Ayalew Mesfin - Mot Aykerim (You Can’t Cheat Death) (2020)
BAND/ARTIST: Ayalew Mesfin
- Title: Mot Aykerim (You Can’t Cheat Death)
- Year Of Release: 2020
- Label: Now Again Records
- Genre: Funk, Jazz, World
- Quality: FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 42:03
- Total Size: 246 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Ayalew Mesfin stands aside the likes of Mulatu Astake, Mahmoud Ahmed, Hailu Mergia and Alemayehu Eshete as a legend of 1970s Ethiopia. Mesfin’s music is some of the funkiest to arise from this unconquerable East African nation.
Mesfin’s recording career, captured in nearly two dozen 7” singles and numerous reel-to-reel tapes, shows the strata of the most fertile decade in Ethiopia’s 20th century recording industry, when records were pressed constantly by both independent upstarts and corporate behemoths, even if they were only distributed within the confines of this East African nation.
Though Mesfin was forced underground by the Derg regime that took control of Ethiopia in 1974, he has returned almost 50 years later with this triumphant set albums – the first time that his music has been presented in this form.
These albums give us a chance to discover a rare and beautiful moment in music history, in anthologies built from Mesfin’s uber-rare 7” single releases and from previously unreleased recordings taken from master tapes. Each individual album contains an oversized 11” x 11” 16 page book that tells the story of modern Ethiopian music and Mesfin’s role within it. An OBI wrapped “box set” of all five albums is available at a discounted price. The box set only contains one booklet.
Mot Aykerim (You Can’t Cheat Death) gives us a chance to discover a rare & beautiful moment in music history, in an anthology built from previously unreleased songs re-discovered on master tapes. Contains an oversized 11” x 11” 16 page book that tells the story of modern Ethiopian music and Mesfin’s role within it.
Tracklist:
01. Ayalew Mesfin - Megen Anchi Hoye (Your Amazing Self) (7:22)
02. Ayalew Mesfin - Mot Aykerim (You Can’t Cheat Death) (Alternate Take) (6:19)
03. Ayalew Mesfin - Weyolachew (I’m Warning You) (4:28)
04. Ayalew Mesfin - Erikew Sihedu (When Distance Arises) (6:33)
05. Ayalew Mesfin - Yetizitash Simet (The Feelings Of Your Memory) (6:43)
06. Ayalew Mesfin - Yedilu Shema (Victory Torch) (5:46)
07. Ayalew Mesfin - Turi Turi Nafa (Lies And More Lies) (4:52)
Mesfin’s recording career, captured in nearly two dozen 7” singles and numerous reel-to-reel tapes, shows the strata of the most fertile decade in Ethiopia’s 20th century recording industry, when records were pressed constantly by both independent upstarts and corporate behemoths, even if they were only distributed within the confines of this East African nation.
Though Mesfin was forced underground by the Derg regime that took control of Ethiopia in 1974, he has returned almost 50 years later with this triumphant set albums – the first time that his music has been presented in this form.
These albums give us a chance to discover a rare and beautiful moment in music history, in anthologies built from Mesfin’s uber-rare 7” single releases and from previously unreleased recordings taken from master tapes. Each individual album contains an oversized 11” x 11” 16 page book that tells the story of modern Ethiopian music and Mesfin’s role within it. An OBI wrapped “box set” of all five albums is available at a discounted price. The box set only contains one booklet.
Mot Aykerim (You Can’t Cheat Death) gives us a chance to discover a rare & beautiful moment in music history, in an anthology built from previously unreleased songs re-discovered on master tapes. Contains an oversized 11” x 11” 16 page book that tells the story of modern Ethiopian music and Mesfin’s role within it.
Tracklist:
01. Ayalew Mesfin - Megen Anchi Hoye (Your Amazing Self) (7:22)
02. Ayalew Mesfin - Mot Aykerim (You Can’t Cheat Death) (Alternate Take) (6:19)
03. Ayalew Mesfin - Weyolachew (I’m Warning You) (4:28)
04. Ayalew Mesfin - Erikew Sihedu (When Distance Arises) (6:33)
05. Ayalew Mesfin - Yetizitash Simet (The Feelings Of Your Memory) (6:43)
06. Ayalew Mesfin - Yedilu Shema (Victory Torch) (5:46)
07. Ayalew Mesfin - Turi Turi Nafa (Lies And More Lies) (4:52)
Year 2020 | Jazz | Funk | World | FLAC / APE
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