{"product_id":"teodros-makonnen-teodros-makonnen-with-his-organ-2lp-vinyl-pre-order-out-10-23-26","title":"Teodros Makonnen - Teodros Makonnen With His Organ (2LP, Vinyl) PRE-ORDER - Out 10\/23\/26","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a pre-order. It will ship on or around 10\/23\/26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMuzikawi presents the first reissue of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003eTeodros Makonnen With His Organ\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, released in collaboration with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeodros Makonnen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e under exclusive license. The album has been carefully restored and remastered, and is presented across a double LP, pressed at Optimal Media, and housed in a gatefold sleeve replicating the original sleeve artwork, accompanied by extensive liner notes in English and Amharic, as well as previously unpublished photographs from the archives of Teodros' friend and long-time collaborator \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeferi \"Bibisha\" Mengesha\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Some recordings herald the future in ways that are impossible to see in real time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003eTeodros Makonnen With His Organ\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, by the artist Teodros Makonnen, also known as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeddy Mak\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is one of those. Today, electronic sounds, synthesizers, and digital production are taken for granted in Ethiopian music, but in the early 1980s, they were novelties that polarized opinion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cu\u003eTeodros Makonnen With His Organ\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a cornerstone of the early digital sounds of Ethiopian music, originally released on cassette only, and has remained more or less unknown outside of Ethiopia until now. It is a pioneering home recording made in Ethiopia, recorded directly to tape in a single take on a Yamaha double-deck keyboard at the residence of a Saudi Arabian diplomat in Addis Ababa, recasting traditional songs in a wholly electronic style of atmospheric drum machines and hypnotic synth organs, opening new paths for musical dreaming. Even to this day, the story of Teodros Makonnen's legacy has never been properly told. As a keyboardist, producer, arranger, and sound designer, he helped define the digital sound of Ethiopian music in the 1980s and beyond, collaborating with iconic artists such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMulatu Astatke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAster Aweke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMahmoud Ahmed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, among many others. Today's revived global interest in Ethiopian music from the seventies and eighties, alongside a broader resurgence, has changed the reasons for using digital means of music production. They have become tools for musical dreaming. This is where the dreaming began.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jackpot Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48278696001754,"sku":null,"price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/5705\/3402\/files\/MUZLP005LP_PROD.jpg?v=1785297144","url":"https:\/\/jackpotrecords.com\/products\/teodros-makonnen-teodros-makonnen-with-his-organ-2lp-vinyl-pre-order-out-10-23-26","provider":"Jackpot Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}