Mulatu Astatke - "Emnete" (Ethiopian Stompers)
Teshome Meteku - "Hasabe"
Birkineh Wurga - "Alkedashim"
Selomon Shibeshi - "Endiet Zenegashiw"
Alemayehu Eshete - "Chiro Adarie Negne"
Hirut Bekele - "Ewnetegna Feker"
Bezunesh Bekele & Body Guard Band - "Felagote"
Alemayehu Eshete - "Mekeyershene Salawke"
Tilahun Gessesse - "Aykedashim Libe"
Merawi Yohannis - "Teleyeshign"
Hirut Bekele & Alemayehu Eshete - "Temeles"
Seifu Yohannes - "Ebo Lala" (Ethiopian Clappers & More)
Bezunesh Bekele - "Aha Gedawo"
Alemayehu Borobor - "Yeshebelewa"
Seifu Yohannes - "Mela Mela"
Tilahun Gessesse - "Sigibgib Joroye"
Alemayehu Eshete - "Gizew Honeshyna"
Getatchew Kassa - "Fikrishin Eshaleyu"
Hirut Bekele - "Almokerkum Nebere"
Muluken Melesse - "Alagegnhwatem"
Menelik Wossenachew - "Tezeta"
Tamrat Molla - "Ene Yewodedquat"
Review: Over the last decade, Lebanese DJ and traveling crate-digger has developed an obsession with the "golden age" of Ethiopian music in the late '60s and 1970s. Back then, Ethopian musicians developed a distinctive "Ethio" style that drew influences from a myriad of black American styles - most notably funk, soul, jazz, rhythm and blues, boogaloo and rock & roll - whilst remaining home-grown and East African in feel. To prove the dancefloor-slaying potential of some of these raw, fuzzy and thrill-packed gems, Chahaud has joined forces with BBE to deliver this fine 22-track set. There's not enough space to list all of the highlights, but suffice to say it will appeal to all those who enjoy heavy, funk-fuelled hybrids of East African, Arabic and black American music.
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