Artist: Various Artists

Title: Ethiopiques

Condition:

Format: CD

Release Date: 2010

Label: Buda Musique

UPC: 3341348601762

Genre: Ethiopian, International

Album Tracks

1. M Tech D RSH [When Am I Going to Reach There?]
2. Ham T Gnaw
3. L N Antchi Bitcha N SH [You Are the Only One for Me]
4. Men w B G R Begn [I Could Have Done Without It]
5. B y Les Nab Tesh
6. En y w D Dkwat
7. S w Endayhon y LL M
8. Ter Djew N B R
9. Qondjo Ledj Nat
10. Ber Anbar S B R Lewo [He Consummated the Marriage]
11. L B N Sheweshew [My Panicked Heart]
12. Yag R DJ Gna
13. Y K Rmo S w [A Man of Experience and Wisdom]
14. Mariy Marw L la
15. TCH R Qa [O Moon]
16. H D TCH Gara Zura
17. Assiyo B LL Ma
18. N FSH N SH
19. Come on and Do It
20. I Wanna Do My Thing

A selection of powerful pieces from the historical Amha Records catalogue : Ayaléw Mèsfin, Gétatchèw Kassa and Sèyfou Yohannes, and other artists as yet unreleased or hardly known in the West. Bonus tracks: two pieces by the young Mulatu Astatqé, recorded in the early 60s and two pieces by The Ashantis, a Kenyan band based in Addis Abeba, which was very influent in the early 70s.'