{"product_id":"hailu-mergia-tezeta-vinyl-lp","title":"Hailu Mergia: Tezeta Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Awesome+Tapes+From+Africa\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Awesome+Tapes+From+Africa\"\u003eAwesome Tapes From Africa\u003c\/a\u003e is back with yet another excellent reissue\u003c\/i\u003e from the legendary Ethiopian keyboardist \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Hailu+Mergia\" target=\"_blank\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Hailu+Mergia\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHailu Mergia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. While he’s primarily spent the last couple of decades driving taxis around Washington DC, Mergia and the \u003cstrong\u003eWalias Band\u003c\/strong\u003e were once pioneers at the forefront of Addis Ababa’s musical revolution in the 1970s. Their polyrhythmic jazz-funk fusion combined with Mergia’s adoption of the Moog synthesizer inspired dozens of other acts in Africa, and their ‘77 album \u003cem\u003eTche Belew\u003c\/em\u003e is widely considered to be a seminal work of that era. Unfortunately, their 1975 release Tezeta has been largely unheard of due to its scarce distribution within Ethiopia. But now, thanks to mastering and restoration engineer \u003cstrong\u003eJessica Thompson\u003c\/strong\u003e, you too can enjoy the smooth, funky instrumentals of tracks like “Tezeta,” “Nefa New Zemdie,” and “Ou-Ou-Ta.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003erare 1975 Ethio synth jazz cassette on vinyl for the first time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eblack vinyl pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epreviously only available on cassette in Ethiopia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eincludes printed liner note insert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Awesome Tapes From Africa 2021\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by SHH! 06\/2021\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Hailu Mergia","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":39389187604570,"sku":"fr-4502","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/hailumergia-tezeta-blackvinyl-1.jpg?v=1762280236","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/hailu-mergia-tezeta-vinyl-lp","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}