEZANA | AMV3 | TC | £ 10.00 | |
| | 1. TEKELIE GEZANA
2. SHAMBOKO BERKHA
3. BELE TEZAREBO
4. TEFELALINA
5. SALAMTA
6. KENERAKEB INA
7. YAZERKERO ALEKU
8. ZAZIMAYO
9. ALEM
10. HABA LEBEKA |
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| ABINET AGONAFIR | ASTARAKI VOL. 3 | ASTARAKY | CD | £ 12.00 | |
Third album from Abinet and follows closely in style to his previous albums. Lively uptempo traditional sounds that have been electrified and mixed in with his pleading vocals. Do I like it? Well 6 tracks went straight into my Computer Juke Box, So yes very much. This is the U.S. supplied Digipak version and is dated 2014.
CONDITION AS NEW BUT NOT SEALED | 1. ATSOLELE
2. ASTARAKY
3. YOANMAI GURAGIGNA
4. ZEM
5. YEMAYRESA KEN
6. WEDESHIGN NEW WEY
7. LEMAN BIYE
8. ETHIOPIA
9. TIZITA
10. YENE WIDASIE
11. TENES TENES
12. HED YAZAT
13. SEW ALE
14. KAL YIBEKAL |
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| ABINET AGONAFIR | ASTARAKI VOL. 3 | ASTARAKI | CD | £ 10.00 | |
Third album from Abinet and follows closely in style to his previous albums. Lively uptempo traditional sounds that have been electrified and mixed in with his pleading vocals. This is the Ethiopian supplied standard CD version and is dated 2006. Comes with 8 pages of sleeve notes which include background plus lyrics for all tracks. Amharic only. A few flaws due to poor production quality so have included a perfect CD-R as well as the original. Did I like it? Well 6 tracks went straight into my Computer Juke Box, So yes very much.
CONDITION AS NEW BUT NOT SEALED | 1. ATSOLELE
2. ASTARAKY
3. YOANMAI GURAGIGNA
4. ZEM
5. YEMAYRESA KEN
6. WEDESHIGN NEW WEY
7. LEMAN BIYE
8. ETHIOPIA
9. TIZITA
10. YENE WIDASIE
11. TENES TENES
12. HED YAZAT
13. SEW ALE
14. KAL YIBEKAL |
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| ABINET AGONAFIR | DIBIKI WUBET (HIDDEN BEAUTY) | AIT026 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
Abinet's debut album and what an outstanding debut at that. Pure magic with 4 tracks straight into my Computer Juke Box. Just have a listen to the clips.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION
| 1. HABESHA
2. SITALEKISH DES ALISHIGN
3. ATIRGEMAT
4. LENE KALESH
5. AGEES MEHAS
6. WEND LIJ
7. ATNAHKEGN LIJE
8. KEZKAZA WELAFEN
9. TEY TEY
10. TELAHUSH
11. EMAMIYE
12. EWEDISHALEHU
13. MISKEEN ZEMEN |
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| ABINET AGONAFIR | WIETA | NR0094 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
Recorded and produced in Washington USA but what a cracking album. Every track is great and this has become a firm favourite of mine without a doubt. Oh boy what an album with 8 tracks in my Computer Juke Box
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION
| 1. SUSIEN
2. CHUH CHUH
3. BASEBGNE
4. ATHIJIBGNE
5. WEITA
6. SMIGNE
7. BAYBAY
8. ATMI
9. LYU
10. HAGER
11. METACH LENIE BLA
12. YEZARIEN
13. RHAMA
14. LJIEN |
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| ABONESH ADNEW | BAHILEN | BAHILEN | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| Multi talented Abonesh can sing in over a dozen of the 80 plus languages of Ethiopia and plans to sing in them all. She has appeared on film about the life style and culture of rural Ethiopia although her music and song are contemporary and based upon the works of many of the best known stars of Ethiopian music. Released in 1996 by Electra as a digipac CD and also on cassette. Very rare item. | 1. BAHILEN
2. KEFFA
3. ENDASABE
4. GEDEL LIGBA?
5. LIFELIGIH
6. DERA
7. YETIKAZEN
8. ABEBIE
9. YENEBICHA
10. LIMITAWEY?
11. YEMANEW SHINKIT |
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| ABONESH ADNEW - ABITI | ZAREM ENDAMNA | ABITI | CD | £ 15.00 | |
Multi talented Abonesh still sings but this time under her nick name of Abiti which is also the name of her Washington D.C. restaurant where she also tops the bill. A bit more traditional but still a wonderful album.
CONDITION AS NEW BUT NOT SEALED
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. ZAREM ENDAMNA
2. ABADER
3. ALKERIM
4. CARE YEHUN
5. YARADA LIJ FEKER
6. YEBOLALE
7. KASAYEN ATAHUT
8. ABAKAGN
9. GOJAME
10. ZEM ALELEM
11. MALEMENI
12. AWDE AMET
13. GUDE FELLA |
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| ABRESH ZEGET AND ABEBA DESALEGN | A CHRISTMAS GIFT | COOL ROAD FILM | DVD | £ 0.00 | |
A DVD rather than a CD from Abresh and Abeba which is dated 2002 and also 2010 which was our year. Abeba only sings on two tracks, a duet with Abresh on track No. 2 and on her own on track No. 5. The rest are all Abresh who is quite a nice singer. Filmed by Cool road Films in Ethiopia and distributed by Ambassel. I have not seen this on sale outside of Ethiopia and I couldn't find either of Abeba's tracks on any of her albums, only here.
FREE download available for tracks 2 and 5 on request on either .wav or .mp3. | 1. TEWU ATIKELKILUAT
2. NURO
3. YEGEBEREW DEBTER
4. SEW FILEGA
5. ALEMEKINATIH ASKENAGN
6. BENATE LITERA
7. YIHE AYDELEM BETISH
8. LEMIN BE'AYNE AYEHUSH |
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| ALEMAYEHU ESHETE | ADDIS ABABA - NEW BEAT MUSIC FROM ETHIOPIA | SHANCD64045 | CD | £ 20.00 | |
From 1960 until his death in 2021 he was one of Ethiopias greatest artists with his soaring vocals and his blending of local music with soul. He was known as the Ethiopian Elvis and this 1992 Paris recorded album with the Wallias Band is superb. Ethiopia is a strange and wonderful crossroads where traditional Ethiopian music with its complex rhythic sensibility and haunting scales mixes with Arabic and African music as well as jazz, blues, r'n'b, rock and reggae.
