A Town Called Addis

by Dub Colossus

A Town Called Addis cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 12 October 2008
  • Label: Real World
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:08:33
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Transglobal Underground co-founder Nick Page, working as Dubulah, recorded 'A Town Called Addis' in a makeshift Addis Ababa studio with singers Sintayehu 'Mimi' Zenebe and Tsedenia Gebremarkos, messenqo player Teremage Woretaw, saxophonist Feleke Hailu and keyboardist Samuel Yirga. The thirteen tracks fuse Azmari tradition, Ethio-jazz and 1960s Ethiopian pop with 1970s Jamaican dub. It was the project's debut for Peter Gabriel's Real World label.

Genres

Descriptors: groove-laden, rhythmic, percussive, spacious, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Azmari Dub (5:05)
  2. Entoto Dub (5:55)
  3. Tazeb Kush (5:52)
  4. Shegye Shegitu - Blue Nile Mix (3:54)
  5. Yeka Sub City Rockers (5:04)
  6. Shem City Steppers (5:28)
  7. Tizita Dub (7:38)
  8. Black Rose (4:06)
  9. Neh Yelginete (5:40)
  10. Ophir Dub (4:40)
  11. Sima Edy (4:40)
  12. Ambassel (4:40)
  13. Mercato Music (5:46)

Credits

  • Martha Mulugeta-Berihun - typography [addis translation and transcription]
  • Teremage Woretaw - lyre [messenqo], vocals, lute [messenqo], written-by
  • Sintayehu Zenebe - vocals, written-by
  • Fasika Hailu - lyre [kraar], harp [kraar]
  • Feleke Hailu - tenor saxophone, tenor saxophone, whistling, written-by
  • Bahta Gebre Hiwot - vocals, written-by
  • Bernard O'Neill - double bass, double bass, cymbal, programmed by
  • Samuel Yirga - electric piano, organ, written-by
  • Marc Bessant - design
  • Robin Baynton - engineer
  • Andrew Sutton - executive-producer
  • Immodesty Blaize - executive-producer
  • Alexis Ghikas - mastered by
  • Nick Page - photography by [cover and photos of addis ababa]
  • York Tillyer - photography by [portraits]

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