Various Artists / Rough Guide Ethiopia (2012)
| Album: | Rough Guide Ethiopia (2012) | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Aug 2012 | |
| Label: | World Music Network | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2012-08-26 | Pull Date: | 2012-10-28 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 28 | Oct 21 | Oct 14 | Oct 7 | Sep 23 | Sep 9 | Sep 2 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 22, 2012: | New World Disorder
Gue |
4. | Oct 13, 2012: | Music Casserole
Ambassel, Ende Eyerusalem |
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| 2. | Oct 21, 2012: | The Mongrel's Stoop
Musicawi Silt |
5. | Oct 12, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Guragigna |
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| 3. | Oct 18, 2012: | The Sunset Life
Musicawi Silt |
6. | Oct 07, 2012: | The Mongrel's Stoop
Sek'let (Crucifiction) |
Album Review
Sadie O.
Reviewed 2012-08-23
Reviewed 2012-08-23
Rough Guide to Ethiopia
Reviewed by Sadie O., 8/23/12
Wide variety of Ethiopian music from the last few decades. Some is very traditional and some is very funky, but quite a few of the tracks have a significant jazz component. Interesting stuff, and even the tracks that aren’t killer are darn good in their own quirky ways…
1. 4:58 ****rooster crowing, then upbeat hiphop with a wide variety of voices, and a super-funky midtempo groove. Just fantastic! (slightly different production from the version on their album in our collection.)
2. 5:14 ***groovy jazz piano intro, adds layers of horns and rhythms, uptempo and polyrhythmic, lead female vocals with distinctively Ethiopian trills. Nice.
3. 4:47 *older, slinky keyboard-and-horn based psychedelia with a jazz tinge. Interesting quavery male vocals.
4. 4:22 **chunky little guitar intro, then big horns and funky free jax. Instrumental. A lot better than I probably make it sound…
5. 2:26 *wheezy flute and percussion. Sounds ancient (all folk instruments) and rather like circus music.
6. 7:23 ***lovely plucked strings and drums, slinky and cool. Almost coloratura femalevocals.
7. 5:11 **low-key keyboards and drums, nice horn section. A bit psychedelic and really cool. Gets all free-form in the middle.
8. 3:23 **truly quark, strangeness and charm. Low-key drone instrument and soft chanting. Noise and Captain Beefheart fans should enjoy this!
9. 5:29 **bowed instrument, bass and female vocals. Rather experimental in nature, but with a basis in traditional music. Gets more rhythmic and uptempo as it goes along.
10. 3:46 **Bop! Uptempo and upbeat “Ethio-jazz”, gruff male vocals.
11. 7:20 ***cool unplugged shuffle, female vocals and truly gnarly guitar. Fun stuff.
12. 4:50 **mellow guitar and hand drums, unschooled male vocals. Has the feel of being sung around a fire in front of a tent at night…
13. 3:52 *very sweet and rather wistful piano, with a sort of WWII era feel.
Reviewed by Sadie O., 8/23/12
Wide variety of Ethiopian music from the last few decades. Some is very traditional and some is very funky, but quite a few of the tracks have a significant jazz component. Interesting stuff, and even the tracks that aren’t killer are darn good in their own quirky ways…
1. 4:58 ****rooster crowing, then upbeat hiphop with a wide variety of voices, and a super-funky midtempo groove. Just fantastic! (slightly different production from the version on their album in our collection.)
2. 5:14 ***groovy jazz piano intro, adds layers of horns and rhythms, uptempo and polyrhythmic, lead female vocals with distinctively Ethiopian trills. Nice.
3. 4:47 *older, slinky keyboard-and-horn based psychedelia with a jazz tinge. Interesting quavery male vocals.
4. 4:22 **chunky little guitar intro, then big horns and funky free jax. Instrumental. A lot better than I probably make it sound…
5. 2:26 *wheezy flute and percussion. Sounds ancient (all folk instruments) and rather like circus music.
6. 7:23 ***lovely plucked strings and drums, slinky and cool. Almost coloratura femalevocals.
7. 5:11 **low-key keyboards and drums, nice horn section. A bit psychedelic and really cool. Gets all free-form in the middle.
8. 3:23 **truly quark, strangeness and charm. Low-key drone instrument and soft chanting. Noise and Captain Beefheart fans should enjoy this!
9. 5:29 **bowed instrument, bass and female vocals. Rather experimental in nature, but with a basis in traditional music. Gets more rhythmic and uptempo as it goes along.
10. 3:46 **Bop! Uptempo and upbeat “Ethio-jazz”, gruff male vocals.
11. 7:20 ***cool unplugged shuffle, female vocals and truly gnarly guitar. Fun stuff.
12. 4:50 **mellow guitar and hand drums, unschooled male vocals. Has the feel of being sung around a fire in front of a tent at night…
13. 3:52 *very sweet and rather wistful piano, with a sort of WWII era feel.
Track Listing