Alemye
The 1974 Amha LP that became Éthiopiques 19, with a long Tezeta on side two.
Mahmoud Ahmed, 1974
- Released
- 1974
- Label
- Amha Records
Alemye is the 1974 Amha Records LP, catalogue AELP 100, released in Ethiopia and pressed in Greece, with the Ibex Band arranging and accompanying. Most of its songs also came out on Amha 45s. The two that did not were Tezeta and Eyewdemamu. Ahmed himself is credited as writer of Gubelye, Alemye, Wogenie, Tezeta and Eyewdemamu, with other writers for the remaining four songs.
Buda Musique reissued it on CD in 2005 as Éthiopiques Volume 19. Writing in Pitchfork in 2005, Joe Tangari described the Ibex Band as a swirling, psychedelic backdrop of cycling, hypnotic bass lines with a sax and flute tandem, and said the 12-minute Tezeta alone made the album worth owning. Robert Christgau gave the CD a B+.
Track listing
- Ney Denun Tesesh
- Gubelye
- Belaya Belaya
- Alemye
- Wogenie
- Tezeta
- Etu Gela
- Antchi Enen Wudegigne
- Eyewdemamu
Personnel
- Mahmoud Ahmed vocals
- Ibex Band arrangements and accompaniment
More from Mahmoud Ahmed
Almaz (1973), Jeguol Naw Betwa (1978), Soul of Addis (1997), Live in Paris (1998), Éthiopiques 7: Erè Mèla Mèla (1999), Éthiopiques 26: Mahmoud Ahmed & The Imperial Bodyguard Band (1972-74) (2010)
Sources
- Mahmoud Ahmed (Amha AELP 100), Discogs (1974)
- Mahmoud Ahmed (master), Discogs
- Dusty Grooves, Pitchfork (2005-07-04)
- Mahmoud Ahmed, Wikipedia
- Robert Christgau: Mahmoud Ahmed, Robert Christgau