Hailu Mergia - Pioneer Works Swing (Live)1st live album in Merigas 50+ year career. Marks 10 years of Mergias collaboration with ATFA. Documents Mergias incredibly successful worldwide performances. New arrangements of classic originals and well loved traditional songs. Its been a little over ten years since Hailu Mergia re emerged on the international music scene. Following the first in a series of his classic recordings reissued in collaboration with Awesome Tapes From Africa, Mergia

unsaid stuff [my inner community] wants to communicate but it doesn’t have the English language as its form of communication

Exclusive translucent green + black swirl vinyl LP

Of the many voices in music today

with artworked inner sleeve printed on ethically sourced paper

Bonus material will include alternate takes

Beat is a lush and dense mantra of shadowy percussion

fans can witness their new favourite band and their old favourite band together

" MAGNET // "A bulwark against the ambient clatter of everyday life

From there the band launches into the title track

Recorded in the band’s own studio just near the south coast

including one available for the first time

the swimming pool of Sexy Beast