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Ethiopiques - the Very Best of Ethiopiques: Hypnotic Grooves from the Legendary Series
by: Various Artists

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 6984582245216
Format: Enhanced
Label: Manteca
Manufacturer: Manteca
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Manteca
Release Date: August 13, 2007
Studio: Manteca
Sales Rank: 611

Disc 1:
  1. Heywete - Kidane, Tesfa-Maryam
  2. Yekermo Sew - Astatke, Mulatu
  3. Yekatit - Astatke, Mulatu
  4. Enken Yelelebesh - Beyene, Girma
  5. Ewnet Yet Lagegnesh - Bahta Gebre-Heywet
  6. Gubelye - Astatke, Mulatu
  7. Ere Mela Mela - Ahmed, Mahmoud
  8. Metche New - Ahmed, Mahmoud
  9. Tchero Adari Negn - Eshete, Alemayehu
  10. Telantena Zare - Eshete, Alemayehu
  11. Muziqawi Silt - Wallias Band
  12. Gedawo - Mesfin, Ayalew & Black Lion Band
  13. Tchuheten Betsemu - Gessesse, Tlahoun
  14. Tezeta - Wesnatchew, Menelik
Disc 2:
  1. Mother's Love - Guebrou, Tesegue-Maryam
  2. Sema - Gessesse, Tlahoun
  3. Milenu - Redda, Tewelde
  4. Embi Lla - Habte, Beyene
  5. Tezeta - Astatke, Mulatu
  6. Set Alamenem - Beyene, Girma
  7. Yemendjar Shega - Mellesse, Muluqen & Dahlak Band
  8. Antchi Hoye - Mekurya, Getatchew
  9. Kulun Mankwalesh - Gessesse, Tlahoun
  10. Shellela - Mekurya, Getatchew
  11. Mela Mela - Yohannes, Seyfu
  12. Atawurulegn Lela - Ahmed, Mahmoud
  13. Fetsum Denq Ledj Nesh - Ahmed, Mahmoud
  14. Abatatchen Hoy (Pater Noster) - Aga, Alemu
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - All hail Ethiopiques! Hot and spicy.
Hey pop pickers! Do you despair at the state of British indie music? Need that itch seriously scratching? Man,this is one wild and groovy ride. Weird and wonderful and very much deserving the attention of any curious and open minded music fan.I ain't no world music fan ,but the currently very stale indie scene forces one to search further afield to satisfy ones needs. If you like this, watch the film: Broken flowers (Bill Murray). Alot of this music soundtracks that film brilliantly. Also try Tinariwen (for seriously cool desert blues)or Kasai allstars.
We have people like Damon Albarn to thank for drawing our attention to such brilliant music. Nice one.Fair play to bands like Vampire weekend and The Good,the bad and the queen for mixing ... Read More:


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Patchy offering
This seems a pretty random collection of tracks. There are a few things that grab my attention, but to be honest they are in the minority. I've read reviews comparing them for impact with the Buena Vista Social club. Maybe this showcases Ethipian music in it's best light and is comparable with the Buena Vista's showcasing of a portion of Cuba's musical heritage to maximum effect; but if that's true then it just emphaises how much more Cuba has to offer, and how much more acceptable and familiar the traditional sounds of Cuban music are to the general listener's (including general world music listener's) ear. To me it's one for the collector to represent Ethiopia perhaps, but I'll only really go back to a few selected tracks.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Haunting and uplifting music that deserves a wide audience.
The 28 tracks on this wonderful double CD are drawn from a series of 23 Ethiopiques albums put together by the inspirational French promoter and champion of Ethiopian music Francis Falceto. This haunting, uplifting music which is an intriguing mixture of jazz, soul, funk & folk was created and recorded in Addis Ababa during the final years of Emperor Haile Selassie's reign(1930-74).
'The Very Best of Ethiopiques' has been described as "doing for Ethiopia what the Buena Vista Social Club did for Cuba" and this marvellous music certainly deserves to reach the widest possible audience.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - music you can eat
I felt I had to review this release if only to address the balance of a spectacularly ignorant reviewer who gave it one star.

What (s)he fails to grasp is that the influence of funk and jazz etc on these tracks is not a sign of Africans trying to copy American styles from yesteryear, but that popular musics around the world influence each other (see Vampire Weekend for a modern example), and compilations like this serve to bring music to a wider audience that would otherwise be ignored. And about time too!

The influence of jazz and funk on popular music can be seen all over Africa. This is hardly surprising when you think that the original influences for these genres can be traced back to 'traditional' African music. But ... Read More:


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Fantastic gateway into Ethiopian music
Any best of from the titanic Ethiopiques series was going to make for interesting listening.
This double CD package really comes up trumps, giving you a fine sample of the artists featured throughout.
Disc One is Jazzier in it's feel. We have the slow meandering Heywete before we dive into the painfully cool Yerkermo Sew. It is Mulatu Astatque's music that has brought Ethiopian music to a wider audience. Hardly surprising. Taken from his experiences of living in America, the grooves of his tracks are funky, infectious. Yekatit is probably my favourite one from him - rolling beat, the coolest slice of funk.
Getatchew Mekurya's music is far last westernized, more organic - the saxophones lead to towards Egypt. I love Shellela on the ... Read More:
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