Ethiopian Music Selections Vol. 1

I just finished digitizing the Ethiopian Music Mixtape I mentioned in a previous post. It has now been uploaded and is available for download. this comes as a lot of people were really very curious about the mix itself but don't own tape players. Some technical notes: this mix was made from YouTube videos, recorded onto cassette and then digitized and encoded at 320 kbps MP3. So there are some general third-generation recording issues, but the overall sound quality is well on the side of listening quality. Anyone desiring to sample Ethiopian sounds might well look for a better master to work from, but for educational purposes it's more than sufficient. Bear in mind that a lot of the tracks were somewhat lo-fi due to the state of the Ethiopian recording industry during the past few decades.

Here is the cover for the mixtape, which includes the playlist. If you feel like dubbing your own tape, you can use the file and the cover provided.