Aster Aweke - Sikuar [2001] [ethiopia]

            When she arrived in her homeland in 1997 for the first time since she'd left in 1981, Ethiopian-born and Washington, D.C.-based songstress Aster Aweke was greeted by thousands of loyal followers awaiting her plane. During the month-long tour that followed, Aweke performed before more than 80,000 people and showed that she remains one of Ethiopia's best-loved performers. 

            Aweke has been equally successful throughout the world. Her second album, Kabu, spent four weeks in the top position on the CMJ New Music Charts, and was in the Top Ten of Billboard's World Music Charts for ten weeks in 1990. 

Aster Aweke - Sikuar (Sugar)

          A native of Gandor, a small town near Lake Tara, Aweke was raised in the capital city of Addis Ababa. The daughter of senior civil servant in the Imperial government, Aweke was determined to become a musician by the age of 13. By her late teens, she was singing in Addis Ababa clubs and hotels with such bands as the Continental Band, Hotel D'Afrique Band, Shebele Band, and the Ibex Band (before they became the internationally known Roha Band). Launching a solo career, Aweke was encouraged by musical entrepreneur Ali Tango, who financed and released five cassettes and two singles of her music. By 1981, Aweke had become disillusioned by Ethiopia's oppressive political climate and relocated to the United States. Temporarily settling in the Bay Area of California with plans to pursue an education; within two years, Aweke continued on to Washington, D.C., the site of the largest Ethiopian population in the U.S. After building a following with her performances in local Ethiopian restaurants, Aweke toured the U.S. and Europe in 1985. 

Aster Aweke - 01 - Gudde Fella (6:08)

Aster Aweke - 02 - Sew Hulu Be-hageru (6:33)

Aster Aweke - 03 - Ezoralehu (5:25)

Aster Aweke - 04 - Etiti (6:32)

Aster Aweke - 05 - Bichegna (5:29)

Aster Aweke - 06 - Sikuar (6:31)

Aster Aweke - 07 - Merkato (4:58)

Aster Aweke - 08 - Fikir Fikir (6:06)

Aster Aweke - 09 - Ela Alayim (6:46)

Aster Aweke - 10 - Ibi Tibi (5:39)

Aster Aweke - 11 - Sew Mehonne (7:20)

Aster Aweke - 12 - Wey Nedo (5:38)

v.a. - Digital Ethiopia pt.1 [likembe.blogspot.com compilation] [ethiopia]

original source :

   R   E   U   P   L   O   A   D   

          Back in the '80s Ethiopian music was extremely hard to come by outside of Ethiopia. Mahmoud Ahmed's brilliant Ere Mela Mela was released on LP by the Belgian label Crammed Discs around 1985, and later in the decade the exile singer Aster Aweke released Aster, recorded in the UK with mainly non-Ethiopian backup musicians. That was just about it, unless you were lucky enough to know Ethiopians who could supply you with scratchy, poorly dubbed cassettes from the motherland.

       All that changed in the '90s when political change opened the country up. A fine collection of traditional and modern music, Music From Ethiopia (Caprice CAP 21432) came out in 1992, and within a few years the incredible Ethiopiques series opened the world's ears to the classic sounds of "Swingin' Addis" from the '60s and early '70s

    

          When it became possible for Ethiopian musicians to travel freely it was only natural that they would gravitate to U.S. recording studios, and in the last 15 years there has arisen a robust market in CDs made here. For the most part these are "under the radar" - not available through the usual "World Music™" outlets like Sterns. The main issue I have with these American recordings is the overwhelming use of synthesizers. That said, many of these productions are surprisingly sophisticated, a far cry from the rinky-dink keyboards and drum machines of much contemporary African music.

1. Tlahoun Gessesse - Ewdish Neber (5:40)
2. Tlahoun Gessesse - Meleyayet Mot New (4:17)
3. Menelik Wossenachew - Gash Jembere (9:12)
4. Menelik Wossenachew - Yeayne Tesfa (6:35)
5. Mohammed Tawil - Si-Si (7:26)
6. Mulatu Astatke w. Teshome Mitiku - Wello (8:30)
7. Tilaye Gebre - Yenigat Kokeb/Yelelit Berehane (9:30)

v.a. - Digital Ethiopia pt.2 [likembe.blogspot.com compilation] [ethiopia]

original source :