BRAND NEW AND STILL SEALED. | 1. ADDIS ABABA BETE
2. YEWOINE HAREGITU
3. MANIHUN TILEK SAW
4. YEWORMA ZENGADA
5. AMBASSEL
6. DENYEW DENABA
7. MARIGN BIYESHALO
8. CHIGERISH BENE ALFOUAL
9. KOTUMA FIKRIE
10. TIZITA |
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| ALEMAYEHU ESHETE | ETHIOPIQUES 22 - MORE VINTAGE | 860144 | CD | £ 15.00 | |
Alemayehu Eshete is no less than one of the great voices of the heyday of modern Ethiopian music, the Swinging Sixties which, in Ethiopia, went on until the fall of the Emperor Haile Sellassie I in 1974. On a par with Tilahun Gessesse, Bzunesh Beqele or Mahmoud Ahmed, Alemayehu was a star at the top of the constellation that once lit up the wild nights in the capital city Addis Ababa. The singer, was as remarkable for his frenetic rock numbers as for his heart-rending ballads, had, by dint of rampant Americanism, earned himself nicknames as the Ethiopian James Brown or the Abyssinian Elvis. With his dazzling stage presence, nimble voicebox and wicked pompadour, he was a strutting show-off, straight out of American Graffiti or Saturday Night Fever. His youthfulness was untarnished although he was well into his 60s, Alemayehu still represented the explosive myths of the 1960s. Comes with a 32 page illustrated French and English booklet about Alemayehu and his music. Backing bands include Shebelele Band, All Star Band, Alem Girma Band and Marathon Band. [18T/71M]
CONDITION AS NEW BUT NOT SEALED | 1. NEY-NEY WELEBA
2. AMBASSEL
3. AMBASSEL
4. YEQER AYNESSA
5. TEMAR LEDJE
6. MEN TETCHIYE MEDRITU
7. TENAGERI
8. YETENTU FEQRATCHEN
9. HODE FERA
10. ABEBA MESSELETCH
11. GUBELYE
12. TEQUR GESSELA
13. YEMAYNEGA LELIT
14. YEBEQANAL
15. WETADER NEGN
16. ENAT YEENDJERA ENAT
17. KENORU LEBETCHAHE
18. TSEGEREDAYE |
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| ALEMAYEHU ESHETE | YEFEKER KAL Vol. 8 | YEFEKER | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| A beautiful album which Alemayehu sings with his usual heartfelt feeling and warmth.While I liked all the tracks and particularly the first few, he saved the best till last with the stunningly beautiful Yena Gla which is just superb. | 1. YEFEKER KAL
2. HALLO HALLO BILE
3. KURATA NESH
4. SESETA NESH
5. MIGNOTA
6. TSIBAY
7. SHALALA LA
8. ANEDE NEGRE
9. WA NEDO
10. YENA GLA |
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| ARAGAW BEDASO | NETEREKEBE INETI | NETERE | TC | £ 0.00 | |
Aragaw Bedaso was born 1934 and is a traditional singer of Gurage songs. He first performed in 1957 and despite his old age still performs and is active in the Ethiopian music scene. A former deacon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church he claims his good health is due to his exercising, has fathered 18 children and promotes running for health amongst other things. [10T/52M] Oh.... and the music? Out of this world, fast paced traditional Ethiopian style with jazz-funk overtones and tremendous vocals from the man himself.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. NETEREKEBE INETI
2. ADETE YETEFEKERENANE
3. FERANE AYENBERO
4. ASHEGOYE ABESHE
5. YEGEREDE MEREKAMA
6. YABO YAYO BELE
7. LEBELE LOGAWE SHEBOW
8. TELEBENE EWEDEDA
9. ABEBA TEKESELI
10. IZEME GORADEDO |
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| ASNAQETCH WERQU | ETHIOPIQUES 16 - LADY WITH THE KRAR | 822652 | CD | £ 12.00 | |
Before she became famous as a singer and krar (traditional lyre) player, Asnatqetch Werqu was known as an actress and a dancer. At a very young age, she taught herself the krar, the favourite instrument of the azmari, Ethiopia's wandering minstrels. She had the voice to transform the vicissitudes of life into poignant laments or sarcastic ditties,which have earned her respect and recognition. Asnaqetch Werqu was the last great singer, story-teller and free-thinker to carry on the tradition of poetic jousting. Sadley she passed away September 14, 2011 in Addis Abeba but her songs will live on with this 22 track 78 minute compilation CD which was released in 2003.
BRAND NEW AND STILL SEALED. | 1. TEZETA
2. MENGEDEGNAW LEBE
3. ENDEGENA
4. MELA MELA
5. GUBELYE
6. SABYE
7. ALEMYE
8. ENDENEH BELULEGN
9. EREYE DEMAMU
10. WEGENE
11. ENDE LYERUSALEM
12. LOMI TALUBAT
13. ALTCHELEWEM BERD NEW
14. FEQRYE TEREDA
15. SHEMONMWANAYEWA
16. FEQRIE DEHNA HUN
17. TCHELA ATBELEGN
18. GUM GUM
19. EH LEBEL
20. ALEM SHEGGA
21. SELA BELELEGN
22. METCHE NEW |
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| ASTER AWEKE | ASTER | CK46848 | CD | £ 10.00 | |
A great set of tracks with a wonderful voice delivering them. This was her first Western released album which mixes the sound of jazz and soul with traditional Ethiopian music to produce a wonderfully sweet if high pitched album that would make her a global superstar. She has been one in Ethiopia since the 1960's. Comes with an 8 page inlay with all the lyrics in English.
CONDITION AS NEW BUT NOT SEALED | 1. SEBEBU
2. ETITITE!
3. TIZITA
4. TEYIM
5. SELALE
6. Y'SHEBELLU
7. FIKHR ANESGNE
8. WOLELA
9. SENGNO |
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| ASTER AWEKE | CHECHEHO | CHECHEHO | CD | £ 15.00 | |
| Released in 2010 (Ethiopian year -2003) this is another masterpeice from superb singer Aster. She just gets better and better. | 1. CHECHEHO
2. AMESEGINALEHU
3. WISHY WASHY
4. KULUN
5. FIKIR AYALKIBET
6. KEREMELA
7. YICHALAL
8. SINIWADED
9. SELAM NEW
10. BABA BABA
11. BICHAYEN
12. GONDER |
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| ASTER AWEKE | EBO | 2222-2 | CD | £ 17.50 | |
A truely beautiful album, its as simple as that. Recorded at Cue Recording Studios in Virginia USA in 1993. I loved the first track but was just knocked out with the vocal beauty of the final. one.
BRAND NEW AND STILL SEALED. | 1. MINU TENEKANA
2. EBO
3. YALE SIME
4. YENE KONJO
5. BALE GARIE
6. ESTI LNURBET
7. YEWAH LIBANE
8. ASHE WEYINA |
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| ASTER AWEKE | EWEDIHALEHU | EWED | CD | £ 12.00 | |
Another wonderful album entitled Ewedihalehu (I Love You) is Aster's 24th album to date according to some write-ups. Must be including Ethiopian only cassettes to get to that number. It was produced in co-operation with her longtime arranger, Abegasu Kibrework Shiota. Also featured are new works by producers, Henock Negash, and Maru.
CONDITION AS NEW BUT NOT SEALED
| 1. ENEN YAYE
2. SENDELELA
3. ZAKERE
4. AYINIH
5. WUHA WUHA
6. CHE FERESE
7. HID DEMO
8. EWEDIHALEHU
9. AYAYA
10. AYE SEW
11. AWDAMET
12. HULUN YEMITIWED |
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| ASTER AWEKE | FIKIR | FIKIR 2006 | CD | £ 15.00 | |
CONDITION AS NEW BUT NOT SEALED | 1. FIKIR
2. ANDD ADIRGEN
3. NETSA NEGN
4. SEWENETAE
5. AYZOH
6. EMYAE
7. LISHELIMEW
8. YESEW-SEW
9. AZEZO
10. CHAL-CHAL
11. YIKIRTA
12. YAMRAL
13. NEFSAE
14. MURIT |
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| ASTER AWEKE | HAGERE | KABU001-2 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
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| ASTER AWEKE | KABU | TERRACD110 | CD | £ 10.00 | |
Very much a Westernised album that seems to have lost its roots. Having said that I don't doubt that it will be a big hit as it brings out the quality of Aster's voice far better than her previous album. Has some superb mood music based loosley on original Ethiopian styles.
CONDITION AS NEW BUT NOT SEALED | 1. YEDI GOSH
2. YAZ-OH (GRAB IT, GET IT ON)
3. KABU (SACRED ROCK)
4. KEZIRA
5. BATI
6. TCHEWATA (ROMANCE)
7. EYOHA
8. BITCHENGNA (LONELINESS) |
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| ASTER AWEKE | KABU | TERRAC110 | TC | £ 0.00 | |
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| ASTER AWEKE | SUGAR | KABU002-2 | CD | £ 15.00 | |
A cracking set of tracks on this magic album.
