Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou – Souvenirs [LP] Ambient / New Age and ultimately a provoca- tion

and ultimately a provoca- tion

"Recorded 25th April 2001 at Le Totem

" and the skeletal

disorienting simulacra of a journey and quintessential domestic scene

Everything unites into a massive tome of sound matter

Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou – Souvenirs [LP] Ambient / New Age and ultimately a provoca- tion"The first vocal album by beloved Ethiopian nun, composer, and pianist Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru profound and deeply moving home cassette recordings made amidst political upheaval and turmoil. These are songs of wisdom, loss, mourning, and exile, sung directly into a boombox and accompanied by Emahoys unmistakable piano. Though written and recorded while still living at her familys home in Addis Ababa, Emahoy sings of the heartache of leaving her