   R   E   U   P   L   O   A   D   

                                                                 Chachi Tadesse

1. Tadesse Alemu - Shinet (5:56)

2. Tadesse Alemu - Hedach Allu (9:11)

3. Hamelmal Abate - Tirulegn (5:51)

4. Hana Shenkute - Addis Fekere (6:40)

5. Abonesh Adnew - Limitawey (7:03)

6. Kuku Sebsebe - Hallo Belat (4:55)

7. Chachi Tadesse - Africa (5:19)

8. Chachi Tadesse - Medina (5:27)

Seid Reda - Siltegna Vol 4 (feat. Nureya Hassen) [ethiopia]

Seid Reda - 01 - Ye-tegey Aule (feat. Nureya Hassen) (6:28)
Seid Reda - 02 - Afire Baho (feat. Nureya Hassen) (3:41)
Seid Reda - 03 - Ebolocho (feat. Nureya Hassen) (8:45)
Seid Reda - 04 - Enifo (feat. Nureya Hassen) (5:33)
Seid Reda - 05 - Ade Egash (feat. Nureya Hassen) (6:37)
Seid Reda - 06 - Youle Teterat (feat. Nureya Hassen) (7:43)
Seid Reda - 07 - Beferekot ferejat (feat. Nureya Hassen) (4:33)
Seid Reda - 08 - Alay Lealah (feat. Nureya Hassen) (7:58)
Seid Reda - 09 - Adet Yebitera mere (feat. Nureya Hassen) (5:12)
Seid Reda - 10 - Sebe Ega (feat. Nureya Hassen) (6:13)

Elias Tebabel - [1995] - Laradam Albeje [ethiopia]

Elias Tebabal - Shäggaw Täwäldwall

Elias Tebabel - 01 - Yenferaz Abeba (6:10)
Elias Tebabel - 02 - Laradam Albeje (5:09)
Elias Tebabel - 03 - Shebela (6:41)
Elias Tebabel - 04 - Befekrachene Geze (8:48)
Elias Tebabel - 05 - Keribegne (7:07)
Elias Tebabel - 06 - Emama Ethiopia (5:04)
Elias Tebabel - 07 - Selanchi (5:21)
Elias Tebabel - 08 - Kaleshe Tesebere (5:32)

Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Live at Broad Casting, Cargo, London, 17.april [2008] [uk+eth]

    EXQUISITE BOOTLEG RECORDING !   

          Playing in London for the first time in 15 years Ethio-Jazz sound pioneer Mulatu Astatke, plays an exclusive live date at Cargo. His backing band will be made up of the fantastic Heliocentrics (Now Again / Stones Throw), who also provide a support set on the night. Host and DJ Karen P is also very happy to be joined by long-time friend, Gilles Peterson alongside NYC’s legendary party purveyor Karl Injex.

Born in Ethiopia in 1943, Mulatu Astatke is an innovative multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and originator of the Ethio-Jazz sound. Having studied music in London and then the US, he established himself as a vital vibraphone, conga and percussion player on both sides of the Atlantic before returning to his homeland to introduce Jazz, Soul and Latin to Ethiopia’s native musicians and artists. Included in the now legendary Ethiopiques compilations, 

Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers soundtrack, and much sampled by Hip-Hop and Dance producers alike, his sound will be familiar to many even if his name isn’t. These days Mulatu regularly lectures at Harvard and gave a memorable lecture at the Red Bull Music Academy in Toronto last year. Karen P’s Broad Casting is honoured to host Mulatu’s first UK performance in over 15 years.      

The Heliocentrics are drummer Malcolm Catto’s collective and are signed to Stones Throw’s sister imprint Now-Again. Having performed and recorded as DJ Shadow’s backing band, they have individually played major parts in bands such as the Soul Destroyers, Quantic Soul Orchestra and The Herbaliser. Malcolm himself released a solo album on Mo Wax and has been sampled by none other than Madlib. 

Pigeonholing The Heliocentrics sound is hard. Suffice to say that it takes in all manner of jazz, electronica, psychedelia and world music. Whilst they inhabit the funk universe of James Brown, they also capture some of the disorienting asymmetry of Sun Ra, the cinematic scope of Ennio Morricone and the sublime fusion of David Axelrod.

01. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Yèkèrmo Sèw (Live) (5:38)

02. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Gubèlyé (Live) (4:27)

03. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Yègellé Tezeta (Live) (4:04)

04. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Mulatu (Live) (7:36)

05. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Kulumanqualeshi (Live) (7:11)

06. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Kasalèfkut Hulu (Live) (6:33)

07. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Ethio Blues (Live) (5:28)

08. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Yèkatit (Live) (5:42)

09. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Munayé (Live) (5:56)

10. Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Nètsanèt (Live) (6:34)