: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Hailu Mergia : Album.......: Yene Mircha : : Label.......: Awesome Tapes From Africa .. .:.. . Genre.......: Jazz : Catnr.......: ATFA037 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2020-06-02 Str.date....: 2020-03-27 Quality.....: 268kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://hailumergia.bandcamp.com ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Semen Ena Debub 6:02 2. Yene Mircha 4:41 3. Bayne Lay Yihedal 5:09 4. Abichu Nega Nega 5:41 5. Yene Abeba 6:34 6. Shemendefer 6:26 7. Dibik Fikir 7:05 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 41:38 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 83.94 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: It's been a long, winding road to Hailu Mergia's sixth decade of :, : musical activity. From a young musician in the 60s starting out : :' in Addis Ababa to the 70s golden age of dance bands to the new ': ,: hope as an emigre in America to the drier period of the 90s and :, : 2000s when he mainly played keyboard in his taxi while waiting : :' in the airport queue or at home with friends. More recently, ': ,: with the reissue of his classic works and a re-assessment of his :, : role in Ethiopian music history, Mergia has played to audiences : :' big and small in some of the most cherished venues around the ': ,: world. With his 2018 critical breakthrough "Lala Belu" Mergia :, : consolidated his legacy, producing the album on his own and : :' connecting with listeners through his vision of modern ': ,: Ethiopian music. Extensive touring after the record revealed an :, : artist who is in no way stuck in the nostalgia for the ôgolden : :' ageö sound. The press agreed, including the New York Times, BBC ': ,: and Pitchfork, calling his music ôtriumphantly in the presentö :, : in its Best 200 Albums of the 2010's list. : :' ': ,: Mergia's new album "Yene Mircha" ("My Choice" in Amharic) :, : encapsulates many of the things that make the keyboardist, : :' accordionist and composer-arranger remarkableùelements that ': ,: have persisted to maintain his vitality all these years, through :, : the ebb and flow of his career. The rock solid trio with whom he : :' has toured the world most recently, DC-based Alemseged Kebede ': ,: (bass) and Ken Joseph (drums), forms the nucleus around which an :, : expanded band makes a potent response to the contemporary jazz : :' future "Lala Belu" promised. "Yene Mircha" calcifies Mergia's ': ,: prolific stream of creativity and his philosophy that there is a :, : multitude of Ethiopian musical approaches, not just one sound. : :' ': ,: Enlisting the help of master mesenqo (traditional stringed :, : instrument) player Setegn Atenaw, celebrated vocalist Tsehay : :' Kassa and legendary saxophone player Moges Habte from his 70s ': ,: outfit Walias Band, Mergia enhances his bright, electric band on :, : this recording with an expanded line up on some songs. Mergia : :' produced the album which features several of his original ': ,: compositions along with songs by Asnakesh Worku and Teddy Afro. :, : An artist still reinventing his sound every night on stage : :' during his marathon live sets, this 74-year-old icon refuses to ': ,: make the same album twice. His creative process in the :, : studioùstarting with the core band, then after listening : :' extensively over weeks and months adding more sounds and ': ,: instrumentsùis as urgent and risky as his concerts can be, :, : pushing the band to the outer limits of group improvisation and : :' back with chord extensions during his exploratory solos. "Yene ': ,: Mircha" captures this live experience and fosters an expansive :, : view of what else could be in store for this tireless : :' practitioner of Ethiopian music. ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 0 \/