CONDITION AS NEW BUT NOT SEALED | 1. GUDDE FELLA (FEAT. NASIR HASSEN)
2. SEW HULU BE-HAGERU
3. EZORALEHU
4. ETITI
5. BICHEGNA
6. SIKUAR (SUGAR)
7. MERKATO
8. FIKIR FIKIR
9. LELA ALAYIM
10. TIBI TIBI
11. SEW MEHONNE
12. WEY NEDO |
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| CHACHI | AFRICA | CTR67120 | CD | £ 12.00 | |
Chachi Tadesse to give her a full name had previously released a couple of tapes but is now in 1994 is out on CD. This modern Ethiopian album is influenced by many styles - makassi, soukous, ragga, jazz, reggae and even bhangra beat! - the mix producing some very interesting and danceable tracks. Lovely album in every way. (F.T.Index: Melkam Gabecha, Yezare Ababawoche, Ataseb, Setitu Arbegha, Kadametkegn, Africa, Belete Kidame.) [12T/59M]
CONDITION AS NEW BUT NOT SEALED | 1. AFRICA
2. YEZARE ABEBAWOCHE
3. ATASEB
4. KADAMETKEGN
5. SETIYU ARBEGNA
6. TIZITA
7. GIZEM YAGENAGENAL
8. BELETE KIDAME
9. HEBRET
10. NAJEKEGNE MENDERU
11. MELKAM GABECHA
12. DEBDADE |
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| ELIZABETH TESHOME | 1987 | DIMBULKA | TC | £ 0.00 | |
| A lovely album that starts out quite softly and traditionally but soon speeds up and by track three it's leaping about like a lunatic. Elizabeth has one of those beautiful voices that can cut through music like a hot knife through butter. The solid beat of the drums and the guitar/sax mixture of sound from the keyboards makes a strong backing that suits Elizabeth's razor sharp singing style perfectly. On side 'B' she settles into a slightly more melodic mould that trips along merrily almost like something from one of those Hindi musicals that you see on TV these days. Gorgeous to listen to, a definite gem. (F.T.Index: (Track No...) A3, A4, B3, B4, B2, A5 ,B1 .) [10T/60M] | |
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| FIKER ADDIS NEKATIBEB | EMBI | EMBI | CD | £ 0.00 | |
I thought her previous album Leul Aswededegn was wonderful but this one reaches new heights of perfection. Just have a listen to the clips on the right........... Five tracks have gone into my computer juke box.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. EMBI
2. AREG ENANTEYE - GONDER
3. TEMELES
4. SETEGNE
5. YEHABESHA
6. KUNAMA
7. JEMEREW - GOJAM
8. EJIG EJIG
9. GODANAW
10. YEMECHEW
11. O HAYA
12. NEDAW - WELLO |
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| FIKER ADDIS NEKATIBEB | LEUL ASWEDEDEGN | LEUL | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| A stunningly beautiful album from the power packed voice of Fiker Addis. Her voice is explosive one minute, then sweetness the next. This is a definite must have album if you like Ethiopian music. | 1. YENGAT WEF
2. BAGERACHN
3. YAMU YAMU
4. YANEKAL
5. LEUL ASWEDEDEGN
6. MERAGN YZO
7. TESMAGN TERUNBA
8. AND SWE
9. SBEBU
10. BLO BLO |
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| FIKER ADDIS NEKATIBEB | MISEKIR | MISEKIR | CD | £ 0.00 | |
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| FOUR STAR SINGERS | FOUR STAR SINGERS | FOURSTAR | TC | £ 15.00 | |
Released by Ambassel way back in 1984. Features a superb set of songs from Tilahun Gessesse, Bezunesh Bekele, Hirut Bekele and Mahmoud Ahmed.
Condition inlay is a little faded on the spine and small biro mark on B side of cassette label. Otherwise as new.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION
| 1. BEHAGER GUBGNIT
2. ANDE LE ANDE
3. TAZEBKUT LIBIHIN
4. AJEB
5. FIKIR DEHNA HUN
6. TEW ZEGEYEHA
7. FIKIR ADDIS AYDELEM
8. YESEW EMEL
9. ALFESHIGN ATHIJI
10. LEBICHAYE
SINGERS
1. - Bezunesh Bekele and Tilahun Gessesse
2, 4. - Tilahun Gessesse
3, 5, 8 and 10. - Bezunesh Bekele
6. - Hirut Bekele and Mahmoud Ahmed
7, 9. - Mahmoud Ahmed |
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| FOUR TRADITIONAL SINGERS | FOUR TRADITIONAL SINGERS | FOUR | TC | £ 0.00 | |
| I thought the first side was good with a thumping beat geared mainly to the Iskista dance style, plenty of horn/guitar backing to say nothing of the girls in the chorus with their throbbing 'Ulahs'! On the other side however they pull out all the stops and produce some very inovative if still traditional sounds. Track 3 definitely has a place in my favorites list and the last track is a real treat. | |
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| GABII EDA'OO | SOOF UMAR | SOOF | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| Well what can I say about Gabii? The generally fast paced music is very nice and his powerful voice adds the finishing touch to a great album. Sung in the Oromo language hence the strange looking spellings on the track titles. Very little information that I can find about him on the web or anywhere else. | 1. EBOO SAYYOO
2. AANOO
3. BAGAN KUFAA BAGAN KA'E
4. MOOTABEE KOO
5. AANALEEF CALANQOO
6. GEERARSAA
7. ALAN AALAN
8. BAREEDA AKKA KEETII
9. KOPHXAA'E
10. SOOF UMAR
11. BEY GULETIYA
12. INSTRUMENTAL |
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| GETATCHEW MEKURYA | ETHIOPIQUES 14 - NEGUS OF ETHIOPIAN SAX | 822562 | CD | £ 12.50 | |
Probably the most revered veteran of Ethiopian saxophone, Getatchew Mekurya is the inventor of an extremely distinctive musical 'style'. There exists, among Ethiopia's many vocal genres, a form of singing that is purely warlike: epic and declamatory, harsh and hoarse-voiced, it is known as 'shellela'. Getatchew Mekurya had the brilliant idea of transposing it to his saxophone. In this daring, improvisational, angry and impetuous musical form, each melisma spirals dizzyingly towards less structure and greater freedom in the playing. Without resorting to cliches, shellela saxophone was a sort of free jazz before its time: Mekurya, who remembers trying out the first heady strains in 1952-53, still knows nothing about Ornette Coleman, or Albert Ayler. The music on this CD was released by Philips Ethiopia in 1970, except for the last piece, a rarity from the late fifties.
BRAND NEW AND STILL SEALED. | 1. YEGENET MUZIQA
2. SHELLELA
3. AHA GEDAWO
4. ANTCHI HOYE
5. AMBASSEL
6. ALMAZ YEHARERWA
7. YENE HASSAB GWADEGNA
8. SHEMONMWANAYE
9. GOFERE / ANTCHI HOYE
10. AYNOTCHE TERABU
11. AKALE WUBE
12. TEZETA
13. GEDAMAY
14. MUZIQA HEYWETE
15. SHELLELA BESAXOPHONE |
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| GIGI | GIGI | PALMCD20682 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
Superb album that had me glued to the speakers. Sublime vocals and hypnotic music all the way through. Definitely recommended.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. GUD FELLA
2. MENGEDEGNA
3. TEW ANTE SEW
4. ABAY
5. BALE WASHINTU
6. GURAMAYLE
7. SEW ARGEN
8. AYNAMA
9. KAHN
10. ZOMAYE
11. ABET WUBET
12. NAFEKEN
13. ADWA |
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| GIGI | ONE ETHIOPIA | BARKCD105 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
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| HAMELMAL ABATE | SEDET | SEDET | CD | £ 0.00 | |
Amazing singer who flits easily between traditional and modern songs.This album released back in 2001 contains one of my favorite tracks in the wonderful Berni. Music comes from both traditional and modern instruments and mixes both beautifully. No wonder her concerts sell out around the world. Have a listen.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. SEDET
2. YIDAGENGNE YAYE
3. WEY SIKAY
4. BEMATEBIH TSINA
5. AZENKUBIH
6. BERNI
7. MELA ATAHU
8. KEYANEW
9. SERGE
10. METWADID USTUBE
11. TEMESGEN |
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| HAMELMAL ABATE | YADELAL | YADELAL | CD | £ 20.00 | |
Hamelmal Abate was born in Harar and has become known as the queen of Ethiopian music. Her superb vocals whether singing modern or more traditional styles is adictive and loved by all who hear her. She lived and recorded in the USA from 1992 until 2010 when she returned to Ethiopia. This is one of my favourite albums with 9 tracks going into my computer juke box.
