Wir wurden von Ethiopian Records gefragt, ob wir die laufende Crowdfunding-Kampagne WEL verbreiten könnten, um eine Doppel-EP zu veröffentlichen, einige Videos zu produzieren und vieles mehr. Nicht nur, um zeitgenössische äthiopische Künstler zu unterstützen, sondern um ihnen eine Chance zu geben, in Zeiten der Pandemie zu überleben. Ja, können wir und wünschen euch viel Glück!
And that was a reminder for us at Beyond Tape that there is way more then the (very great) and widely known Mulatu Astatke, who made Ethio-Jazz widely popular and which some people surely know — for example from the Broken Flowers soundtrack. So we browsed our minds and playlists and put together some tracks from Ethiopia that include and go beyond Ethio-Jazz.
As we don’t know any tool actually to combine Bandcamp and Youtube-Videos in a playlist (playmoss unfortunately ceased its activity) we like to drop the songs just down below. We also added a Spotify-Playlist on the bottom, knowing that it is a) not a supporting platform for artists and b) doesn‘t have all the songs listed.
Let’s get started with the music and please check out and support ‘WEL’, thank you!
Mulatu Astatke — Yègellé Tezeta
Mulatu Astatke with Menelik Wossenatchew — Fikratchin
Fedel Band — Arraya’s Mood
Asnaké Gèbrèyès — Eski Beke Be
Tèsfa-Maryam Kidané — Heywèté
Tlahoun Gèssèssè — Alegntaye
Asnakech Worku — Sak Bleh Askegn
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guébrou — The Last Tears of a Deceased
Birkineh Wurga — Alkedashim
Kingdom of Kaffa — Yejoro Tili
Alemayehu Eshete — Alteleyeshegnem
Mikael Seifu — Yarada Lij
Hailu Mergia — Yefikir Engurguro
Gigi — Tew Ante Sew
Kirubel Assefa — Tesmameye
Dagy — Sedet
DJ Jazzy Dave — The Jazz Side of Ethiopia
https://djjazzydave.bandcamp.com/track/the-jazz-side-of-ethiopia