Hailu Mergia- Yene Mircha Television Series the band crafted a magnetically

the band crafted a magnetically heavy yet harmony-rich sound on classic albums such as Bandwagonesque and Grand Prix

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It’s no surprise that his first full-length album Gilt marks one futher step towards the dark corners of italo / hi-nrg body music

So it ended up sounding a lot more like a band record

Hailu Mergia- Yene Mircha Television Series the band crafted a magneticallyLabel: Awesome Tapes From Africa Released 2020 It's been a long, winding road to Hailu Mergia's sixth decade of musical activity. From a young musician in the 60's starting out in Addis Ababa to the 70's golden age of dance bands to the new hope as an emigre in America to the drier period of the 90s and 2000s when he mainly played keyboard in his taxi while waiting in the airport queue or at home with friends. More recently, with reissue of his