Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band - Wede Harer Guzo
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2016
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Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band’s Wede Harer Guzo is the third release on Awesome Tapes From Africa for Ethiopian keyboard and accordion maestro. In the years since Shemonmuanaye, Mergia has revamped his touring career, playing festivals and clubs worldwide, including a recent tour supporting Beirut. By 1978, Addis Ababa’s nightlife was facing challenges. The ruling Derg regime imposed curfews, banning citizens from the streets after midnight until 6:00 am. But that didn’t stop some people from dancing and partying through 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 Tche Belew LP with the famed Walias Band. It was the band’s only full-length record and it had been a success. But his Hilton house band colleagues were a bit tied up recording cassettes with different vocalists. Still Mergia, amidst recording and gigs with the Walias, was also eager to make another recording of his instrumental-focused arrangements. So he went to the nearby Ghion Hotel, another upmarket outpost with a popular nightclub. Dahlak Band was the house band at Ghion at the time. Together they made this tape Wede Harer Guzo right there in the club during the band’s afternoon rehearsal meetings, with sessions lasting three days.
Dahlak Band catered to a slightly more youthful, local audience, while Mergia’s main gig with the Walias at Addis' swankiest hotel had a mixed audience that included wealthy Ethiopians, foreign diplomats and older folks from abroad. Therefore, their sets featured lighter fare during dinnertime and a less rollicking selection of jazz and r&b. Meanwhile, Dahlak was known more for the mainly soul and Amharic jams they served up for hours two nights a week to a younger crowd.
Mergia released Wede Harer Guzo (“Journey to Harer,” a city in eastern Ethiopia) with Sheba Music Shop, which was located in the Piazza district but has long since shut down. His cassette copy is the only known source we could find. Jessica Thompson at Coast Mastering managed to restore the recording to clean up layers of hiss, flutter and distorted frequencies, made worse by years of storage. Although there are some remaining sonic artifacts of the era’s recording and cassette duplicating quality, this reissue captures the band’s inimitable vibe.
Recalling the audience’s positive reaction to Wede Harer Guzo’s novel arrangements, he says it sold well and found many fans. However, as no trace of the tape can be found online, there’s no indication as to why the cassette appears largely forgotten until now.
I must have listened to this album 100 times this week.
Sounds like a nostalgic summer somewhere I never went.
Exactly.
Napolean Dynamite
ልጅ ሆኜ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ ይህንን ክላሲካ 1977 ድሬዳዋ መጋላ ቀበሌ15 ግቢ ውስጥ ግርግዳ ላይ በተሰቀለው ብላክ ኤድ ዋይት ቴሌቪዥን ነበረ ከሰፈር ጓደኞቼ ጋር መሬት አፈር ላይ በረድፍ ተቃቅፈን ተቀምጠን የምናየው።ክላሲካሉ ምስል ነበረው ገራሚ የሆነ ትዝታ ነው። "ሀይሉ መርጊያ የተባረከ እድሜና ጤና ይስጥህ"ፈጣሪ ኢትዮጵያንና ህዝቦቿን ይጠብቅልን " አሜን "
This entire album just makes you feel like everything's gonna be okay.
The keyboard on this song needs to be cherished and praised
በቃ፣ አንድ ሰው በአንድ የሙያ ዘርፍ ሲሳካለት እንደዚህ ነው!!
እጅግ በጣም ደስ ይላል!
ረጅም ዕድሜና ጤና እመኝልሃለሁ!
የሀይሉ መርጊያ ወደ ሀረር ጉዞ የሚለው ክላሲካል ከአጥንቴና ከደሜ ከነብስያዬ ጋር የተወሀደ ለኔ የተፈጠረ እስኪመስለኝ ድረስ አቅሌን ስቼ የምመሰጥበት ታላቅ ድንቅ ሥራ ነው፡፡ የሚገርመው ክለሲካሉን መስማት የጀመርኩት ከ1978 ዓ.ም ጀምሮ በጥቁርና ነጭ ቴሌቭዥን ነበር የክላሲካሉ አርስት ወደ ሀረር ጉዞ መሆኑን ሳላውቅ በከፍተኛ ተመስጦ ሀረር ሄጄ የሀረርን መልከአ ምድር በዓሉን ህዝቦቻን ጎብኝቼ እመለስ ነበር በህይወቴ ማድረግ የምፈልገው ሀረርን መጎብኘት ነው ይህም ታላቅና ግዙፍ ጉጉት የመነጨው ከሀይሉ መርጊያ ወደ ሀረር ጉዞ ክላሲካል ከመነጨው ምትሀታዊ ረጅም ምናበዊ ጉዞ ነው ፡፡
For anyone else who was curious what this comment says...
