A compilation released in 1972 by the legendary label AMHA RECORDS, home to essential Ethiopian musicians such as MULATU ASTATKE, MAHMOUD AHMED, ALEMAYEHU ESHETE and TILAHUN GESSESSE. Featuring credits for ALEMAYEHU ESHETE and MULATU ASTATKE, this is a string of gems blending Ethio-jazz — shaped by Western jazz and R&B yet driven by that superhuman ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Saito) African rhythmic sense — with tracks steeped in traditional folk colors. Timeless and wonderful. Recommended. (Original Japanese text by Saito)

MULATU ASTATKE、MAHMOUD AHMED、ALEMAYEHU ESHETE等のエチオピーク重要なミュジシャンが集った伝説のレーベル〈AMHA RECORDS〉。ボブ・ディランが選曲した「Artist's Choice」でもピックアップされたGETACHEW KASSAの「Tezeta」で幕開け、AMHA ESHETEのもとに集ったミュージシャンたちによる最高のサウンドが詰まったコンピレーション。エチオピークの名作のアナログ復刻を数多く手掛けてきた〈HEAVENLY SWEETNESS〉がアナログ再発。 (サイトウ)

アレマイユ・エシェテと共に、キャリアの初期にアディスアベバサウンドを形成するのに重要だったPOLICE ORCHESTRAに在籍し、ハイレ・セラシエ1世直属のシアター、現在のエチオピア国立劇場のオーケストラにも所属。オーネット・コールマンやアルバート・アイラーの影響を受けてるそうです。のちに彼をリスペクトするTHE EXともコラヴォレーションする。 (サイトウ)

Alemayehu Eshete, a key Ethiopian singer of the '70s whose recordings have been compiled on volumes 9 and 22 of ETHIOPIQUES, gets the compilation treatment from HEAVENLY SWEETNESS as part of their Ethiopian Urban Modern Music series. He was a singer active on Amha Records during the same era as Mulatu Astatke and Mahmoud Ahmed. Like them, he drew o ...Read more (Original Japanese text by Saito)n jazz and soul while creating a spiritual, rhythmically distinctive Ethiopian sound. Wonderful music. (Original Japanese text by Saito)

MULATU ASTATKEが結成し、HAILU MERGIAや天才ドラマーTÈMARÈ HARÈGUも在籍したWALLIAS BANDの名曲二曲！ (サイトウ)

An archive of TILAHUN GESSESSE released as the fourth volume in the Ethiopian Urban Modern Music series, compiling precious recordings held by BUDA MUSIQUE. A tenor-voiced singer who was even favored by Haile Selassie I, he joined AMHA RECORDS in the '70s alongside Mulatu Astatke and company. Arrangements are handled by Mulatu Astatke and Teshome Sisay. A string of superb recordings. (Original Japanese text by Saito)