Mellesse, Muluken - Muluken Mellesse

This re-release of one of the last vinyl records released in Ethiopia, but more than that it is the absolute masterpiece of Ethiopian Groove - and its swansong. It leaves posterity with a clear idea of the level of sophistication and mastery that modern Ethiopian music had reached before it was crushed under the military-Stalinist boot of the Derg - the word that stands for the bloody revolution that had been underway since 1974.