Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone: Hailu Mergia – Tche Belew

Macht euch bereit für einen echten Tanzhit aus dem Album „Addis Ababa“ von 1979, denn Stuarts Album der Woche ist der äthiopische Jazz-Funk-Groove von Hailu Mergias „Tche Belew“.

Außerdem gibt es Stücke aus dem vergessenen englischen Folk der 70er Jahre, alternativen Electro-Jazz aus Newcastle und Tokio sowie Titel von SUNN )))), Bo Hansson und den Groundhogs.

© BBC Radio, Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone, 14.6.2026

The Misunderstood – Children of the Sun
Fontana.

KOGG – Hocket
nonclassical.

Knats – Never Gonna Be A Boxer
Fontana.

Hailu Mergia & Wallias Band – Tche Belew
Awesome Tapes From Africa.

Hailu Mergia & Wallias Band – Yikirta Lemminalehu
Awesome Tapes From Africa.

Bo Hansson – Attic Thoughts
Silence Records.

The Groundhogs – Sins Of The Father
Vertigo.

Hailu Mergia & Wallias Band – Woghenei
Awesome Tapes From Africa.

Hailu Mergia & Wallias Band – Ibakish Tarekigne
Awesome Tapes From Africa.

Caravan – Waterloo Lily
Decca Music Group Ltd..

National Health – The Collapso
Charly Records.

Black Mountain – Mothers of the Sun
Jagjaguwar.

Greg Foat – Blob #1
Blue Crystal Records.

Shape Navigator – Sternenabfall
Coastal Electronauts.

My New Band Believe – Love Story
Rough Trade.

North Sea Radio Orchestra – Mansions In Eternity
Believer’s Roast.

Hooknorton – High and Dry
Good Time Records.

Sunn O))) – Glory Black
Sub Pop Records.

Hailu Mergia & Wallias Band – Birtukane
Awesome Tapes From Africa.

Hailu Mergia & Wallias Band – Musicawi Silt
Awesome Tapes From Africa.

Niikkolahs – Window Areas
Indefinite Boundary.