Ethiopian Urban Modern Music Vol. 4
Label | Heavenly Sweetness – HS097VL |
Series | Ethiopian Urban Modern Music – Vol. 4 |
Format | Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, 180 g |
Barcode | 3700409812507 |
Country | France |
Released | 2021 |
Genre | Jazz, Funk / Soul |
Style | Soul-Jazz |
A set of vocal recordings by Tlahoun Gessesse -- one of the most important singers during the golden age of Ethiopian Music -- caught here on a set of sides that sadly saw that period coming to an end. The tracks on the set are mostly from the early 70s, a time that saw great political changes in Ethiopia -- and tremendous censorship and restrictions on cultural production. Gessesse's vocals during this time are perhaps even more melancholy and heartfelt than before, and he's working here on a number of sides with the legendary Mulatu -- with arrangements that have a angular, almost modernist edge
A1 | Alègntayé | 4:35 |
A2 | Kulun Mankwalèsh (70) | 2:55 |
A3 | Aykèdashem Lebé | 4:55 |
A4 | Bèyèt Nèw Mèngèdu | 3:57 |
A5 | Ené Nègn Wèy Antchi | 4:29 |
B1 | Yèné Felagoté | 4:05 |
B2 | Tezalègn Yètentu | 3:38 |
B3 | Tchuhetén Betsèmu | 3:30 |
B4 | Lantchi Biyé | 3:04 |
B5 | Kulun Mankwalèsh (73) | 4:39 |
1970 (B2), late 1970 - early 1971 (A2, B4), 1973 (A1, B5) 1974 (A3, A5, B3), 1975 (A4, B1)
Transfer and restauration:
Digital Edge (Wilfrid Harpallé)
Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout) – HS097VL B2 MPO[logo]21222413
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