CONDITION AS NEW BUT NOT SEALED | 1. ZOMAYE
2. EWEDHALEHU
3. YENIE NEW
4. YADELAL
5. ATLGABI
6. DEHNA HUN
7. SHIRSHRI AND KOLOLA
8. MULU
9. JENENU
10. BAYASCHILEGNE
11. BESMUA EYEMALE
12. HARAR
13. WESEN AHUN
14. HABESHA |
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| HAMELMAL ABATE AND THE ROHA BAND | VOL. 2 1985 | YETIDAR | TC | £ 0.00 | |
Hamelmal or Amelmal as it appears on locally produced albums was born in Harar and is regarded as the queen of Ethiopian music. Her incredible voice and timeless arrangements appeal to traditional and modern tastes alike, which is why her live shows play to sold out crowds around the world. This album was probably the last local release ( Western Calender 1993 ) before she went to live in the U.S.A. She made some CD releases while there which were also released on cassette back in Ethiopia where she returned in 2010.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. YETIDAR MAGER
2. NA YENE KIBREBEAL
3. GUBEL YE AGERE LEJ
4. DIRES BEMOTE
5. MEWUDED MINEW
6. YE FIKIR GUWADA
7. GALEBEH DERESSE
8. YIKIR BEWUTINU
9. YENE HAD
10. ANTE LIJ |
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| KENNEDY MENGESHA | 1985 | NEGARIT | TC | £ 0.00 | |
| One of Ethiopia's top modern artists with a string of hits to his credit. Beautifully backed by the Roha Band with their usual fast paced sax and guitar line up. Great vocals with kennedy weaving and warbling his way through the octaves. lovely. | |
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| KIROS ALEMAYEHU | HAYE BELUWA | HAYE | TC | £ 0.00 | |
The late Kiros Alemayehu was born in Tigre province in the North of the country and died in 1994 at the age of 46. His modern interpretations of traditional songs and music are justifiably famous throughout the country. The thumping beat of the kebaro drums drives the accompanying krar and masenquo along at a leisurely pace with plenty of hand clapping and 'ullah's' from the chorus girls. Kiros's piercing vocals are delivered in a style which is almost poetic. Couldn't find any mention of this album on the internet so if anyone knows the names of the tracks which were not on the inlay then please get in touch. Tape contains 9 tracks plus a 2 minute instrumental filler which isn't from any of the other 9 tracks. Rather rough looking inlay from Master Sound Video and Music Shop in Addis with no track details. The cassette is a copy produced by Yayu Productions in the USA which is also a bit rough. Clips opposite are from my cleaned up collection CD-R copy.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. HAYE BELUWA
2. Unknown
3. Unknown
4. Unknown
5. Unknown
6. Unknown
7. Unknown
8. Unknown
9. Unknown
10. Unknown filler |
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| KUKU SEBSEBE | CHALKUBET | ADIKA | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| The opening title track is beautifully sung as you would expect from one of Ethiopia's top songstress's. The next few tracks are pleasant but nothing out of the ordinary - quality space fillers you might say. However when you get to Metilat Min Ametaw then the presence and the sweetness of Kuku's voice really becomes apparent. The following Mayet Maman New and Yefikir Eida are also outstanding and are just the start of a magic set of tracks that complete this wonderful album. (Ethiopian issue CD) | 1. CHALKUBET
2. MISTIRU
3. ESUN ENJI
4. AGEGNEHU
5. METILAT MIN AMETAW
6. MIHIRET
7. MAYET MAMEN NEW
8. YEFIKIR EIDA
9. SIYALK AYAMIR
10. KENE AYDELEM
11. SEMONUN
12. KELBIEN
13. LIDET
14. ASHAM
15. METAHU TETEMKIKIE |
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| KUKU SEBSEBE | GEEZZE | AIT016 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| Geezze means time in Amharic and the eternal power of time is what Kuku sings about here. A great mix of contemporary grooves and traditional Ethiopian sounds which was released by AIT in the USA when Kuku lived there before returning to Ethiopia in 2003. What an album.........
| 1. YASHEBIRAL
2. GEEZZE
3. INDET NEH
4. ZEDE
5. BALEMAMAYE
6. KOLEL
7. YE-MAR WOLELA
8. GELAH LEMEDE WOY
9. DIGISEM FIKIR NEW
10. SHEBEL
11. TILACHAH KEBERETA |
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| KUKU SEBSEBE | GIZE SETEGNE | GIZE | CD | £ 12.00 | |
| WOW - TOTAL MAGIC !!!! Absolutely hooked from the first song to the last. What a wonderful singer and great tunes as well. Worth its weight in gold. My ones are the original Ethiopian released CD's. The US version is sometimes called Tinish Gizie Sitegne
| 1. YENE LEBECHAW NEW
2. HALO BELAT
3. ENBAYE
4. GIZE SETEGNE
5. LEMAN LENGER
6. AYNAFAR
7. NEGERU ENDET NEW
8. LEBE SEGA
9. KALEHUBET HAGER
10. DEG WALE WEY
11. MEN ALU |
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| KUKU SEBSEBE | GIZE SETEGNE | GIZETC | TC | £ 10.00 | |
| WOW - TOTAL MAGIC !!!! Absolutely hooked from the first song to the last. What a wonderful singer and great tunes as well. Worth its weight in gold. This is an original Ethiopian released tape with the same tracks as the CD. BRAND NEW STILL SEALED.
| 1. YENE LEBECHAW NEW
2. HALO BELAT
3. ENBAYE
4. GIZE SETEGNE
5. LEMAN LENGER
6. AYNAFAR
7. NEGERU ENDET NEW
8. LEBE SEGA
9. KALEHUBET HAGER
10. DEG WALE WEY
11. MEN ALU |
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| KUKU SEBSEBE | MUNAYE | MUNAYE | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| | 1. BENAFEQOTEH NEWE
2. HODIYA
3. YAGERE WATAT
4. FEQREH BERETABENYE
5. MUNAYE
6. BLEBY GWADANA (Inst)
7. BLEBY GWADANA
8. INY WEBE QONJO
9. SAYEHE DESE YELOALE
10.YANENE YEGY UGA
11. DEGY BLEWE
12. INSTRUMENTAL
13. UGAWE GLEGAMY
14. LAREGALE
15. KLETE IGY MEWE DEDE |
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| KUKU SEBSEBE | TZITA | TZITA | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| More magic from Kuku who has one of the sweetest voices to come out of Ethiopia. This album has some great songs on it, some modern and others more traditional but all are wonderfull. My ones are the original Ethiopian released CD's. | 1. ANAREJM
2. BIRTUKAN
3. TZITA
4. GUBELYE
5. TIDAR
6. TIZITA MAYNER
7. WEGNE
8. HODEYE
9. AMBASEL
10. SHEMONMANAYE
11. WELLO
12. ANCHIYE |
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| MAHMOUD AHMED | 2 ND EDITION | 2NDED | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| Almost no modern Ethiopian wedding celebration goes without the enjoyment of one of Mahmoud Ahmed's wedding songs. Here he presents a collection of over forty years of his wedding hits that have captured millions of Ethiopian hearts. He continues to be the most sought after and leading wedding performer of all time in the Ethiopian community, which as a result, invites Ethiopians from around the world to travel back to their homeland and experience his majestic voice on the most Special Day of their lives. | 1. YETBAREK
2. ALMAZ
3. FITSUM DING NESH
4. TSEGROWA WERDO WERDO
5. KULUN
6. LALE LALE
7. ASHEWOINA
8. MUSHERAYE
9. HAILOGA
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| MAHMOUD AHMED | ETHIOPIQUES 19 - ALEMYE | 860106 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| An authentic legend in Ethiopia, Mahmoud Ahmed has laid down the basis of a music style which is resolutely original in the way it synthesizes the most diverse influences into a language both typical and universal. With his haunting, serpentine voice, at the same time raucous and velvety, Mahmoud Ahmed has invented a world of uncertain borders, an improbable mix of Eastern-African rhythmic lines, mysterious laments with refined ornamentation and melodies of unexpected Indian modulation; all this streaked by electric sounds and pulsed by a hot, swaying groove spanning swing to funk and even foraying into reggae music. What an exhilarating shambles! | |
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| MAHMOUD AHMED | ETHIOPIQUES 6 - ALMAZ | 82979-2 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| Release two years before 'Ere Mela Mela' but totally unknown outside of Ethiopia. Released back in 1973 this album is absolutely stunning to listen too. Mahmoud powers through the vocals over the melancholy and bluesy horn led backing of the Ibex Band. Miss it at your peril - it's simply superb. Pages of notes and pictures as well. [11T/54M] | |
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| MAHMOUD AHMED | ETHIOPIQUES 7 - ERE MELA MELA | 82980-2 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| Ere Mela Mela was the very first record of modern Ethipian music released in Europe (Crammed Discs, Brussels, 1986). It is only logical that it should be reissued today, expanded and remastered, in the Ethiopiques series. This volume 7 includes all the Mahmoud Ahmed's recordings released in 75 by Kaifa records, including the LP KF 20 plus 2 titles released on another 45, and 2 additional songs included in the first Crammed release, masterpieces from an album released in 78 under Mahmoud's own label. It was via this record that Ethiopian music first made its mark in what was starting to be called 'the global sound system'. It attracted media attention around the world and soon became a cult album. It is one of the last treasures of what must be termed the 'golden age' of Ethiopian music. | |
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| MAHMOUD AHMED | HULUM YISMA | HULUM | CD | £ 0.00 | |
What a great album with Mahmoud's golden voice powering out over the simple beat backed by a wonderfully played horn section. This is one of those very rare albums that won't let you sit still, you have just got to move with it. virtually every track is a winner and even the softer tracks like Zumit New Melse are still addictive. Almost impossible to find on the net and worth its weight in gold. My CDR copy has pride of place in my Ethiopian collection.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. AFRICA
2. YAMREGNAL FEGEGTASH
3. YE-EDME CHEWATA
4. HULUM YISMA
5. MELKAMA TIBTINA
6. ZUMITA NEW MELSE
7. FIKIR GUD AFELA
8. EYABEB
9. GEDAY NAT
10. WEYMERETAT FET
11. ASEGERSHEW LIBEN |
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| MAHMOUD AHMED | LIVE IN PARIS | 302671-2 | CD | £ 15.00 | |
Live album recorded in Paris, France at the Theatre de la Ville. Stunning music and even more stunning vocals from one of mine and Ethiopia's top artists.
