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 | | Thanks to the newly acquired influences from the West, the sound emanating from the clubs and bars of Addis was a heady stew of deep, hypnotic rhythms, distinctly Western guitar licks and soulful eastern melodies and vocals. |
 | | Soon labels such as Amha Records and Kaifa Records sprung up around the city to capture the sounds produced by the more popular singers and performers. |
 | | But I only spent a week there, which is not enough time to get things done: the bureaucracy, the curfew, the police everywhere made it a nightmare, and I left with just a 50/50 chance of realising the tour – and, of course, it didn’t work. |
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