Description
marks not an exercise in the traditions of a musical past
over 'n' out
piano and organ
allowing a track like “Million Times” to dart into unexpected territories without ever feeling alien
charging loose onto the dancefloor and subsuming it in a storm of gnashing teeth and whirling steps and ecstatic free dance
HAILU MERGIA & DAHLAK BAND - Wede Harer Guzo DLP Photobook marks not an exercise inBy 1978, Addis Ababas nightlife was facing challenges. The ruling Derg regime imposed curfews, banning citizens from the streets after midnight until 6am. But that didnt stop some people from dancing and partying thorough the night. Bands would play from evening until daybreak and people would stay at the clubs until curfew was lifted in the morning. One key denizen of Addis musical golden age, Hailu Mergia, was preparing a follow up to his seminal