cross between Matt Biancos `i said a yeah` and `in the summertime`....no ? love it :)

Terakaft Hegh Ténéré

from the album "Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument" (ATFA006), out now.
LP/CD/Tape: bit.ly/11HYiSv
MP3: bit.ly/H2pffa
HAILU MERGIA w/ Tony Buck & Mike Majkowski
EUROPE DATES!

03.06. DE Berlin Urban Spree
05.06. PL Warsaw Pardon, To Tu
06.06. UK London Café OTO
07.06. FR Paris Villette Sonique

Hailu Mergia — Ambasel

Tezeta - Mahmoud Ahmed

Africa 45, number 4: http://www.mrbongo.com/products/alemayehu-eshete-tchero-adari-negn-mahmoud-ahmed-bemen-sebeb-letlash-7

A: Alemayehu Eshete - Tchero Adari Negn

Alemayehu Eshete aka the Ethiopian James Brown aka Abyssinian Elvis. struts his stuff on this funk bomb; tough breaks and changes, bluesy guitar lines and horns. Punctuated with Eshete’s JB-esque vocals.

Singer, writer and composer Eshete boasts one of the largest discography in Ethiopian music. Originally released on Amha 7” AE 240A in 1970, pressed in Lebanon due to restrictions imposed by the military government at the time, entitled ‘Chiro Adarie Negne’.

AA: Mahmoud Ahmed - Bemen Sebeb Letlash

Taken from the 1978 LP on on his own label Mahmoud Ahmed Records, LR MA 10. Ahmed is a very well known figure in Ethiopian music, who gained wider appeal thanks to Crammed Discs, Buda Music and the Ethiopiques series.

As sampled by Gaslamp Killer on ‘When I'm in Awe’ featuring GonjaSufi. Included on Cut Chemist’s ‘Sound Of The Police’ mixtape from 2010.

Alemayehu Eshete - Tchero Adari Negn

Africa 45, number 16 – http://www.mrbongo.com/products/bahta-gebre-heywet-tessassategn-eko-alemayehu-eshete-ayalqem-tedenqo-7

‘Tèssassatègn Eko’ is a catchy, soulful Ethiopian jam. Originally released on Amha AE 690 A in 1973. Arranged by the prolific Girma Beyene.

‘Ayalqem Tèdènqo’ see’s Eshèté’s third appearance in the Africa 45’s series. Released originally on Amha AE 290 A in 1971. A shuffling drum/percussion groove with soulful piano and bass, catchy vocal hook and guitar solo.

Alèmayèhu Eshèté – Ayalqem Tèdènqo

Agadez

Kammou Taliat

Adounia

Tigrawahi Tikma

Tenere

Le Tiki Lounge / Exotic Cocktail Bar
26 bis, rue de la Fontaine au Roi 75011 Paris 
T. 01.55.28.57.72 / mar - sam : 18:00 > 02:00

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mulatu astatke - munaye

Ethiopiques, Vol. 7: Erè mèla mèla 1975-1978

Atawurulegn lela

Record label. Record shop. Film label. Since 1989.

Alèmayèhu Eshèté – Ayalqem Tèdènqo

Mr Bongo

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