Artist: Gili Yalo
Title: Gili Yalo
Year Of Release: 2017
Label: Dead Sea Recordings
Genre: Ethio-Funk, Fusion, New Soul, Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 41:16 min
Total Size: 284 MB

Gili Yalo is one of the most intriguing new musicians in the music scene in Israel. From his base in Tel aviv, Gili Yalo is launching a solo career in a new project that combines Ethiopian roots with Soul, Funk, Psychedelic and Jazz music. Gili Yalo, who has collaborated with top music producers Beno Hendler and Uri Kinrot (Boom Pam), incorporates sounds from traditional Ethiopian music into a contemporary music production. The result is an exceptional, rich, vivid melody accompanied by Gili's unique voice with lyrics in both English and Amharic.
The music made by Gili Yalo embodies his own personal story, which inspired the rhythm and flow of the whole project. And what a story he has to tell: Operation Moses was the covert evacuation of Ethiopian Jews from Sudan during a famine in 1984. These Ethiopian Jews fled from their native land on foot to refugee camps in Sudan.
Together with his family, Gili Yalo made this perilous trip, walked through the desert towards the "Promised Land" and sang to his beloved ones. In the course of this exhausting and emotional journey, the music encouraged Gili and his family to keep on moving.
Gili Yalo's band is made up of five musicians, including guitar, bass, keyboard, drums, and trumpet. An entrancing rhythmic motion is apparent when listening to Gili's music, from the groove, beat and flow, and up to the lyrics, concept and style of the project. Today Gili Yalo's music gives a new meaning to traditional Ethiopian music. The expression of his story through an advanced music production represents his own personal triumph.
Gili Yalo has just released his debut album through Dead Sea Recordings. His album received worldwide attention. Gili has been touring around Europe and performing on the some of the biggest stages in Europe.
Tracklist:
01.Gili Yalo - Tadese
02.Gili Yalo - Selam
03.Gili Yalo - Sab Sam
04.Gili Yalo - Africa (feat. Keren Dun)
05.Gili Yalo - Hot Shot
06.Gili Yalo - Coffee
07.Gili Yalo - City Life
08.Gili Yalo - Fire
09.Gili Yalo - T'ebik'ew
10.Gili Yalo - New Life