STORY BY: Benjamin Lebrave
A few years back I stumbled upon an 80's Ethiopian synth-pop track by Tigist Mekonnen. At the time I was really into post punk and new wave. So this song really did it for me. The instrumentation was cheap but effective, Tigist’s voice was beautiful, and I thought there might be dozens and dozens of equally great Ethiopian synth-heavy songs. Sadly, I came to realize the appealing balance on this song between synths and Amharic vocals was more of a happy coincidence. The deeper I dug for similar songs, the bigger my frustration grew.
A few years back I stumbled upon an 80's Ethiopian synth-pop track by Tigist Mekonnen. At the time I was really into post punk and new wave. So this song really did it for me. The instrumentation was cheap but effective, Tigist’s voice was beautiful, and I thought there might be dozens and dozens of equally great Ethiopian synth-heavy songs. Sadly, I came to realize the appealing balance on this song between synths and Amharic vocals was more of a happy coincidence. The deeper I dug for similar songs, the bigger my frustration grew.
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