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.