Google translated this comment to say
"The classic journey to Harar is a masterpiece that I can easily relate to until I think it was created for me, mixed with my bones and my blood and my soul. Interestingly, I have been listening to the commentary since 1978 on black and white television. It is a magical long journey."
@@blindiris22 Thx
One day, I was having a long walk (over 10 km) alone on foot listening to this music... all the way... and in between, I was in a condition in which ma body lost strength and tends to fall to the ground. not because of tiredness but ... the music
This song started playing during my first acid trip. Unforgettable.
wow my man your lucky tbh
I was just gonna say this is my first time hearing it and I’m just a little buzzed. I envy you.
this song started playing at a chik fil a in the mall. unforgivable
amazing
Lucky
wede Harar guzo is "A trip to Harar" is a music that states about Harar which is the capital city of the Harari Region. The ancient city is located on a hilltop in the eastern part of the country and is about five hundred kilometers from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa at an elevation of 1,885 metres (6,184 ft).
For centuries, Harar has been a major commercial center, linked by the trade routes with the rest of Ethiopia, the entire Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Asia, and through its ports, the outside world.
There is no Harari region today. The lands of the Harari have been given to soomaalis. The once province of Harrarghe (land of the Hararis) is no more, and the land in 1995 became part of the "soomaali regional state" in Ethiopia.
I was sick with the Covid for over 4 weeks early this year. I listened to this record every day barely able to get out of bed. Got me through some horrible days
You're a survivor, cherish that!
Bless
They really just playing impromptu stuff like this in a hotel in Ethiopia. Crazy.
"BLESSED"
ድንቅና የተባረከ የጥበብ እጅ የሰራው ነው !
ሃይሉ መርጊያ እድሜና ጤና ይስጥህ
ሃገሬ ለዘመናት የምናንጎራጉርበት ዜማ አያሳጣን ።
ወደ ሃረር ጉዞ ዘፈኑ የትግራዮ ተዉላጅ ባህታ ሓጎስ እንደሆነ ልብ ይሏል::
GREATEST GOLDEN AGE 🇪🇹🇪🇹
This classical music reminds me my childhood memories
william strobeck showed me the world
luc must be small
Patrick Andre who william strobeck? he films for supreme 💀
@no one do u even skate?
I knew it sounded familiar
A sound of innocence
THANKS SO MUCH HAILU MERGIA AND DAHLAK BAND. IT'S REAL ETHIOPIAN MUSIC.
this is my first time listening to this song and it already sounds nostalgic
this is the best song ever composed i am not exaggerating
Feels like you passed the last exam of uni
I remember the very old Ethiopian tv porgeram70
R.I.P Reider. Legends never die.
What an epic composition and composer! Hailu Merga is an all time instrumental music legend.
ሀይሉ ከኔ. በላይ. እምያደንቅህ. ካለ. ልቀጣ. ያኔ. ትዝ. ይበልህ. ፩፪ ሰአት. ቲቪ. ካላንተ. መክፈቻ. በፊት. አይጀምርምና. ነው. ሰርፆብኝ. የሚበልጥህ. እስኪመጣ. ለኔ. ሁሌም. አንደኛ. ነህ። ዩኤስ. ስመጣ. አንተን. ነዉ. መጀመሪያ. ማየት. እምፈልገዉ. የዛ ሰዉ ይበለን. አድናቂህ. ቁ. ፩።
Mystic, nostalgic,breathtaking call it whatever...this is just whole and awsome!!❤❤❤
“BLESSED” William Strobeck is a god
Eh
LMAO
s/o to Spotify for introducing me to this song
Belongs on a select playlist to show the aliens.