BRAND NEW AND STILL SEALED. | 1. YESHEGA LIDJ NEGER
2. YASELEME LALO
3. LEBESH KABASHEN
4. TEZETA GAREDEW
5. WEY FEQER
6. ENDENESH BELULEGEN
7. TEZETA
8. KULUN
9. MELA MELA
10. DERA |
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| MAHMOUD AHMED | SOUL OF ADDIS | STEW35CD | CD | £ 12.50 | |
An absolutely fabulous album which is a mix of the best known musical styles of Ethiopian music sung by one of their most renowned singers. I got hooked on his power packed voice back in the 80's and this compilation album uses some of his best material from that period. Its not just Mahmoud's singing that's special on this album though, just listen to the musical perfection, the saxes breeze along with the guitars sparkling at all the right points and the drummer beating a path for the sweetly played keyboards. This album is not just recommended listening it's essential, so pin back your lugs and prepare to be amazed. [10T/61M]
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. TITESH
2. BEY TIRIGNE
3. ABET
4. BECHAYEN
5. ENE BERDOGNAL
6. TENBELEL LOGA
7. NAFKOT
8. SELAM
9. AMESGINALEHU
10. YEDETNESH |
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| MAHMOUD AHMED | TIZITA Vol. 1 | AIT024 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| If there is a single artist who personifies the rich history of Ethiopian music, it must be Mahmoud Ahmed. These collections of his greatest hits (The Best of Mahmoud Ahmed, Tizita, Volume 1 and 2) include many of the songs that have made Mahmoud a legend on the world music scene. Mahmoud's journey began in Addis Ababa in 1963, when he joined the Imperial Body Guard Band. In 1972, he released his first solo recording. Since then, he has come to define the Ethiopian sound. Demand for his music has brought him to North America, Europe, and Asia, where his name is synonymous with Ethiopian music. In more recent years, Mahmoud has worked on behalf of Nelson Mandela's struggle for South African freedom and unity. Mahmoud Ahmed truly is the voice of Ethiopia – the only African country that was never colonized. | 1. ANCHI BALE GAME
2. YENURO METENSHIN
3. TEYIKESH TEREJI
4. ASHKARO
5. TIZITA
6. TEW LIMED GLAYE
7. TERESASH WOY
8. ENGEDAYE NESH
9. YESHI HAREGITU
10. ENDEGENA |
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| MAHMOUD AHMED | TIZITA Vol. 2 | AIT025 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| | 1. NEY DENNUN TISESHI
2. TIZITA GAREDEW
3. GICHAMUE
4. YESHEGGA LIJ NEGER
5. DERRA AND YESELALEWA
6. MELA MELA
7. TIZ TIZ
8. ALAWEKSHILIGNIM |
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| MAHMOUD AHMED AND THE ROHA BAND | OLD COLLECTIONS | OLD | TC | £ 0.00 | |
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| MAKONNEN AYELE | KONJO | OPIA003 | CD | £ 25.00 | |
Recorded and released in the USA in 2002. The hidden talent of Makonnen Ayele is finally exposed and his unique husky melodic voice categorizes him amongst the best of Ethiopian vocalists. Teamed up here with Derje Makonnen who won gold and platinum Grammys with Ziggy Marley. The musical arrangement captures a fresh mix of contemporary Ethiopian sound along with reggae rhythms and modern dance music. I have searched the web and cannot find anything on the album what so ever. Rare or what ?
CONDITION AS NEW BUT NOT SEALED | 1. ENDET NESH
2. ABEBA NESH
3. SILESUA SICHENEK
4. FIKER FIKER ALOUTE
5. KAGERE KEWOTAHU
6. YEDINGEL TIWIWIK
7. AYNAMA
8. AYE SEW
9. FIFER HOY
10. ALMEKENEM FIKRE
11. ENDET NESH (DJ Mix) |
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| MARTHA ASHAGARI | ERE BAKEH | ERE | TC | £ 0.00 | |
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| MIKAYA BEHAILU | SHEMAMETEW | SHEMAMETEW | CD | £ 40.00 | |
Sad to say this talented very singer died aged 36 in 2013 in Addis Abeba. Sweet voiced singer Mikaya on her first album back in 2002 and its just gorgeous. Bouncy tunes with velvety vocals had me hooked from the opening track. Just got to get the second album while it is available. She took her producers Nahom Records through the courts for nicking rough sample versions of her songs for a compilation album of their own and she won! Good on you girl.........
CONDITION AS NEW BUT NOT SEALED | 1. YENE NEW
2. LANTE SIL
3. SEBEB
4. KEBRARA
5. HONELEIGN
6. LEMALEMH
7. SHEMAMETEW
8. ASGEDIDEIGN
9. DELELEIGN
10. NAFEKEIGN
11. ZARE METAHU |
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| NATI HAILE | BEKA | BEKA | CD | £ 0.00 | |
Strange mixture of songs with rap, hiphop, modern ethio sounds and even a bit of jazzy blues all putting in an appearance. Having said that there isn't a bad song in there and Nati's pleading crystal clear vocals are lovely to listen to.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. BEKA
2. SELAM ALEKUM
3. ENDATIWASHIGN
4. ENITAREK
5. ARE ENDET NEW
6. ATAMINIM
7. BILATA
8. WIB NECH
9. TELEMIGNE
10. ASIKATALEW
11. KONJO LIJ
12. TEMESGEN MALET NEW
13. SALAWIKISH |
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| NETSANET MELLESSE | FWA FAW YILAL DODGU | FWAFA | TC | £ 0.00 | |
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| NETSANET MELLESSE | SPIRIT OF SHEBA | SHANCD64044 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
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| NEWAY DEBEBE | ABESH NAT 1982 | ABESH | TC | £ 0.00 | |
| Issued in 1988 this album is a superb example of Neway's vocal versatility, his voice ranging up and down the scales with effortless ease, almost his trademark. Plenty of sax and fast and fluid guitar played to a solid backing beat by the marvellous Roha Band who are on top form adding the cream to Neway's wonderful vocals. The second track on side two is one of my all time favorites with it's bouncy guitar and good time vocals. A real cracker of an album. | |
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| NEWAY DEBEBE | AMEN | AMEN | CD | £ 25.00 | |
Superb 10 track album from Neway. Produced in the USA by the short lived Ethio Sound label and with an all Ethiopian band. Sounding every bit as good as his early gems and still makes me want to play it over and over again. Seems to be very rare indeed. A digipack album with booklet notes in Amharic and English about Neway, the band and the songs. The inside is mint including the disc. However the front cover has some discolouration top and bottom left and a scuff mark bottom left. See image.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. DEHA NAT
2. ETHIOPIA
3. AMEN
4. BELAY
5. TIRUAT LISHELIMAT
6. KEREMELA
7. ALWASHIM
8. HOYA HOYE
9. ESUA ENDEFEKEDECH
10. ALBEITEM |
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| NEWAY DEBEBE | BEST OF NEWAY DEBEBE COLLECTION | NR0621 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| Recorded and released in the U.S.A. in 2007 by Nahom Records. | 1. MAEBEL NEW
2. TETEYEKI WAS
3. HAGERE NAT HABTE
4. YE AYNE ABEBA NESH
5. YETIKIMT ABEBA
6. LALKEDASH KAL ALEBIGN
7. YELEFKU ENDE HON BANCHI SEFER
8. SIWODUSH EWEKI
9. EGNAW ENITAREK
10. YE-FIKIR EMEBET
11. YEGNA LOGA
12. WULETASH ALEBIGN
13. AYAYA
14. AFAR GEMALITUA
15. YEFIKIR GEDAM |
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| NEWAY DEBEBE | FIKIR SECHIW | FIKIR | TC | £ 40.00 | |
Jumping Jehosephat it's my favorite artist with a cassette album he released way back in 1985 and now copied by Yayu Productions in the USA. Although it doesn't say so on the inlay, which is all in Amharic script anyway, Neway is backed as usual by Ethiopia's top sesssion group 'The Roha Band' with their unmistakable sound. Lovely Jazzy/Blues guitars and one of the best horn line-ups in Africa. Neway's incredibley versatile voice is on top form zooming up and down the scales effortlessly with a style unsurpassed by any other singer that I can think of. If you've not heard any Ethiopian music before this album is a great introduction. (10T/60M)
