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https://soundcloud.com/paradise-bangkok/ali-new-biye-hanna-mekonnen-version

The 10" is now available: Hanna Mekonnen - Ali New Biye (Eastern Connection) Available at various places: Phonica, Honest Jon's, Juno and others.

Not sure yet but I'll post links when it's out.

The Sheba Sound crew are hosting our "Out of Addis" launch party on 16 May in Stoke Newington. We'll be showcasing our brand new exclusive dubs, recorded all around Ethiopia in the last two years, with support from a great line-up of DJs: Chris Menist, Nick Manasseh, DrumTalk. Ethiopian food...

"people(s)" would be a good choice I think, but there's no convenient adjective - I don't think "popular music" would really convey the full scope, although obviously to an extent it is popular music. The gist of it is that it is music outside the urbanised context of the country (i.e. Addis)...

Tribe is the word (in English) that Ethiopia generally uses to refer to its 85 different groups of inhabitants. It does sound odd/outdated contextually to us I agree. Is there a better word? We have discussed this and so far not found a better word to indicate the reality on the ground of what...

I wanted to draw people's attention to a project I'm doing with some friends about modern "tribal" music in Ethiopia. We've just launched our website at http://shebasound.com/ and it has tons of clips, photos, text, interviews etc. etc. This is only a tiny part of the massive recording...

John not sure if you would class this as lovers rock, but I recommend it to your ears. Winston Reedy in fine form. Then there is this with its thunderous shaka-esque dub, perhaps I have played it to you before:

Somewhat oldskool for "afrobeats" but here's a piece on DJ culture in Cote d'Ivoire in the late 90s / early 2000s http://musik-line.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/cutting-and-running-in-zouglou-nation.html enjoy!

Mostly bouyon, not soca - but still. http://musik-line.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/rave-oclock-in-dominica.html

My new release with California-based vocalist Fikir Amlak. Download from itunes or elsewhere. Enjoy!

Sunday - Jah Youth, Channel One, Ballistic Rootikal. Edmonton ... Dunno about Fri/Sat.

austerity bandwidth! nice selection.

I am laughing a lot.

excellent.

I'm expecting nuff dubs in the last-man-standing-free-for-all. Don't disappoint me...!

i shall put in an appearance.

i joined a gym a couple of years ago, terrible music as stated, and really quite boring and uninspiring. so i cancelled it and started doing kung fu which is great and i totally recommend it.

ah cool will give that a listen.

looks interesting i will read it thanks. i am often troubled by that question.