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    Hailu Mergia Yegojam Marnesh / Yegle Nesh

    Awesome Tapes From Africa
    • Hailu Mergia – Yegojam Marnesh
    • Hailu Mergia – Yegle Nesh
    • 1. Yegojam Marnesh
    • 2. Yegle Nesh

    Limited promo release ahead of Hailu Mergia’s new album! Where the album scales angular heights between modern jazz and Ethiopian harmonies, these two tracks explore the heavier side of Mergia’s trio work with drummer Tony Buck and Bassist Mike Majkowski.

    100 copies available worldwide!

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    Hailu MergiaPioneer Works Swing (Live)Awesome Tapes From Africa
    "Pioneer Works Swing (Live)" brings into focus the kind of onstage group improvisation and deadly solo passages that reach for places Mergia and the band...

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        Hailu MergiaPioneer Works Swing (Live)Awesome Tapes From Africa
        "Pioneer Works Swing (Live)" brings into focus the kind of onstage group improvisation and deadly solo passages that reach for places Mergia and the band...
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          No shortage of colorful characters emerged from Cameroon’s bikutsi scene in the 1980’s and early 90’s. Gibraltar Drakus is one of the most enduring...
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          Roger Bekono made a deep mark in the contemporary history of Cameroonian music through the four-on-the-floor, ribald intensity of bikutsi. The Ewondo-language...
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            South African mbaqanga and bubblegum instrumentals for the dancefloor! Awesome Tapes From Africa focus on the second album release by one of the key players...
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