By the early 1980s, the electric organ had started to infiltrate the iconic hotel bands that defined the Addis Ababa music scene of the previous decade. And so keys player, arranger and producer Teodros Makonnen took the leap. Using nothing but a double-manual Yamaha (with a built-in drum sequencer), he made this album of instrumental versions of classic Ethiopian songs.
Originally released on cassettes in the ’80s, it was all recorded in a single take under the shadow of curfews – and, in doing so, mapped out his version of the future of Ethiopian music. It’s a vibe: pop melodies with deep roots in Ethiopian folk music, dreamy runs doused in hazy reverb, and minimalist waltz rhythms shuffling from the tinny drum machine. Some tracks are…
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…includes three brand-new songs.
…10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition expands the original tracklist to 22 songs total, featuring 8 bonus tracks.
Michigan space rock duo 
Released in 1974, 
…includes eight previously unheard demo recordings captured solo by Shelley on a reel-to-reel tape recorder in late 2014 before the formal album sessions.
The second ECM Reich LP. Three pieces representing three different scales of ensemble. Music for a Large Ensemble (1978), Side A, is Reich’s first major work for genuinely orchestral forces (mallet instruments, brass, strings, voice, around thirty players), a step toward the chamber-orchestra writing that would define the eighties Reich. Octet (1979), Side B opener, scored for two pianos, string quartet, two clarinets and two flutes: more contrapuntal and chamber-music-like than its predecessors. Violin Phase (1967), Side B closer, Shem Guibbory plays all four violin parts (three pre-recorded against one live), the canonical recording of one of the early phase pieces.
The piece in which Reich turned to his Jewish heritage. 
…Originally self-released in 2023 as an ultra-limited cassette run of about 50 copies, the album received a wider official reissue on vinyl, CD, and digital formats on September 4, 2026 via Perennial and K Records.
…This deluxe reissue returns Paulusma’s celebrated debut to the spotlight, pairing the original 11-track album with five bonus recordings from the same prolific writing period. Three of these – ‘Orion’s Belt’, ‘Two Stars’, and ‘Leave Your Keys’ – originally appeared as sought-after B-sides during the album’s 2004 single campaign, while ‘My Errant Knight’ and ‘Pentecostosis’, written and recorded alongside the album itself, are released here for the very first time.
…includes two unreleased tracks, era singles, and full-album demos.
A molten extension of Daydream Nation-era Sonic Youth, the Stooges’ drill-press rhythms, and early Dinosaur Jr., 
Craft Recordings reissue 
…features early recordings, demos and previously unheard material from the original album era, alongside the new “Let Me Heal You (demo)” and alternate versions of songs including “Running with the Wolves” and “Runaway.”
Continuing in its series of 
…expanded digital edition featuring 11 additional b-sides and live recordings.