( Ethiopian Groove )

An augmented and remasterised reissue of the legendary Abyssinian groove anthology released in the nineties, this selection is a tribute to the heyday of Ethiopian music. It reproduces the final salvos of the musical fireworks before they were brutally extinguished by the dictatorship. 1969-1978: the age of the record was also the golden age of modern Ethiopian music, with brasses largely dominating—be they swinging, thunderous or simàply gigantic—and landmark vocalists who adapted the tradition to the mirific instruments that came from other countries, opening onto the world while staying rooted in their local culture.