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Lala Belu

by Hailu Mergia

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CD of the new album by the Ethiopian keyboard and accordion legend.

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    With his 2018 critical breakthrough "Lala Belu" Hailu Mergia consolidated his legacy, and fans hailed the new recording. His first new recording in over 15 years, it has been adorned by fans—and the press, including the New York Times, BBC and Pitchfork which called his music “triumphantly in the present” in its Best 200 Albums of the 2010's list.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Lala Belu via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/48kHz.
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    Purchasable with gift card

      $20 USD or more 

     

  • Cassette + Digital Album

    New album available on cassette.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Lala Belu via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
Tizita 10:00
2.
Addis Nat 04:34
3.
Gum Gum 06:47
4.
5.
Lala Belu 04:42
6.

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Hailu Mergia — Lala Belu

Side A
1. ትዝታ Tizita
2. አዲስ ናት Addis Nat
3. ጉም ጉም Gum Gum

Side B
1. አንቺሆየው ለኔ Anchihoye Lene
2. ላላ በሉ Lala Belu
3. የፍቅር እንጉርጉሮ Yefkir Engurguro

Hailu Mergia — Keyboards, Accordion, Melodica Tony Buck — Drums Mike Majkowski — Upright Bass
Produced by Hailu Mergia
Recorded at EMS4, London, UK 
Additional recording by Javon Gant, Cue Recording Studios, Falls Church, VA
Cover image drawn live on iPad by Jenny Soep, Stockholm 2013
Back cover image photo by Piotr Gruchala

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released March 9, 2018

cover art drawn by Jenny Soep

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Hailu Mergia Washington, D.C.

Master accordionist and veteran bandleader, arranger and keyboardist, originally from Ethiopia.

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