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. YESETE ZEWD NAT
2. MIN SERAHU LEHAGERE?
3. GOJAM NA GONDER
4. YEMELEYET BETIR
5. FUT BEY KEGUNCHE
6. ZIMITA
7. FIKIR SECHIW
8. YEJIMMA LIJ
9. WA JEMEREGN
10. BEMEWDEDEGN LABERTASH |
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| NEWAY DEBEBE | GETIMINA ZEMA Vol. 3 | VOL 3 | TC | £ 25.00 | |
Another wonderful album from the magic voice of Neway that translates as Poetry and Melody. After listening to the cassette I searched the web to see if I could find a slightly better version but without any luck. All I found was a couple of tracks on YouTube but they were not from the studio recorded cassette but recorded from an old video and not only were the songs different but the sound was also very muffled. It would appear that this cassette is very rare so get it while you can.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. NAFKOT ENDE MEBREK
2. LALE KEDASH KAL ALEBENYE
3. WUHAMAYE
4. ATAWE KIWEM LEBEN
5. AMESEGE NALEHU
6. TETEYEK WASS
7. FIKIR KE JEGNA LEJ
8. YE FIKIT EMEBET
9. YENE SHEMUNA
10. DEHENAWAN TESENBET |
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| NEWAY DEBEBE | YETEKEMET ADEBA (Vol. 1) | TANGO | TC | £ 0.00 | |
The first album from my favourite singer and what an album it is. Just have a listen as he sings his heart out to backing from the famous Roha band. Pure magic.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. YETEKEMET ABEBA
2. ESHETE BELAHU
3. CHEREKA
4. YAYENE ABEBANESH
5. WENZE YAFERASHE
6. YENA LOGA
7. ENETAREKE
8. SENKUNAT
9. ADALE GEMELITUN
10. ADEYE ABEBA |
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| NEWAY DEBEBE AND THE ROHA BAND | MAEBEL NEW FIKRUA Vol. 2 (1986) | V21986 | TC | £ 0.00 | |
My favorite album of all time and a definite number 1 on my Desert Island Disc list as I could never get tired of listening to it.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. MAEBEL NEW FIKRUA
2. WIB TSEDAL
3. YEGERA NEW FIKR
4. BEANCHIE MENDER
5. YEFIKR GEDAM
6. NEY SHEGER
7. SIEWEDUSH EWEKIE
8. TAMCHE ALKERM
9. MALJIE LSHAGER
10. ENDIA ENDIA |
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| ORCHESTRA ETHIOPIA | ETHIOPIQUES 23 ORCHESTRA ETHIOPIA | 860152 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| The story of Orchestra Ethiopia (1963-1975) is unusual and compelling in more ways than one. Just as modern music was reaching the peak of its excellence and popularity, at the very same moment, via Orchestra Ethiopia's unlikely undertaking, traditional music acquired a legitimacy that the times had tended to deprive it of. Between the coup d'etat (Dec 1960) and the revolution (1974), Ethiopia was combining, unbeknown to all, both the end of an empire and the 'golden age' of its music. Orchestra Ethiopia's initiative can be chalked up to the far-sightedness and the enthusiasm of foreigners who were only staying in Ethiopia temporarily. First of all Egyptian musician, composer and musicologist Halim El-Dabh, followed by American Peace Corps volunteers John Coe and Charles Sutton. It was only in 1966 that the Orchestra found its definitive Ethiopian mentor in Tesfaye Lemma. They were far more than just a folk music ensemble especially in the southern provinces, so rich yet so little explored musically up to that point. Although Tesfaye Lemma released several records with this group, we have chosen to begin this rediscovery mainly via previously unreleased works (just five exceptions : 3-11-16-18-22). All display the open-mindedness and creativity that inspired Orchestra Ethiopia's organizers and musicians alike. Many of their works are awaiting publication or reissue. What we refer to as tradition is in no way set in stone. It is nothing but the most recent embodiment, the latest flash in the memory of mankind of a culture in movement, which has never stopped evolving and swallowing up the previous states of this same culture. Orchestra Ethiopia's experience and hardships perfectly illustrate this constant flux. | 1. TEZETA
2. TENNESH MEKEDDA
3. MAMMITENNA KEBBEDE
4. HODE
5. KEDO AYQEREM MOTU
6. DATCHENA KOBA
7. MEDINANNA ZELESEGNA
8. SHEGITU
9. YEHETSANU IEQSO
10. HELAWSHO
11. LEQEDAME ATBIYA
12. BESETCHET
13. LALE GUMA
14. WOLAYTA KRAR
15. DERBABE
16. ABA BALANO SHANKA
17. SENBET
18. GORAW
19. SHEB ROBE
20. OD
21. SHAMA KEFENA
22. TERARAW
23. SEMESH MAN NEW?
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| ROHA BAND | TOUR 1990 | AIT001 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| Wonderful album of modern Ethiopian music with a traditional blend from the famous Roha Band. On tour and backing here top artists Neway Debebe, Hamelmal Abate and Berhane Haile. The band has also recorded over 250 recordings with various other renowned Ethiopian singers including Aster Aweke, Tilahun Gessesse and Mahmoud Ahmed to name but a few. | 1. YETIKIMT ABEBE (Neway Debebe)
2. ABEBA ABEBA (Hamelmal Abate)
3. FETIEKI ILE (Berhane Haile)
4. MAEBEL (Neway Debebe)
5. KIYA KIYA (Hamelmal Abate)
6. FERAIT WEYNI (Berhane Haile)
7. YAMRAL TILETISH (Neway Debebe)
8. GELAYE ZEMEDE (Hamelmal Abate)
9. SHEW BELI BILENEY (Berhane Haile)
10. AMBASEL (Instrumental) |
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| TECHOME WOLDE AND ETHIO STARS | ETHIOPIAN SOUL REVUE | RPM011-2 | CD | £ 12.00 | |
The new Ethio Stars still led by trumpeter Shimelis Beyene and now consisting of lead and bass guitars, keyboards and drums are recorded live at The Rocket Hall in London 1995. They provide a super backdrop for the vocal versatility of singer Teshome Wolde. The first four tracks are combined to form one long intro and having got the audience hooked they then change tempo, sliding easily into some of those soft jazzy blues style tracks that makes Ethiopian music so listenable. 58 minutes. (F.T.Index: Sema Eda Agebachign, Yematebela Wefe, Yeweray Semele, Aweyo, Nanu Nanu Nei. )
BRAND NEW AND STILL SEALED. | 1. WEY FIKR
2. LEBA NEGN LEBA
3. FUAFUA YELAL DODGU
4. OHOHO MUNAYEWERAY SEMELIE
5. AL METAM QEREHUGHNE
6. LIEBO NEY
7. MEGEBEMA MOLTWAL
8. AWEYO
9. YEMATBELA WEF
10. NANU NANU NEY
11. YEHEGERIE LIDGE BALE GAMIE
12. EWEYU LIELAWO |
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| THE ROHA BAND | INSTRUMENTAL | ROHA | TC | £ 0.00 | |
The Roha band is justifiably famous throughout the land and their music can be heard backing nearly all the old top name singers. This is as far as I know, their only solo album on cassete and its a real showcase for their wide musical talent. Definitely one of the sweetest and most dazzling sax line ups in Africa and with guitars that can almost sing. This album over an hour long with its jazzy blues style is gorgeous all the way through although the recording on one or two tracks does leave a bit to be desired.
