The Ethiopians

Slave Call (2024 Repress)

music on vinyl

limited numbered 180g audiophile orange lp (750 only) (pre-order)

Expected Release: 31st May 2024

£29.99

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Deep Nyabinghi drumming and chanting on a version of the Ethiopian national anthem gets things underway on 'Slave Call', a majestic journey through the spiritual roots of reggae.

Later songs add guitars, bass, keyboards, and horns to build a more standard reggae sound on that foundation, but there's always a dignified restraint and the profundity of the nyabinghi beat. the entire album revolves around Leonard Dillon's Rastafarian beliefs, with even the cover of the Beatles' "Let It Be" rewritten to a religious end.