rostasi Posted September 12, 2007 Report Posted September 12, 2007 Ethiopia ushers in third millennium Quote
rostasi Posted September 12, 2007 Author Report Posted September 12, 2007 well then! Got 'em all and plan to play them - tonight, a favorite Ethiopian restaurant is in the plans! (Man, I wish I were at Frankfurt's Lalibela restaurant!) :party: Quote
Man with the Golden Arm Posted September 12, 2007 Report Posted September 12, 2007 well then! Got 'em all and plan to play them - tonight, a favorite Ethiopian restaurant is in the plans! (Man, I wish I were at Frankfurt's Lalibela restaurant!) :party: So what might be your most recommended amongst those? I've been listening to some smatterings from emusic (before I knew of the recent Jarmusch popularity/craze of the genre). I like that arabic scaling with some funk in the bag. Quote
rostasi Posted September 12, 2007 Author Report Posted September 12, 2007 (edited) So what might be your most recommended amongst those? I've been listening to some smatterings from emusic (before I knew of the recent Jarmusch popularity/craze of the genre). I like that arabic scaling with some funk in the bag.I'd definitely start with #4 first. Ethio Jazz.... It's the one with the most jazz leanings with a CrAzY instrumental sound to boot! You may go for #8: Swinging Addis as well. For a single vocalist, I'd say the great Mahmoud Ahmed. Number 7: "Ere Mela Mela" was my introduction to him back in the late 70's. It's a recording by a popular controversial singer (because of his politics) that keeps reappearing thru re-releases every decade or so. Fine, very strong singer! The recordings that feature Tlahoun Gessesse are also good on the vocal side. If you ever want to explore the more raw, folk-ethnic type of sound, the Alemu Aga - #11 - is an absolutely spellbinding playing of the béguéna which is a small harp played with a low buzzing sound while Aga sings in whispered tones. I think that most of these titles can be listened to thru Amazon's recent addition of it's own listening sampler. The producer, Francis Falceto, and I crossed paths back in '86 before he started this series and he is completely devoted to this music in extraordinary ways. The hunt for those few and far between singles that were made during wartime in truly "underground" fashion was a major driving force for him in getting the early part of the series out to the general public. I've been pushing for him to put out a disc of the great keyboardists of that era. I'm especially fond of that real organ sound (not the synthesized sound that was later to be used) that was nearly always played in that special legato manner that really gave this music of that era a very special soul - think Alice Coltrane. two samples from #8: Alèmayèhu Eshèté Samuel Bèlay Edited September 12, 2007 by rostasi Quote
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