Alem Kebede - Bekelalu Yazeew [1999] [ethiopia]

       Alem Kebede is an Ethiopian artist who was part of the flowering of popular music in that country in the years just before the Derg dictatorship which began in 1980. (This music is collected in the multi-volume Ethiopiques series put out by Buda Musique.) She has released at least two albums and continues to perform.

1. Alem Kebede - Bekelalu Yzew (7:20)
2. Alem Kebede - Piaza (5:55)
3. Alem Kebede - Atahu Biye Alwashim (5:40)
4. Alem Kebede - Laulauma (6:56)
5. Alem Kebede - Tew Silih (6:14)
6. Alem Kebede - Ilil, Ilim (6:31)
7. Alem Kebede - Kinfishin Liwasew (5:02)
8. Alem Kebede - Meagrege (4:30)
9. Alem Kebede - Kandm Hulete (5:05)

Neway Debebe - Vol 6 [ethiopia]

       A protégé of poet Tilahoun Gessesse, Neway Debebe first attracted attention as the lead vocalist of The Roha Band, a tradition-rooted Ethiopian pop band that has supplied accompaniment on more than two hundred and fifty recordings by such top-ranked Ethiopian vocalists as Aster Aweke, Tilahoun Gessesse and Mahmoud Ahmed. 

      Debebe has also performed with Three Flowers, a group he shares with Tsegaye Eshetu and Areghagn Wersash.

Abdu Kiar - Fikir Beamargna [2006] [ethiopia]

       Abdu Kiar (born June 23, 1976 in Addis Merkato, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) is an artist in Ethiopian music. He gained his popularity in 2003 on his first album called Merkato Sefere. Abdu Kiar is well known for his modern style Ethiopian music and for his best Amharic lyrics. Since 2003 Abdu write and recorded three albums.

         The youngest of all 7 children in the family abdu kiar right after he graduated from high school join the Express Music Band in 1997. performing Dancehall, Hip hop and Reggea in the night clubs called Coffee house and Lion club. In 1998 Abdu went to Saudi Arabia and worked as a salesman in a fashion store in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

          In 2003. Abdu Kiar release his first album Merkato Sefere and join the Ethiopian music industry with great fame. 

         Abdu continue writing new songs and released another two albums Fikir Beamarigna (2006) and Minew Shewa (2009). Abdu also contributed a song to support HIV awareness in Ethiopia.

         Making his world tour in different cities, Abdu Kiar performs his songs to Ethiopians all over the world.

01. Abdu Kiyar - Gizie (5:08)

02. Abdu Kiyar - Fiker Beamargna (4:22)

03. Abdu Kiyar - Ylugneta Motowal (5:16)

04. Abdu Kiyar - Kere Dro (4:54)

05. Abdu Kiyar - Ychalal (4:52)

06. Abdu Kiyar - Eskemeche (4:59)

07. Abdu Kiyar - Yekedama Inatun (6:40)

08. Abdu Kiyar - Etie Mietie (6:15)

09. Abdu Kiyar - Liela Lalay (5:28)

10. Abdu Kiyar - Endi New Wey (5:06)

11. Abdu Kiyar - Enkuan Begura (5:16)

12. Abdu Kiyar - Alef Blo (5:50)

Omar Sharif, Mohamed Awil, Habiib Sharabi - African Stars [somalia]

1. Omar Shariif, Mohamed Awil, Xabiib Sharaabi - Intro (2:46)

2. Omar Shariif, Mohamed Awil, Xabiib Sharaabi - Qaahira (5:30)

3. Omar Shariif, Mohamed Awil, Xabiib Sharaabi - Ha Oynin (3:44)

4. Omar Shariif, Mohamed Awil, Xabiib Sharaabi - Bilaajo (4:32)

5. Omar Shariif, Mohamed Awil, Xabiib Sharaabi - Haasaawahaaga (4:23)

6. Omar Shariif, Mohamed Awil, Xabiib Sharaabi - Boqorkii Quruxda (4:04)

7. Omar Shariif, Mohamed Awil, Xabiib Sharaabi - Waa Kula Muudaa (3:24)

8. Omar Shariif, Mohamed Awil, Xabiib Sharaabi - ila Heshii (6:40)

9. Omar Shariif, Mohamed Awil, Xabiib Sharaabi - Geedi Shambow (5:34)

Sounds of Saba - Tizita [1998]

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Sounds Of Saba - Tizita

             The Project "Sounds of Saba" was initiated and created by GIZAW MESHESHA and JOERG PFEIL in 1998. in Germany.

             Year: 23. Juli and 01. August 1998.
Redorded:   Live in „Kino Traumstern“ in Lich sowie, and „Serenadenhof“ in Limburg.

1. Sounds Of Saba - Wollo (5:57)

2. Sounds Of Saba - Gashe Wolaiom (6:27)

3. Sounds Of Saba - Gedame (5:47)

4. Sounds Of Saba - Tizita (11:24)

5. Sounds Of Saba - Yomeye Laloye (5:27)

6. Sounds Of Saba - Shankila (7:19)

7. Sounds Of Saba - Kaorole (6:05)

8. Sounds Of Saba - Kiraren Bikagnew (9:23)

9. Sounds Of Saba - Aya Belew-Yelewim Abay-Yeminjar Lij (8:30)

Musicians :

Abonesh Adnew  -------------------   (vocals), 

Tigist Bekele -----------------------    (vocals), 

Jochen Engel ----------------------    (sax, keyboards), 

Wondwossen Kassa ---------------   (masinko), 

Binyam Kindya ---------------------   (krar, arrangement), 

Patrick Langer ---------------------   (bass), 

Jörg Pfeil ---------------------------   (guitar), 

Fantahun Shewankochew  --------    (vocals, krar, percussions), 

Michael Ehret  ----------------------   (drums)

see pictures of saba on tour!

 

Ethiopian mixtape by Marc Teissier du Cros [2012]

originaly posted : here

       Marc Teissier du Cros, one half of the brains behind Paris label The Record Makers,  home to some of Paris’ strongest music acts the likes of Sébastien Tellier lent his talents this past July to summer festival Les Siestes Electroniques.

     Mining the music archive of the Left Bank’s Musée du Quai Branly, Teissier du Cros complies Ethiopia!  an Ethio Jazz & modern music mixtape featuring some of the genres biggest names Mahmoud Ahmed, Bahta Gebre-Heywet, Tilahoun Gessesse, Mulatu Astatke, Mohammed Jimmy  Mohammed and more.

     Without a doubt the inclusion of tracks like ‘Tezeta’ by Mahmoud Ahmed makes this mixtape tug hard on nostalgic strings for any listener familiar with the Addis Ababa music scene of the 50′s, 60′s and 70′s.

       Marc tells that he delved into the genre when music label Buda Musique began releasing the ‘Ethiopiques‘ series  curated by Francis Falceto in the late 90′s.  A fan of Pharaoh Sanders in his student days, he mentions that "listening to Ethiopian music was like discovering where Pharoah Sanders found some of his inspiration from. Ethiopia was the heartbeat of the American free jazz scene of the late 60′s, Coltrane, Pharoah!  A bit the same way seeing Fela Kuti live in Lagos gave James Brown enough guts to move from soul to funk music.”