Subscribe for more Eritrean music! This 1999 recording from legendary singer and krar ninja Bereket Mengisteab (spelled “Mengistab” on the tape) coalesces much of what I love about music from this region of the world: angular melodies, vocal acrobatics, warbly keyboard effects, heavily-swung rhythms and pounding bass. Listen to more Bereket Mengisteab: Side A Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Side B
