Hallo

Hallo Dawe – Volume 3

Oromo music from Ethiopia via the singer Hallo (or Hello, Haloo) Dawe. The raw recording and effusive performance contained herein is worth the lo fi and almost anxious feeling of the whole scenario. Get buck with the unhinged acoustic guitar accompaniment below a sharpish, tense female vocal exposition. Thanks to Mitamitta and Andreas for sending me this one.

OH YEAH–Bola Remixes digital ep coming out next week. Features reworkings of Bola tracks by ITAL, Lamin Fofana, Miles Seaton (akron/family) and Blue Hawaii (Icy Demons), and Anzano & Palermo (Magic Touch/Mi Ami)!

 

Side A
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5

 

Side B
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 9
Track 10

17 Comments

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  • June 4, 2012 at 5:44 pm

    thank you, at least for track 6-9-10, the others fail.

    many greetings

    Richard

  • June 4, 2012 at 6:00 pm

    oops, thanks, fixed those.

  • June 5, 2012 at 2:32 am

    Do you think you could provide a scan of the back of the inlay card? I could probably transliterate the track titles then.

  • June 5, 2012 at 2:33 am

    Do you think you can provide a scan of the back of the inlay card? I could probably transliterate the song titles then.

  • June 5, 2012 at 7:52 pm

    hi, maybe stupid but I have the feeling while listening that I hear a tape that should be played on a 48-minute tapedeck instead of a 45-minute tapedeck (taking a c-90 as standard). so to say I think the music sounds pitched up somewhere. Do you think this is just my ears are hearing it wrong?

    thanks anyway for this great music
    Richard (as above)

  • June 7, 2012 at 5:03 pm

    This is fantastic! Thanks Brian.

  • June 12, 2012 at 6:23 pm

    I agree with a previous comment, music seems slightly faster than it should be.

    Sounds ace though either way…

  • July 1, 2012 at 1:18 am

    Reminds me of a night I spent in an local asmariebeit in Addis Ababa about twenty years ago.

  • July 6, 2012 at 9:40 pm

    Amazing, I’m in love! Thanks a lot for sharing,

  • October 22, 2014 at 4:21 am

    […] from her hits; her earlier 1970’s hits, those based on acoustic, have found new fans in African music lovers circles. The acoustic Oromo music style reminds one of the bygone Oromo music era when the acoustic guitar […]

  • October 22, 2014 at 5:28 am

    […] from her hits; her earlier 1970’s hits, those based on acoustic, have also found new fans in African music lovers circles. The acoustic Oromo music style reminds one of the bygone Oromo music era when the acoustic guitar […]

  • April 26, 2016 at 5:46 am

    halo music

  • May 29, 2016 at 5:06 pm

    sped up or not this music rocks very hard. I wish I had the time (and chops) to start a punk band that rips off this sound. It would be a new genre that would sweep the nation.

  • June 8, 2016 at 7:04 am

    can anyone tell me how to pronounce Hallo Dawe? Is it kind of like hello dolly?

  • June 16, 2016 at 4:02 pm

    I have been listening to this tape daily and trying to play like this. I would love to have a serious discussion about how this music is put together. Is it a guitar? It sounds like the major pentatonic scale possibly something like ACDEG. It seems like mostly hitting one note at a time but sometimes finishing a phrase with a few chords on some songs. What chords would they be/ Some of the effect is the warble of the tape but from listening to other Hallo Dawe it seems like it might be the actual speed. Does anyone else have any insights or correction most appreciated and thanks 1,000 times for this amazing sight.

    • June 16, 2016 at 4:04 pm
      In reply to: Gregg A Evans

      The Aster Aweke album seems to be the same scale but mostly a lower octave.

  • March 14, 2017 at 9:02 pm

    Nice discussion, in 2010 I tried to find Hallo Dawe CD in Addis. But I can’t. I even wanted to travel to Diredawa. But after 4 years in 2014 it is all over you tube. Thanks to the technology we could have missed such iconic Oromo music. Ethiopian producers are biased towards Amharic music anyway thank you guys who really appreciating this sweet musician. I am enjoying it right now.
    Had I been in Ethiopia, I could have done it over barca ceremony with friends. Miss it

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