NEWS FLASH! TESHOME'S NEW ALBUM WILL BE IN STORES IN THE FALL!
TOPIA'S DELUGE IS IN STORES NOW!
"Topia's Deluge" includes 12 splendid tracks, available now on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble.com and in major record stores.
Retailers: contact Allegro Music to order.
ABOUT TESHOME MITIKU
Teshome's career stretches back over thirty years in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. His career skyrocketed in the late 60's as a member of the influential Soul Ekos band, writing and composing hits like Gara Ser New Betesh, Yezemed Yebada, Mot Adeladlogn and Hasabe, featured on Ethiopiques Volume 1. More details at TeshomeMitiku.com
PRESS
Topia's Deluge is essentially a mainstream pop recording. Its synth lines and other melodic instrumentation, its orchestrations and beats--both danceable and smooth--will sound familiar to any listener of contemporary radio, and Mitiku's robust yet subtle vocals and rounded-edges production is easily accessible....
-allmusic
Muluqen Melesse, Teshome Meteku, Getatchew Kassa, Alemayehu Eshete and Hirut Beqele. For most, these names only constitute a riddle, but the music they made in the 1960s and 70s will catch anyone's attention.
-Cairo Times