Name: Ethiopian Urban Modern Music 4
Brand: Tlahoun Gessesse

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

HS097VL

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Colour

black

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Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2009-07-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

3700409812507

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Tlahoun Gessesse

Genre GB

African

Label GB

Heavenly Sweetness

A stunning 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. Despite the language barriers that keep us from understanding what Gessesse's singing about, there's an incredibly evocative quality to the work that transcends time and place.

Ethiopian Urban Modern Music 4

Music GB