But for real though. The absolute best humanity has to offer right here!
Amazing composition and it always reminds me of my childhood !
the history behind this song is beautiful
What's the story please ?
Follow up on the lore good sir
In Ethiopia lyrics in songs had to be talking up the government at the time so they made an instrumental album no lyrics to circumvent it crazy but also why it sounds even more beautiful sometimes words can be unspoken
@@tylercapitan7471who was the leader at that time?
@@tylercapitan7471 Like water through a crack the human spirit finds a way, huh?
This just Keep on bringin me joy and great feelings of happines and wellbeing.. Absolute smash hit for my upcoming summer soundtrack..
Yea man 2017 was a really good year
@@airraan1692goated year fr
“BLESSED”
Flacko *robbed*
Lalalallalala
thank you bill strobeck
blessed. best skate video on planet earth.
Wow, how have I never heard this before? Awesome.
Beyoncé always find the perfect song for everything.
oh thanks this is one of my favourite instrumental song from Hailu Mergia
It's even better on vinyl
What a fucking great song!!!
Beautiful solemn tune
Who was here before any Skateboard Video?
this is gonna be some extraordinary on future
If you get Hirut Bekele of Ethiopia that would be awesome.
Thanks.
Takes me into a Napolean Dynamite-eqsue world
So beautiful...
Thank you Bill
Wede Harar ....
Que canção linda
Very memorable instrument i like it
BLESSED by William strobeck
Free memes Yea man i was like hmmm gonna listen to the soundtrack wow this song is so beautiful man
Can’t wait
BLESSED
"Beautiful"
I love it !!!
Awesome good stuff!!🖤
que cancion tan linda
SUPREME "BLESSED"
Imprssssing
Beautiful....I like
Masterpiece ❤❤
ትምህርት በሬዲዮ ከለገዳዲ
Only 90’s kids remember this.
Any music tips from Ethiopia?
i would love some other only 90s kids songs from Ethiopia! thanks
@@stephenvis check out the band Ethiopiques if you don't know them and any other Ethiopian oldies music(60s-80s) you can find playlists here on UA-cam. You can also try jazz instrumental like this one but this one is not as old it's like max 30 years. ua-cam.com/video/kjCCeSmZQXg/v-deo.html
imádom, I love it
IMÁDOM !!!!
ウィリアムストローベッく
love
これやっべえっつえよ
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Supreme
Kingtrollis 🍤
reallythanksbill
BLESSED☝🏽🔥
Morishigex3000 👎🚽
Patrick Andre お前絶対BLESSED見てねぇだろ！雑魚！💩🖕🏽
"what you wanted to hear, before youve heard..... Sheet ripper
🖤🔥
it's was a music of 70 or 80
Love that Beyoncé sampled this song in her Elle video 💕
Yesssss, coming from there
Your turn little buddy
LIKE IF BILL IS GONNA MAKE ANOTHER CLASSIC
Filk Mucker classically recycled
@@patricksalish shut the fuck up lmao, did you even watch blessed? It was tight as hell
CANDYLAND
❤️❤️
mark suciu or blessed?
Dylan:(
Beyonce brought me here.
Who's here cause of beyonce?
Me
guilty lol!!!!
Me
Took me 2days lol this is gold we should give our music value other wise the westerns big names will clame it
Share a link
This album is made in 2016 yet it feels like it was made in 1979
uh... this was originally released in 1985
🤣
Wacha smoking?
@@oxqa I never knew 😥 also happy 1 year anniversary to this
It's an understandable mistake. It says underneath this video that the release date is 2016 but that's actually just the date this video was published.
Willam strobeck be like
The fact that there’s so much culture and history in every tune of this song and people are talking about Beyoncé and William Strobeck is disgusting and upsetting to say the least. White washing at its finest.
Ruth beyoncé is black
without people like them i wouldn’t be able to find or be introduced to music like this. they never took credit for the song just used it within their own media and gave attention to the song and artist itself. everyone is here cause they appreciate the music doesn’t matter where they found it from
"BLESSED"
BLESSED