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Ethiopian Urban and Tribal Music : Mindanoo Mistiru / Gold from Wax

Label : Sub Rosa
Year : 2017
Format : 2xLP
Style : Experimental / World Music
Availability : Out of stock


Description :Mindanoo Mistiru means 'What is the Unknown?' Gold from Wax refers to the layers of meaning in Amharic poetry. Ethiopia has many languages and styles of music. These recordings were made in the Empire of Ethiopia in 1971. The music recorded in Addis Ababa uses masenko fiddles, craar and bagana lyres, washint flutes and kabaro drums. There is folk music played in Addis Ababa tej beit bars with vocals, craar, masenko, washint and kabaro, Ethiopian Christian songs accompanied by the bagana large 'Harp of David' and Mary Armeede's craar accompanied Amharic sung poetry. There are Afar chants and flutes from the Danakil Desert, Anuak thumb piano, Nuer harp, laments and drumming, a Konso dance and a Gidole flute dance from the Sudan and Kenya borderlands.

Titles :LP 1
SIDE A
01. Drum dirge 2.23
02. Wub Allem 'Beautiful World' 4.31
03. Galla song 2.33
04. Afar divination chant (Jinele) 8.20
05. Two Afar flutes 2.16
06. Anuak toum thumb piano (sanza) 3.48
07. Nuer harp 1.53
SIDE B
01. Lome. Dorze song 3.24
02. Jigsaw's 'Give Me Money' Song 4.51
03. Bagana 4.04
04. Habeebe ('My Love') Mary Armeede 8.58
05. Nuer dance 2.36
06. Konso dance of the Hrela age grade 1.18

LP 2
SIDE C
01. Eyo, Dorze song 2.39
02. Kofu 3.12
03. Anche-Lej-Amaleh 3.12
04. Bagana 2.17
05. Galla song 3.14
06. Harambeh Africa 1.36
07. Konso song 3.31
08. Msgana 4.56
SIDE D
01. Fanno, Mary Armeede 12.15
02. Fila Flute Dance 3.09
03. Nuer wire strung harp 3.09
04. Jung Nai 1:03
05. Anuak toum thumb piano 4.48
06. Walla-Lam 1.26
07. Afar flute 1.28


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