Aster Aweke, Mahmoud Ahmed, Tilahun Gessesse, and Muluken Melesse.
Tilaye and others—a highly sought-after musician and arranger who had a profound influence on Ethiopian popular music in the 1970s—was a master saxophonist and arranger, Tilaye Gebre—a highly sought-after musician and arranger for artists such as Tilaye and others who had a profound influence on Ethiopian popular music of the 1970s—has had a rare and magnificent album, recorded in the late 1970s, released with great passion by Muzikawi, a promising new label based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Stockholm, Sweden.
From the late 1960s through the 1970s, the Daflak Band fused contemporary Ethiopian styles with the music of James Brown and Wilson Pickett, as well as the sounds of rhythm and blues, soul, funk, and the disco era, performing with a full range of instruments—including trumpet, organ, keyboards, saxophone, bass, drums, and guitar—blending contemporary Ethiopian styles with the music of James Brown and Wilson Pickett, as well as the sounds of rhythm and blues, soul, funk, and the disco era. Occasionally drifting into psychedelic ambient realms, this unique, moody, and slowly unfolding soundscape of Ethiopian jazz nostalgia—crafted with no EQ or reverb, recorded with a single microphone and woven together using only delay—a one-of-a-kind, moody, and slowly unfolding soundscape of nostalgic Ethiopian jazz longing. You’ll find yourself gently and gradually captivated by its bluesy, enka, reggae, funky, soulful, and groovy sounds. 9 tracks in total. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)