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Tessema Eshete

Title: Ethiopiques Vol. 27 - Centennial 1908-1910 (2CD)

Label: Buda Musique

Cat No:860192
Format:CD

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• Here is a remarkable archive -- the first commercial recording of Ethiopian music, indeed one of the earliest surviving examples of recorded African music

• Though the tracks have been carefully restored from 78s reissued in the mid 1920s they originated in around 1908 in a recording studio in Berlin where Tessema Eshete had been sent by the Emperor Menelik to study car mechanics. Tessema never sang on record again though as a poet, sculptor and visionary innovator he became a major figure in Ethiopian artistic life despite, in later years, making an enemy of Haile Selassie

• In comparison to the popular Ethiopian music of a much later period these recordings of course will sound quite primitive but anyone who has been captivated by the Ethiopiques series will find this release an indispensable prologue

• Beautifully presented double CD with a fully illustrated booklet which tells the whole story. The second CD also contains a PDF with the song lyrics in French, English and Amharic and many photo documents

Track Listing for Ethiopiques Vol. 27 - Centennial 1908-1910 (2CD)
CD1
1 Médina
2 Tekas
3 Mesgana
4 Zèlèsègna
5 YèDjanhoy mesgana
6 YèRas Woldè Giyorgis
7 YèRas Mèkonnen
8 Yèligaba
9 YèEtégué
10 YèAlèm mesgana
11 Yèmot mastawèsha
12 YèNè gadras
13 YèZèwditou
14 Ato Yoséf
15 Dèdjatch Baltcha
16 YèTekazé
17 YèRas Mikaél
18 Dèdjatch Abatè
19 YèNègadras
20 Dèdjatch Woubé

CD2
1 Lènosh Hamèru
2 Ado wèchèba
3 Yèfeqer
4 Aya wèchèbayé
5 Albosajitmaslèk
6 Melkiadom
7 Dèma Dèma
8 Mèkonnené
9 YèTeqassé
10 Sema
11 Esèy na…na…
12 Bwalt
13 Interview of Yidnèkatchèw Tèssèma 1984 (French)
14 Interview of Yidnèkatchèw Tèssèma 1984-1985 (Amharic)

Reviews

fRoots - Rick Sanders

Hearing Eshete is a serious and moving experience, defeating time.

Songlines - Chris Menist

There is no doubt that this is a fascinating, well presented and timely historical document. **

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Tessema Eshete

Ethiopiques Vol. 27 - Centennial 1908-1910 (2CD)