GETATCHEW MEKURIA - Getatchew Mekuria And His Saxophone LP

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GETATCHEW MEKURIA - Getatchew Mekuria And His Saxophone LPUtterly enchanting Ethiopiques edition, starring the totally unique saxophone sound of Gtatchw Mkurya. The label says "Gtatchw Mkurya is probably the most revered veteran of Ethiopian saxophone. A real giant, both physically and musically. Not only is he at the very top level of Ethiopian saxophonists, but he is the "inventor" of an extremely distinctive musical "style"." The album features ten of Gtatchw Mkurya's arrangements, blowing a snaking,

The lyrics

digging up this one time only slice of bonehead

searching for the deeper meaning in human suffering

housed in a glossy gatefold silver and black printed sleeve

as well as dance-music beats

While the urban zeitgeist wants to shake this off once and for all in order to just get things done and be even more productive

porchside ambience into powerful head-trips

This first vinyl volume of Ethiopian Urban Modern Music presents some of the Ethiopian ‘groove jewels’ drawn from the essential CD Ethiopiques series directed by Francis Falceto and published by Buda music

All of this working together to evoke the very haunts of the film's Uptown locations

it will be released on Luaka Bop

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