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Ethiopiques - the Very Best of Ethiopiques: Hypnotic Grooves from the Legendary Series | 
| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Manteca
Category: Music
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 264
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 698458224521
EAN: 6984582245216
ASIN: B000SFZ01G
Release Date: August 13, 2007
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Heywete - Kidane, Tesfa-Maryam | | • | Yekermo Sew - Astatke, Mulatu | | • | Yekatit - Astatke, Mulatu | | • | Enken Yelelebesh - Beyene, Girma | | • | Ewnet Yet Lagegnesh - Bahta Gebre-Heywet | | • | Gubelye - Astatke, Mulatu | | • | Ere Mela Mela - Ahmed, Mahmoud | | • | Metche New - Ahmed, Mahmoud | | • | Tchero Adari Negn - Eshete, Alemayehu | | • | Telantena Zare - Eshete, Alemayehu | | • | Muziqawi Silt - Wallias Band | | • | Gedawo - Mesfin, Ayalew & Black Lion Band | | • | Tchuheten Betsemu - Gessesse, Tlahoun | | • | Tezeta - Wesnatchew, Menelik |
Disc 2
| • | Mother's Love - Guebrou, Tesegue-Maryam | | • | Sema - Gessesse, Tlahoun | | • | Milenu - Redda, Tewelde | | • | Embi Lla - Habte, Beyene | | • | Tezeta - Astatke, Mulatu | | • | Set Alamenem - Beyene, Girma | | • | Yemendjar Shega - Mellesse, Muluqen & Dahlak Band | | • | Antchi Hoye - Mekurya, Getatchew | | • | Kulun Mankwalesh - Gessesse, Tlahoun | | • | Shellela - Mekurya, Getatchew | | • | Mela Mela - Yohannes, Seyfu | | • | Atawurulegn Lela - Ahmed, Mahmoud | | • | Fetsum Denq Ledj Nesh - Ahmed, Mahmoud | | • | Abatatchen Hoy (Pater Noster) - Aga, Alemu |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Patchy offering August 31, 2008
This seems a pretty random collection of tracks. There are a few things that grab my attention, but to be honest they are in the minority. I've read reviews comparing them for impact with the Buena Vista Social club. Maybe this showcases Ethipian music in it's best light and is comparable with the Buena Vista's showcasing of a portion of Cuba's musical heritage to maximum effect; but if that's true then it just emphaises how much more Cuba has to offer, and how much more acceptable and familiar the traditional sounds of Cuban music are to the general listener's (including general world music listener's) ear. To me it's one for the collector to represent Ethiopia perhaps, but I'll only really go back to a few selected tracks.
 Haunting and uplifting music that deserves a wide audience. July 4, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The 28 tracks on this wonderful double CD are drawn from a series of 23 Ethiopiques albums put together by the inspirational French promoter and champion of Ethiopian music Francis Falceto. This haunting, uplifting music which is an intriguing mixture of jazz, soul, funk & folk was created and recorded in Addis Ababa during the final years of Emperor Haile Selassie's reign(1930-74).
'The Very Best of Ethiopiques' has been described as "doing for Ethiopia what the Buena Vista Social Club did for Cuba" and this marvellous music certainly deserves to reach the widest possible audience.
music you can eat April 30, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I felt I had to review this release if only to address the balance of a spectacularly ignorant reviewer who gave it one star.
What (s)he fails to grasp is that the influence of funk and jazz etc on these tracks is not a sign of Africans trying to copy American styles from yesteryear, but that popular musics around the world influence each other (see Vampire Weekend for a modern example), and compilations like this serve to bring music to a wider audience that would otherwise be ignored. And about time too!
The influence of jazz and funk on popular music can be seen all over Africa. This is hardly surprising when you think that the original influences for these genres can be traced back to 'traditional' African music. But the point is, everywhere does it differently, and the blend of musical influences heard on these cds are truly mesmerising, including modal scales and liturgical music from the Orthadox Ethiopian church.
What surprised me, though, is the wide apeal of the cds. My flatmates got used to me putting on random cds but when I played this, they all loved it - comments from 'ideal at a dinner party' to 'great to make love to'. So there you have it - something for everyone!
All in all, a great advert for Ethiopian music and a great compilation of tracks that show just how rich this music was, and still is.
Fantastic gateway into Ethiopian music April 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Any best of from the titanic Ethiopiques series was going to make for interesting listening.
This double CD package really comes up trumps, giving you a fine sample of the artists featured throughout.
Disc One is Jazzier in it's feel. We have the slow meandering Heywete before we dive into the painfully cool Yerkermo Sew. It is Mulatu Astatque's music that has brought Ethiopian music to a wider audience. Hardly surprising. Taken from his experiences of living in America, the grooves of his tracks are funky, infectious. Yekatit is probably my favourite one from him - rolling beat, the coolest slice of funk.
Getatchew Mekurya's music is far last westernized, more organic - the saxophones lead to towards Egypt. I love Shellela on the second disc.
The other artist whose music deserves a definite mention is soul singer Mahmoud Ahmed, several fine tracks on here including the beautifully languid Fetsum Denq Ledj Nesh.
I would say that this best of CD is ideal for those just dipping into the music. An excellent gateway into the rest of the series.
 A treasure trove February 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A first for me, in world music terms and a very lovely surprise. Combining funk, African and Middle Eastern sounds makes for some really adventurous listening, quite how one reviewer gave it one star is beyond me, but each to their own.
If you're a musical adventurer like me, then delve into the riches of Ethiopiques, you will not be disappinted.
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