Le-alem Band - Le-alem Band [fin+eth]

       Le-alem Acoustic is, as the name suggests, an acoustic band from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia formed in 2014 G.C. It consists of friends with varied musical backgrounds. This band is reviving the powerful and melodic sound of classic Ethiopian music with a fusion of diverse foreign influences such as alternative, jazz and reggae.

     The varied musical tastes of the members gives the band a unique sound that is hard to classify into one genre. Their playlist mostly consists of songs from the “Swinging Addis” Era of Ethiopia from the 60’s to 70’s rearranged and modified to their own unique sound.

      Our sound is a combination of Scandinavian and Ethiopian tradition and carried out by showy instruments such as double bass, jouhikko, violins, acoustic guitar, kantele, masinko, bongo drums and Cajon box.

Le-alem Band - Ambassel Jam

Le-alem Band - 01 - Metch Dershae by Seifu Yohannes (4:18)

Le-alem Band - 02 - Fikir Ende Kirar Ethio Groove acoustic cover by Le alem acoustic (2:34)

Le-alem Band - 03 - Fikir Ende Kirar by Girma Beyene (3:27)

Le-alem Band - 03 - Woub Nat by Girma Beyene and Menilik Wessnachew (3:49)

Le-alem Band - 05 - Anchi Yene by Sami Dan (4:05)

Le-alem Band - 06 - Tsigereda by Seifu Yohannes (3:06)

Le-alem Band - 07 - Yekereme Fikir by Getachew Kassa (3:51)

Le-alem Band - 08 - Kalatashiw Akal by Teshome Assegid (3:52)

Le-alem Band - 09 - Vem Kan Segla and Ambassel Jam (5:57)

Mikimac (Jurry): lead vocals and percussion

Kidus Tamiru: acoustic guitar

Tariku Arega: violin, masinko

Henrica Fagerlund: double bass

Veronica Solje: backing vocals, violin, kantele

Filippa Salo: backing vocals, jouhikko

Addis Black Mamba - Addis Black Mamba [fra+eth]

        For the next two years sextet Addis Black Mamba has been (re) experiencing ethio-jazz by exploring a melancholic, energetic and singular sound universe tinged with afrobeat, blues, funk, psyche rock and free -jazz. 

        With a repertoire mixing ethical classics from the 60s to 70s with current nuggets of unknown groups, as well as his ethno-groove cinematic compositions, Addis Black Mamba knows, like a snake charmer, bewitching his audience. His arrangements with haunting rhythms and hypnotic melodies lead undoubtedly all the lovers of groove for a unique sonic journey from one coast to the other of Africa. 

          Warning: the bite is incurable ...

Nico Barnier - Tenor and baritone sax

Tom Blon - Bass

Cyril Decubber - Percussions

David Mimey - Tenor and alto sax

Agnès Rakovec - Flute

Benoît Roudel - Guitar

Olivier Trénel - Trumpet

Romain Viader - Drums

Addis Black Mamba - 2 - Guragigna (3:59)

Addis Black Mamba - 3 - Yekatit (4:22)

Addis Black Mamba - 4 - Marz (5:17)

Addis Black Mamba - 5 - Miyazia (4:20)

Addis Black Mamba - 6 - Ethiopino (5:24)

Addis Black Mamba - 7 - Followed Path (4:20)

Addis Black Mamba - 8 - Lale Lale (4:17)

Addis Black Mamba - 9 - Le Petit (4:41)

v.a. - Beyond Addis 02 [Modern Ethiopian Dance Grooves Inspired By Swinging Addis] [2016]

Anbessa Orchestra - Lions

01. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Kingdom of D'mt 3:15 
02. The Daktaris - Musicawi Silt 3:04 
03. The Sorcerers - Cave of Brahma 3:39 
04. Debre Damo Dining Orchestra - Yesega Wat 2:56 
05. Jungle By Night - Ethiopino 3:32 
06. Onom Agemo And The Disco Jumpers - Cool Runnings 5:16 
07. Tezeta Band - The Viper 4:09 
08. Akalé Wubé feat. Manu Dibango - Anbessa 3:42 
09. The Transgressors - The Biz 3:02 
10. Les Frères Smith - Zilzil 7:21 
11. The Whitefield Brothers - Safari Strut 3:21 
12. Cosmic Analog Ensemble - Stuzzicadenti 2:23 
13. Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Followed Path 4:47 
14. Anbessa Orchestra - Lions 4:50

v.a. - ETH [2017] [ethiopia]

Aselefech Ashine & Getenesh Kebret - Metche New

Tsehay Hailu - 01 - Eshururu [Ethiopian Lullaby] (0:55)

Argaw Bedaso - 02 - Alem Birre Ney Ney (4:34)

Selamawit Gabre Selassie - 03 - Ahun Dekemesk Agebaye (2:41)

