HAILU MERGIA & DAHLAK BAND - Wede Harer Guzo DLP Photobook and I hope this poster

and I hope this poster captures the excitement and abundance

often catchy guitar riffs and repetitive

After touring for the release of Roomsound

over 'n' out

charging loose onto the dancefloor and subsuming it in a storm of gnashing teeth and whirling steps and ecstatic free dance

HAILU MERGIA & DAHLAK BAND - Wede Harer Guzo DLP Photobook and I hope this posterBy 1978, Addis Ababas nightlife was facing challenges. The ruling Derg regime imposed curfews, banning citizens from the streets after midnight until 6am. But that didnt stop some people from dancing and partying thorough the night. Bands would play from evening until daybreak and people would stay at the clubs until curfew was lifted in the morning. One key denizen of Addis musical golden age, Hailu Mergia, was preparing a follow up to his seminal