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Experimental Explorations with Mahmoud Ahmed

Stuart revisits the legendary artist's groovy Ethio jazz album from 1975, Eré mèla mèla'. Plus, Taiwanese ambient, avant-classical, paranormal electronica, prog rock and more.

Stuart revisits the legendary artist's groovy Ethio jazz album from 1975, Eré mèla mèla'. Mahmoud Ahmed was originally a shoeshine boy in Addis Ababa before becoming one of his homeland's biggest musical stars. Now of cult status, Eré mèla mèla was the first record of modern Ethiopian music to be released in Europe and shone a refreshingly positive light on the country when coverage of the famine there was omnipresent in British media throughout the 70s and 80s. The album is a hypnotic blend of melancholic Arabic blues, heart-wrenching, off-key crooners and brassy, danceable jazz.

Plus Taiwanese ambient, avant-classical, paranormal electronica, prog rock and piano jazz from the likes of Imryll, Nite Monitor, Gentle Giant, Bugge Wesseltoft and more.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Wire

    On Returning

  • Ergo Phizmiz

    Celandine

  • Orbury Common

    Haberdashery

  • Mahmoud Ahmed

    Belomi benna

  • Mahmoud Ahmed

    Ohoho gedama

  • The Night Monitor

    Space Gods of the Amazon

  • imryll

    Backstabber

  • Vanishing Twin

    Light Vessel

  • Mahmoud Ahmed

    Fetsum denq ledj nesh

  • Mahmoud Ahmed

    Ebakesh tareqign

  • Gentle Giant

    Aspirations

  • Bugge Wesseltoft

    roads (feat. HÃ¥kon Kornstad)

  • Klaus Lang

    Johannes Ockeghem: kyrie (missa prolatium)

  • Ernstalbrecht Stiebler & Tilman Kanitz

    Session 32​.​1 (20211015)

  • Bubblemath

    Everything

  • The Shaggs

    Philosophy of the World

  • Morgan Szymanski and Tommy Perman

    Danza Del Fuego

  • Eric Chenaux

    Hello, How and Hey

  • Glenn & Christy

    Wombat Twist

  • Mahmoud Ahmed

    Tezeta

  • Miilkbone

    Cecilia

  • I Like to Sleep

    Bedrock

Broadcast

  • Sun 31 Jul 2022 20:00