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Phew, thank god for that, no more bloody pictures of the tops of hills... its FEST-IVALLLL time...

 

Now I know his outfit suggest Maroc but let's set sail to Ethiopia for what might be one of my top ten all time yada yada:

 

Mahmoud Ahmed - Ere Mela Mela

 

I can't recommend the Ethiopiques series of Ethiopian and Eritrean music highly enough. A deranged amalgam of US 60s r'n'b, mesmeric jazz and whatever they put inthe water in those parts that makes it sound just so other. Toe tapping delight. Seek out and destroy, umm listen to...

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopiques

 

and this is neat: "Ahmed sings with a dark caress, never hurrying, voice riding a loping Amharic rhythm (essentially a five-note scale involving complex circular rhythm patterns)."

 

Ooh look! Live:

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Uploaded on September 4, 2011
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