Admas

Frederiksberg Records announce the first ever vinyl reissue of Admas’ “Sons of Ethiopia”, the privately pressed album from 1984.

Fully licensed from Admas, released with their support, the album includes restored sound and art. The extensively researched booklet features unseen photographs and interviews with the band.  Sons of Ethiopia is a mostly instrumental album, rich with global influences. It is one of the few recordings to be produced outside Ethiopia in the early 1980s. It is a key document of the Washington DC exile scene.

The core members of Admas – Tewodros ‘Teddy’ Aklilu, Henock Temesgen, and Abegasu Shiota – had previously played in a group called Gasha, one of the few local Ethiopian bands. Admas was born from Gasha, as an outlet for their more experimental instincts.

PERSONNEL:

Simeon Beyene - (lead vocals)
Henock Temesgen - (bass, lead rhythm, electric & acoustis guitar, vocals)
Abegasu Shiota Work - (synthesizer,organ, percussions, vocals)
Tewodros Aklilu - (fender rhodes, percussions, vocals)
Yosef Tesfaye - (drums, percussions, vocals)

TRACKS:

A1. Anchi Bale Game
A2. Bahta's Highlife
A3. Tez Alegn Yetintu

B1. Kalatashew Waga
B2. Wed Enate
B3. Samba Shegitu
B4. Astawesalehu