The Reporter Ethiopia·4 min read·medium
The Midnight Synthesizer: How Teddy Mak’s Curfew-Era Defiance Rewrote The Sound Of Ethiopia
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Abraham Tekle
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The story explores the history of Ethiopian musician Teddy Mak, who created electronic music in secret during the 1980s Derg regime. A new reissue of his work aims to preserve this unique cultural history.
Some nights in 1980s Addis Ababa, the music had to wait for the city to go quiet.
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