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: Artist......: Hailu Mergia
: Album.......: Yene Mircha :
: Label.......: Awesome Tapes From Africa .. .:.. .
Genre.......: Jazz :
Catnr.......: ATFA037 .
' Source......: CD ,
; Rip.date....: 2020-06-02
Str.date....: 2020-03-27
Quality.....: 268kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :..
.:. Url.........: http://hailumergia.bandcamp.com '
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1. Semen Ena Debub 6:02
2. Yene Mircha 4:41
3. Bayne Lay Yihedal 5:09
4. Abichu Nega Nega 5:41
5. Yene Abeba 6:34
6. Shemendefer 6:26
7. Dibik Fikir 7:05
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\ / ________ Runtime 41:38
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,: It's been a long, winding road to Hailu Mergia's sixth decade of :,
: musical activity. From a young musician in the 60s starting out :
:' in Addis Ababa to the 70s golden age of dance bands to the new ':
,: hope as an emigre in America to the drier period of the 90s and :,
: 2000s when he mainly played keyboard in his taxi while waiting :
:' in the airport queue or at home with friends. More recently, ':
,: with the reissue of his classic works and a re-assessment of his :,
: role in Ethiopian music history, Mergia has played to audiences :
:' big and small in some of the most cherished venues around the ':
,: world. With his 2018 critical breakthrough "Lala Belu" Mergia :,
: consolidated his legacy, producing the album on his own and :
:' connecting with listeners through his vision of modern ':
,: Ethiopian music. Extensive touring after the record revealed an :,
: artist who is in no way stuck in the nostalgia for the ôgolden :
:' ageö sound. The press agreed, including the New York Times, BBC ':
,: and Pitchfork, calling his music ôtriumphantly in the presentö :,
: in its Best 200 Albums of the 2010's list. :
:' ':
,: Mergia's new album "Yene Mircha" ("My Choice" in Amharic) :,
: encapsulates many of the things that make the keyboardist, :
:' accordionist and composer-arranger remarkableùelements that ':
,: have persisted to maintain his vitality all these years, through :,
: the ebb and flow of his career. The rock solid trio with whom he :
:' has toured the world most recently, DC-based Alemseged Kebede ':
,: (bass) and Ken Joseph (drums), forms the nucleus around which an :,
: expanded band makes a potent response to the contemporary jazz :
:' future "Lala Belu" promised. "Yene Mircha" calcifies Mergia's ':
,: prolific stream of creativity and his philosophy that there is a :,
: multitude of Ethiopian musical approaches, not just one sound. :
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,: Enlisting the help of master mesenqo (traditional stringed :,
: instrument) player Setegn Atenaw, celebrated vocalist Tsehay :
:' Kassa and legendary saxophone player Moges Habte from his 70s ':
,: outfit Walias Band, Mergia enhances his bright, electric band on :,
: this recording with an expanded line up on some songs. Mergia :
:' produced the album which features several of his original ':
,: compositions along with songs by Asnakesh Worku and Teddy Afro. :,
: An artist still reinventing his sound every night on stage :
:' during his marathon live sets, this 74-year-old icon refuses to ':
,: make the same album twice. His creative process in the :,
: studioùstarting with the core band, then after listening :
:' extensively over weeks and months adding more sounds and ':
,: instrumentsùis as urgent and risky as his concerts can be, :,
: pushing the band to the outer limits of group improvisation and :
:' back with chord extensions during his exploratory solos. "Yene ':
,: Mircha" captures this live experience and fosters an expansive :,
: view of what else could be in store for this tireless :
:' practitioner of Ethiopian music. ':
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