HAILU MERGIA - Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument: Shemonmuanaye DLP Electronic Despite the break

Despite the break

mellow singe come next

The Birthday Party and many others

was originally released in December 1977 on EMI's progressive label 'Harvest' perhaps an unlikely label for a release that effectively prefigured both post-punk & art-punk

A noisy guitar driven affair

HAILU MERGIA - Hailu Mergia & His Classical Instrument: Shemonmuanaye DLP Electronic Despite the breakHAILU MERGIA is a one man band. In 1985 master accordionist and veteran bandleader arranger keyboardist released the "Hailu Mergia and His Classical Instrument cassette". In a nostalgic effort to bring back the vintage accordion sound of his youth, MERGIA gave Ethiopian music a sonic makeover. MERGIA was already celebrated for his work with the groundbreaking, industry shifting Addis Ababa ethio jazz and funk outfit the Walias Band, he pressed forward