Ahadu

by Esy Tadesse

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midoyle61 Album flows seamlessly with a variety of musical approaches. The one constant is the placement of the guitar within the soundscape. Ms. Tadese's playing is colorful and always serves the melody well. Just a really well-done guitar album. A favorite of 2024 so far. Favorite track: Egzio.

wappy I recently discovered Esy Tadesse with this album which is just the perfect blend between old and actual blues / folk. love it !
and Egzio this track could last 1 hour and not be boring. This is such a unique tune with a hypnotical atmosphere.
bravo from France Favorite track: Egzio.

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1.	Hope 01:19		buy track
2.	Egzio 03:10	lyrics	buy track
Hear us Oh God, have mercy on us.
3.	Admas 04:50	info	buy track
4.	Lideta 02:58	info	buy track
5.	Shinbra 02:47	info	buy track
6.	Buna 02:49	info	buy track
7.	Ahadu 00:58	info	buy track
8.	Ere Manew 03:49	lyrics	buy track
Who is compassionate towards me? Who is the one who is there for me? Who loved me Who died for me Who snatched my soul from evil and gave me rest
9.	Bati 03:02	info	buy track
10.	Selam 00:49	info	buy track

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Guitarist and composer Etsegenet Mekonnen's practice embodies a passion for the epic scope of Ethiopian music: its scales, rhythms, history, and most of all its mercurial, corporeal, enigmatic living spirit. A decade and a half into her musical career, the Los Angeles-based, Addis Ababa-born artist has begun her next chapter by unveiling a new identity: Esy Tadesse. Marking this occasion is her debut release for FPE Records, the golden-toned, intimate EP Ahadu.

Everything about Ahadu suggests a turn towards solitude and contemplation. Exquisite guitar melodies emerge from Tadesse's fingertips like delicate flowers discovered on an early morning hike; flute, organ and Esy's silken vocals flow through the relaxed soundscape like a gentle breeze across a meadow. "Ahadu" sets the tone, its synth and guitar lines twining up like vines adorning a gilded frame; "Egzio" melts into focus with a melody of infinite longing; krar comes to the surface in "Ere Manew", its bubbly, rough-hewn voice the axis around which everything revolves.

Ahadu was produced by Grammy-winning producer Kibrom Birhane, whose own work as a musician explores the fusion of traditional Ethiopian music with Western jazz. His expertise with tonality and timbre are the soil and water nurturing Esy's magical garden. Their collaboration on these pieces feels essential, almost spiritual, a shared work to uncover hidden truths in musical form. Structured as a journey through Ethiopian musical scales, or qignits, the ten pieces comprising the EP feel like pictures at an exhibition, to be experienced together or separately, at a steady pace, to spur reflection and to be revisited in new lights and contexts.

Esy will be available in digital format from FPE Records May 31, 2024.

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released May 31, 2024

All songs written and performed by Esy Tadesse

Musicians:
Buna & Ere Manew - Kibrom Birhane (Krar)
Admas - Kibrom Birhane (keys) Warren Huang (flute)
Lideta - Kibrom Birhane (keys)
Bati - Kibrom Birhane (keys)

Recording/Mixing : Kibrom Birhane
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk, Stereophonic Mastering

Photography: Farah Sosa

This is FPE Records #64, 2024.

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