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| THREE FLOWERS | THREE FLOWERS | AMBASSEL | TC | £ 0.00 | |
| Top singers Neway Debebe, Tshagaye Aragaheda and Hulu Bitebaber get together under the name of the the three flowers. Taking it in turn to sing lead with the others backing or all together. They run through a range of lovely 'Hindi/Blues' style songs with music provided by the Roha Band. Soft and very melodic for the most part with a bit of the Roha Band's big horn/guitar plays for added pleasure. Laid back and silky smooth. | |
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| TILAHUN GESSESSE | ANDAND NEGEROCH | EG5955 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
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| TILAHUN GESSESSE | ETHIOPIQUES 17 - 1970-1977 | 822662 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| To Ethiopian audiences, Tilahun Gessesse is THE VOICE, even more so than Mahmoud Ahmed, Alemayehu Eshete or Mulatu Astatqe. Endowed with a phenomenal, innate vocal talent, he has been the asbsolute and unequalled icon for an entire country since the fifties, heading up the list of Ethiopian discography. Based around seven 'modernist' pieces arranged by the brilliant and innovative Mulatu Astatqe (Ethiopiques 4: Ethiojazz), these first Ethiopiques devoted to Tilahun Gessesse also present ten other songs accompanied by musicians from the Ethiopian institutional bands: the Army Band, the Exhibition Band, the Police Orchestra, the Body Guard Band. | |
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| TILAHUN GESSESSE | VOLUME 1 AND 2 | MCD-1181-2 | CDx2 | £ 0.00 | |
The late great Tilahun Gessesse was one of Ethiopia's best known singers with a wonderfully clear and powerful voice that grabs your attention as soon as you hear him. Add to that a smooth backing band who can also sing as well and you're on to a gorgeous double album. The music is modern with some lovely keyboards, bass guitar, drums and beautiful Ethiopian style sax which was produced by Mulatu Astatke. A warm and very easy feel throughout even when the tempo changes up a gear or two. I loved every track and I can't say that about many albums - I could listen to it all day and every day. Originally released as a set of 3 cassettes.
ON CD-R IN MY COLLECTION | 1. YENE MASTAWESHA
2. ANISIYADA
3. MONALISAYE NESH
4. ALICHALKUM
5. MELEYAYET MOT NEW
6. MIGIBIMA MOLTUAL
7. YEHIYWOTE HIWOTE
8. SETIHED SIKETELAT
9. ENGUDAYE NESH
10. KIFU AYINIKASH
11. YEZENBABA MAR NESH
12. FIKIR LEBICHAYE
13. ENE YALANCHI ALINORIM
14. KEMEMOT ALIDINIM
15. TEMARI NEGN
16. SATIWEDEGN WEDIJAT
17. YEHIWOTE ATIR NESH
18. HULUNIM NEGER AYICHEWALEHU
19. JAPANWAN WEDJIE
20. ERE MIN YISHALEGNAL
21. TIZ ALEGN YETINITU
22. BEMISHIT CHEREQA
23. EWEDISH NEBERE
24. MIN YILALU SEWOCH
25. AKAL AYNISHIN
26. OUOUTA AYASIKEFAM
27. MIN LARGACHEW |
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| TILAHUN GESSESSE | WEGEN ALEGNE | EG95-1 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
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| TSEHAYE YOHANNES | YAGERESH LIG NEGN | YAG | TC | £ 0.00 | |
| Wonderfully versatile vocals backed throughout by soft and melodic guitar and sax, probably the Roha Band although not credited on the inlay card their style and precision are almost unmistakable. A truly gifted vocalist who has ever right to be classed amongst the best of Ethiopia's singers. His voice ranges in style from the pleading to the demanding with that exquisit warbling effect turned on and off at will when ever it is needed for emphesis. The slightly more up tempo last track has definitely gone into my favourite songs list as its just gorgeous. (Instrumental fillers at the end on both sides) | |
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| TUKUL BAND AND ETHIO STARS | AMHARIC HITS | PIR44-2 | CD | £ 12.50 | |
The Ethio Stars (tracks 1-6) and the Tukul Band (tracks 7-11) combined on this album to give a view of modern Ethiopian music and also the more traditional roots music with a mix from various other sources. Which includes soul, jazz, Italian, Arabic and Islamic with a funky influence as well. Both modern and traditional instruments are used to give a very varied content.
BRAND NEW AND STILL SEALED. | 1 TIZ BALEGN GIZE
2 ESHET ESHET
3 YETENTU TEZ ALEW
4 KERMOSEW
5 YEKEREME FIKIR
6 ADERECH ARADA, BEFIKIR / MENGED LAY WODIKE
7 BUGALU
8 AKALE WOUBE
9 KONSO MUSIC
10 SOUND OF WASHINT & MASINKO
11 WALLEL BELI |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | ETHIOPIQUES 1 - GOLDEN YEARS 1969-75 | 82951-2 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| 1969-1978: the main body of Ethiopian records was produced in less than one decade: all in all, just under 500 45s and around 30 LPs. Amha Ashete, creator of the Amha Records label, was the driving force behind this brief creative burst and one of the main founders of the modernist movement which swept the Erhiopian scene during the end of the rule of the emperor Haile Sellassie. In six years, Amha issued around 250 titles. From his first recordings, Amha Eshete displayed unerring taste in choosing the best independent or otherwise unattached musicians. A compilation with very interesting sleeve notes from the following artists. Muluqen Mellesse (3), Mahmoud Ahmed (3), Seyfu Yohannes (2), Teshome Meteku (4), Getatchew Kassa (2) and Instrumentals (3). {17T/70M] | |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | ETHIOPIQUES 10 - BLUES AND BALLADS | 822222 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
Featuring Frew Haylou, Muluqen Mellesse, Alemayehu Eshete, Tesfa-Maryam Kidane, Seyfou Yohannes, Mulutu Astatqe, Mahmoud Ahmed, Menelik Wesnatchew and Getatchew Kassa.
