- Artist
- Hailu Mergia & The Walias
- ReleaseProduct
- Tezeta
- Label
- Awesome Tapes From Africa
- Catalogue Number
- ATFA041digital
- Release Date
- 4 Juni 2021
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From their genesis as members of the Venus club in-house band in the early 70s, Hailu Mergia and the Walias Band were at the forefront of the musical revolution during an era where modern instruments and foreign styles superseded the traditional fare to become the staple sound of Ethiopia. No one would argue that the Walias were the trailblazing powerhouse of modern Ethiopian music. They were the first band to form independently without affiliation to a theatre house, a club or a hotel; unprecedented and risky as they had to raise all funding for expenses by themselves including buying equipment. They were the first to release full instrumental albums, considered to be commercially unviable at the time. They opened their own recording studio, with band members Melake Gebre and Mahmoud Aman doubling as technical buffs during sessions. They were also the first independent band to tour abroad. In short, they were the pioneers every band tried to emulate; some more successfully than others. Odds are, any Ethiopian over the age of 35 who had access to TV or radio by the early 90s, will instantly recognize the sound of Walias. What is not a given is, how many would actually identify the band itself. Barely a day went by without hearing the Walias either in the background on radio or as an accompaniment to various programs on TV. This Tezeta album, the band’s second recording, released in 1975, is one of those that have been impossible to find for nearly three decades. Sourced by Awesome Tapes From Africa and expertly remastered by Jessica Thompson, its unique and funky renditions of standards and popular songs of the day are so quintessentially Walias, flavorful and evocative. Hailu's melodic organ, unashamedly front and center in every track, makes even the complex pieces accessible. Profoundly engaging; it's an immersive trip down memory lane for those of us getting reacquainted with it, while also an enthralling and gratifying experience for fresh ears. Virtually unknown recording outside Ethiopia. Documents Mergia & Walias legendary early period. Follow-up to reissue of hugely popular seminal Ethiopian instrumentals LP Tche Belew (ATFA012) Cassette-only, released in 1975 on the band’s in-house label to fund their record store. Beautifully-rendered instrumentals of classic Ethiopian standards.
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Hailu Mergia & The Walias
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- Artist
- Hailu Mergia & The Walias
- ReleaseProduct
- Tche Belew
- Label
- Awesome Tapes From Africa
- Catalogue Number
- ATFA012cd
- Release Date
- 8 Oktober 2014
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Awesome Tapes From Africa
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- Artist
- Hailu Mergia
- ReleaseProduct
- Pioneer Works Swing (Live) (Standard)
- Label
- Awesome Tapes From Africa
- Catalogue Number
- ATFA049DIG
- Release Date
- 3 November 2023
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- Hailu Mergia
- ReleaseProduct
- Anchihoye Lene (Live)
- Label
- Awesome Tapes From Africa
- Catalogue Number
- ATFA049DIG3
- Release Date
- 24 Oktober 2023
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- ReleaseProduct
- Yegle Nesh (Live)
- Label
- Awesome Tapes From Africa
- Catalogue Number
- ATFA049DIG2
- Release Date
- 28 September 2023
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- Belew Beduby (Live)
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- Awesome Tapes From Africa
- Catalogue Number
- ATFA049DIG1
- Release Date
- 6 September 2023
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- Label
- Awesome Tapes From Africa
- Catalogue Number
- ATFA048DIGI1
- Release Date
- 26 Juni 2023
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- Roger Bekono
- ReleaseProduct
- Roger Bekono
- Label
- Awesome Tapes From Africa
- Catalogue Number
- ATFA047DIGITAL
- Release Date
- 16 Juni 2023
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- ReleaseProduct
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- Label
- Awesome Tapes From Africa
- Catalogue Number
- ATFA047DIG2
- Release Date
- 2 Mai 2023
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- ReleaseProduct
- Jolie Poupée
- Label
- Awesome Tapes From Africa
- Catalogue Number
- ATFA047DIG1
- Release Date
- 4 April 2023
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- Your Kisses Are Like Roses: Fado Recordings, 1914-1936
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- Death Is Not The End
- Catalogue Number
- 5050580824652
- Release Date
- 19 April 2024
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- ReleaseProduct
- World of Work
- Label
- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WARPDD370
- Release Date
- 12 April 2024
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- ReleaseProduct
- Erbil
- Label
- Mad Decent
- Catalogue Number
- MAD614
- Release Date
- 29 März 2024
- LP (special)
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- ReleaseProduct
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- Catalogue Number
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- 29 März 2024
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- Catalogue Number
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- 8 März 2024
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