bahta hiwot – African Grooves

For today, I wanted to share with you “Tessassategn Eko“, an sweet Ethic Soul Jazz track with Jerk flavors, taken from the 1st single recorded in 1973 by the Ethiopian composer & singer Bahta Gebre Hiwot, with the help from Gebreab Tefera (words) & Girma Beyene (musical arrangements).

It was released in 1973 on “Amha Records“, prominent & legendary record label owned by Amha Eshete and that released 103 Ethiopian singles and 10 albums between 1969 & 1975, including some by mythical musicians Mahmoud Ahmed or Mulatu Astatke.

Those Ethio gems are getting harder & harder to find, especially in such clean condition, hope you’ll enjoy it !

Bahta Gebre Hiwot – Tessassategn Eko (Ethiopia, 1973, Amha Records)

You can also listen to this song on my Youtube Channel here : https://youtu.be/s8HIgg4luLo

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Have a nice Wednesday, see you on next Sunday for another musical (re)discovery !

Armand de Preseau

Hi dear readers !

I’m actually in the Southern France (remember St Tropez ?) for 2 weeks, tanning near the deep blue sea, drinking ti punchs and mojitos, but I’ve prepared something special for you !

I wanted for a loooong time to do an Ethiopian selection, (but I wouldn’t because I think the Ethio sound is too “a la mode”..), so here are 9 tracks taken from several seven inches intended to make you (re)discover the beauty and the deepness of the Ethio sound from the 70’s.

Ethio Jazz, Ethio soul, Ethio groove or Ethio funk, nevermind how you can call it, this music sounds like no other, because of the Ethiopian Pentatonic scale, that was a source of inspiration for many musicians of all genre.

Hope you’ll like it !

Armand de Preseau – The Ethiopian Journey

You can download it here !

See you soon for the (too) long awaited Malian selection !

Tracklist :

Mohamud Ahmed – Ambassel

Menelik Wossenachew – Chereka

Bizunesh Bekele – Tigel New

Tilahun Gessesse – Wey Min Tilik

Menelik Wossenachew – Menew Bacher Kere

Bahta Hiwot – Tessassategn Eko

Bizunesh Bekele – Inramed