Telela Kebede - 04 - Kelemawa (3:11)

Teferi Feleqe - 05 - Kelkiyilgne (4:12)

Issatu Tessema - 06 - Ayamaru Eshete (4:00)

Alemayehu Borobor - 07 - Tez Aleng Hagere (3:29)

Besrat Hailu & Itiyopia Girma Mariam  - 08 - Ashagedaw (4:22)

Mulugeta Tlahun & Negash Tekie - 09 - Yewyen Abebaie (2:56)

Negash Tekie - 10 - Atibreie (3:51)

Assegedetch Kassa - 11 - Marewa (4:16)

Belaynesh Wubante and Assegedetch Asfaw - 12 - Alemiye (2:37)

Aselefech Ashine & Getenesh Kebret - 13 - Metche New (3:32)

Teferra Kassa - 14 - no info (3:47)

Bezuayene Zegeye - 15 - Woinai (3:59)

Tadele Bekele - 16 - Enafiqishalew (2:53)

Wubshaw Sileshi - 17 - Yih New Getinet (3:24)

Tamrat Ferengi - 18 - Anchin Yagegnulet (4:03)

Selomon Shibeshi - 19 - Endet Zenegashiw (4:06)

Wubeshet Fisseha - 20 - Maleda (3:13)

Munaye Menberu - 21 - Gublie (4:31)

Telela Kebede - 22 - YeTizita Roro (4:00)

Tigist Shibabaw - 23 - Eshururu (3:20)

v.a. - Gurage Beats [ethiopia]

       The Gurage people are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group inhabiting Ethiopia. According to the 2007 national census, its population is 6,867,377 people, of whom 792,659 are urban dwellers. 

This is 5.53% of the total population of Ethiopia, or 9.52% of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR).

Hailu Fereja - Esherrerre

(Guragigna Music)

          The Gurage people traditionally inhabit a fertile, semi-mountainous region in southwest Ethiopia, about 125 kilometers southwest of Addis Ababa, bordering the Awash River in the north, the Gibe River (a tributary of the Omo River) to the southwest, and Lake Zway in the east. In addition, according to the 2007 Ethiopian national census the Gurage can also be found in large numbers in Addis Ababa, Oromia Region, Dire Dawa, Harari Region, Somali Region, Amhara Region, Gambela Region, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, and Tigray Region.

             The groups that are subsumed under the term Gurage originated in the Tigray region of Ethiopia as the descendants of military conquerors during the Aksumite empire. The Gurage languages, which are not always mutually intelligible, belong to the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Some of these have been influenced by neighbouring Cushitic languages. The Gurage are mainly Christian—members largely of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church—and Muslim.

              Settled agriculturalists, the Gurage centre their lives on the cultivation of their staple crop, the Ethiopian, or false, banana (Ensete ventricosum), prized not for its “false” (or inedible) fruit but for its roots.

                The languages spoken by the Gurage are known as the Gurage languages. The variations among these languages are used to group the Gurage people into three dialectically varied subgroups: Northern, Eastern and Western. However, the largest group within the Eastern subgroup, known as the Silt'e, identify foremost as Muslims.

01 - Aster Aweke - Ebo (8:02)

02 - Mahmoud Ahmed - Gichamue (4:38)

03 - Ashenafi Zeberga - Sriway (5:55)

04 - Behailu Kassahun - Ayo Eshururu (5:38)

05 - Biruk Befekadu - Sebelbelata (3:59)

06 - Ashenafi Zeberga - Segele (4:56)

07 - Mikiyas Negussie - Be3ste (4:51)

08 - Reshad Kedir - Amama (4:46)

09 - Yared Negu - Yemerkato Arada (3:56)

10 - Mykey Shewa - Aegba (ኤግባ) (4:15)

11 - Mewded Kibru - Yawe Way (5:57)

12 - Teddy Yo - Guragaeton (3:55)

13 - Desalegn Mersha - Waywato (5:16)

14 - Jossy Gebre - SebenSema (4:44)

15 - Hailu Fereja - Esherrerre (5:21)

16 - Feleke Maru - Ker (4:51)

17 - Wendi Mak - Yene Mar (5:26)

18 - Temesgen Gebrgziabeher - Yemeskel Let Mata (5:36)

v.a. - Ethiopia - Musical Emperors (Worldservice Blog Podcast) [ethiopia]

     v.a. - Musical Emperors (54:54)    

01. Alemayehu Eshete -  

02. Bizunesh Bekele -  

03. Tilahun Gessesse -   

04. Mahmoud Ahmed -   

05. Mahmoud Ahmed -   

06. Tilahun Gessesse -   

07. Alemayehu Eshete -   

08. Mahmud Ahmed -   

09. Tilahun Gessesse -   

10. Mahmud Ahmed -   

11. Tilahun Gessesse -  

12. Bizunesh Bekele & Mahmud Ahmed -