Emptiness, melancholy, nostalgia; doom and gloom, morbid musings; heartache or homesickness: such is the stock in trade of the misery and mournful memories expressed by the song Tezeta - Ethiopia's majestic hymn to the blues. Etymologically, the word itself means memory, nostalgia, and several Ethiopian authors have used Tezeta as the title for their memoirs. For Ethiopians, it is the Tezeta genre that seems to capture the essence of the blues. | |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | ETHIOPIQUES 13 - ETHIOPIAN GROOVE | 82255-2 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| An augmented and remasterised reissue of the legendary 'Ethiopian Groove - The Golden 70's' anthology released in the nineties, this selection is a tribute to the heyday of Ethiopian music. It reproduces the final salvos of the musical fireworks before they were brutally extinguished by the dictatorship. 1969-1978: the age of the record was also the golden age of modern Ethiopian music, with brasses largely dominating, be they swinging, thunderous or simply gigantic and landmark vocalists who adapted the tradition to instruments that came from other countries, opening onto the world while staying rooted in their local culture. | |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | ETHIOPIQUES 15 - JUMP TO ADDIS | 822642 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| A surprising gathering of Ethiopian, French and Dutch musicians, Jump to Addis presents an exhilarating blend of Abyssinian tradition, jazz revisited and mad rock'n'roll. This daring mix features azmari voices and krar lyres along with European guitars, sax and drums. | |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | ETHIOPIQUES 18 - ASGUEBBA! | 822892 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| 'Asguebba!' is the Azmari's cry urging listeners to enter into the dance, an invitation carrying the same sexual innuendo as Latino's Va dentro! The recordings on this CD are intended as a continuation of those in Tetchawet! (Ethiopiques 2) and feature most of the artists from the first edition.The songs are accompanied on the meessenqo (one string fiddle), the krar lyre, the kebero drum and the accordion. | |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | ETHIOPIQUES 2 - TETCHAWET 90'S | 82952-2 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| A selection of traditional style songs performed by eleven folk cabaret artists. Astonishing is the simplest way of describing this album. The tracks by Misrak Mammo and Mellesse Bonger both of who sing with the Tchista Band - 'Flat Broke Band' and blind singer Djemil 'Jimmy' Mahmed are outstanding. Really good sleeve notes.[13T/71M] Originally wandering minstrels who roamed the old Abyssinian countryside, many azmaris settled down after the founding of Addis Ababa just over a century ago. The cleverest of them understood that they should set up their own business and take a cut on the drinks instead of getting by on tips earned singing their way from one bar to another. They took over the city by giving rise to a musical genre specific to Addis, called bolel, a mix of azmari traditions (praise or sarcasm at will, depending on the size of the tip) and of modern urban culture. Tetchweet, a sort of musical postcard from the Addis Ababa of the 90s, does not pretend to capture all the strands of Ethiopia's contemporary music, and the artists recorded don't necessarily belong to the family of azmaris. | |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | ETHIOPIQUES 3 - GOLDEN YEARS 69 - 75 | 82963-2 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| In six years (1969-1975) Amha Records issued approx 250 titles. Eight of the songs on this 'Ethiopiques 3' are accompanied by bands affiliated with the police. Indeed, until the very end of the sixties, Ethiopia had no independent modern bands. Musical life was dominated by the institutional bands attached to either the Imperial Body Guard, the Police, the Army, the City of Addis Ababa, Agher feqer Mahber or the Haile Sellasie I Theatre. Each of these institutions, however, developed several firmly demilitarised and even resolutely modern branches. They all vied trying to score one of the major hits of the year with the general public. Tracks from the following, Mahmoud Ahmed 3, Alemayhu Eshete 4,Hirut Beqele 4, Tilahoun Gessesse 2, Tadele Beqele 2, Teferi Felieqe 2 and Muluqen Mellesse 2. 19T/68M | |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | ETHIOPIQUES 4 - ETHIO JAZZ 69 - 74 | 82964-2 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| In the Ethiopian musical world, Mulatu Astaqe is atypical and unique. For 30 years he has been an inescapable presence, a virtual statue casting a long shadow over the Ethiopian scene.The singularity of this musician- arranger-composer-innovator-melder of influences-organiser resides in his efforts in favour of instrumental music — in a country where musical culture and tradition are strangers to it. A magic set of instrumental tracks drawn from two LPs - 'Ethiopian Modern Instrumental Hits' AELP10 and 'Yekatit - Ethio Jazz / Mulatu Astatke featuring Fekade Amde Meskel' AELP90 [14T/66M] | |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | ETHIOPIQUES 5 - TIGRIGNA MUSIC | 82965-2 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| Tigrigna music means music of Tigray ane Eritrea. The majorities in each of these territories share the same language, Tigrigna. Tigrigna music, dominant in Tigray and Eritrea, is quite distinct, both rhythmically and melodically, from Ethiopian music, though both are based on the pentatonic scale. The traditional instruments and musical practices are similar, while their names may vary. Aside from the Tigrean Bezuayene Zegeye, most of the artists featured on this album are of Eritrean origin. Tracks from Tsehaytu Berakia (4), Tewelde Redda (4), Tebereh 'Doris Day' Tesfa-Hunegen (2), Bezuayene Zegeye (3), Beyene Habte (2) and Tekle Tesfa-Ezghi (3). [18T/74M] | |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | ETHIOPIQUES 8 - SWINGING ADDIS 69-74 | 82982-2 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
In the sixties there was a Swinging Addis, just as there was a swinging London.
In Ethiopia, as in Europe or the US, the first generations born after the war made their noisy, colourful breakthrough onto the scene. A veritable cultural revolution rather than a simple generational conflict. With music as its common denominator. This volume of Ethiopiques aims to collect the clearest examples of soul, R'n'B and even twist in the recordings of the Ethiopian 'sixties'. The quintessence of the most outrageously cosmopolitan styles - yet so firmly anchored in the local soul. | 1. WHO IS THAT SAYING 'IT'S ME'? - GIRMA BEYENE
2. YOUR WORD IS HONEY - MAHMOUD AHMED
3. MY WORRY - AYALEW MESFIN
4. I GET BY ON MY OWN - ALEMAYEHU ESHETE
5. ALONE AND UNHAPPY - ALEMAYEHU ESHETE
6. I'M GOING NUTS - BAHTA GEBRE-HEYWET
7. TIME - BAHTA GEBRE-HEYWET
8. UNFORGETTABLE - LEMMA DEMISSEW
9. I LOST YOUR ADDRESS - LEMMA DEMISSEW
10. LIVE FOREVER - LEMMA DEMISSEW
11. YETESFA TEZETA - TESFA-MARYAM KIDANE
12. STOP FLIRTING - SAMUEL BELAY
13. YOU ARE NO MORE - SAMUEL BELAY
14. I DON'T TRUST GIRLS ANYMORE - GIRMA BEYENE
15. I GIVE UP - GIRMA BEYENE
16. YOU ARE FLAWLESS - GIRMA BEYENE
17. ALONE AND MELANCHOLY - GETATCHEW KASSA
18. THE EARTH LONGS FOR YOU - ALEMAYEHU ESHETE
19. BE BRAVE, HANG ON - ALEMAYEHU ESHETE
20. BOUNDLESS WORSHIP - ALEMAYEHU ESHETE
21. HONEY BABY - ALEMAYEHU ESHETE
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | MUSIC FROM ETHIOPIA | CAP21432 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| A cracker of a compilation with loads of great tracks from the Abyssinia band mixed with more traditional fare. Not to be missed. 72 Minutes | 1. MEDINA/ZELESEGNA - LEMMA GEBRE HIWOT
2. YEDEJIH ABEBA NEGN (I AM A FLOWER AT YOUR YARD) - ABYSSINIA BAND
3. AMBASSEL - YOHANNES AFEWORK
4. MIS MEN GIDIFKINI (WITH WHOM DID YOU LEAVE ME) - ABYSSINIA BAND
5. TIZITA - ASNAKECH WORKU
6. ENDENEW YISEMAH (FEEL THE WAY I DO) - ABYSSINIA BAND
7. TIGRIGNA - TEKA TEMA
8. ALEGNTAYE (MY BELONGING) - YARED ORCHESTRA
9. SALAMTA (PRAISE THE LORD) - ALEMAYEHU FANTA
10. YIBERRAL LIBBE (MY HEART IS FLYING) - ABYSSINIA BAND
11. HAYA WOLALOME - SNE BAHEL
12. ANCHIHOYELENE/TIZITA - ALEMAYEHU FANTA
13. ESKETAYEW (TILL YOU FEEL THE WAY I DO) - ABYSSINIA BAND
14. DOWA DOWE - SNE BAHEL
15. TIZITA (MEMORIES) - ABYSSINIA BAND |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | MUSIC FROM ETHIOPIA | TSCD910 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
| Basic, beautiful and very powerful traditional music and song from Eritrea, the highlands of Ethiopia and from the desert nomads. The vocals are superb and some of them provide a stunning form of percussive rhythm that beats the hell out of Congo pygmy water music and even makes the chants of the Turkish dervishes sound a bit tame. Coupled with traditional instrumentation when needed and the tribal chants and ullahs of the women this is a wonderfully diverse and very listenable album. [31T/75M] | |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | RARE SOUNDS FROM ADDIS ABEBA | 31911672 | CD | £ 0.00 | |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | WEDDING SONGS | RPM005-4 | TC | £ 0.00 | |
| Songs in Amharic by Shimelis Ararso it doesn't look from the title as if its very interesting. However, there you'd be totally wrong as side 'A' is a smashing reminder by former members of what was Ethiopia's foremost group, the Roha Band, of just how good they were. I loved the first two tracks with their rolling sax and guitar line-up although the last track was I thought a bit more suited to a funeral! Still, never mind, over on side 'B' some of the Kenyan group 'Them Mushrooms' give us their versions of some more wedding songs. Almost a 'Knees up Mother Brown' Ethiopian style, they should really have called this album 'Six weddings and a funeral' as its a definite winner! (F.T.Index: A2, A1, B3, B4, B1, B2, A3.) [7T/59M] | |
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