Description
Speaking on the inspiration behind the EPs title, Yohan said: TEMESGEN means Thank God in Amharic, and for me, I never heard my mother receive good news without saying it aloud. After the first couple gigs we did as ZENA, we saw how people reacted to our music and how it resonated with them. It spurred in us a feeling of overwhelming gratitude, after which the EP kind of named itself.
ZENA arrive on Brownswood Recordings with a bold debut thats equally at home across jazz-minded selectors and leftfield crate-diggers. The duos momentum is fuelled by Yohan Kebedes landmark year with Kokoroko; from the release of Tuff Times Never Last to an NPR Tiny Desk, a North American tour, and their biggest headline show yet at O2 Academy Brixton, alongside Meneliks quietly formidable reputation in Londons inner circle, shaped by time on the road and in the studio with Muva Of Earth and Bill Laurance.
RIYL: Mulatu Astatke, Hailu Mergia, Khruangbin, Solange, Admas
TRACKLIST:
A1 – ZENA!
A2 – MY LOVE YOUR LOVE
A3 – KAZANCHIS
B1 – IT’S YOU (ANTE NEH) [ft. Meron T]
B2 – LONG TIME NO SPEAK
B3 – TEMESGEN
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