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Bekele Alemu

a coffee farm in the Ethiopian highlands

Bekele Alemu spent decades braving treacherous ice roads in a mammoth truck, transporting essentials to isolated places. Each trip was a meticulous affair – from the way he evaluated tire pressure to interpreting ice cracks. Now, he's on his small coffee farm in the Ethiopian highlands, his days echo with the same careful attention to coffee cherries and past fuel receipts. His world is the intersection of the vast and meticulous, where the crunch of isolated cold paths meets the rich silence of green highlands.

Melancholic Anxious Playful Music

About

Obsession

The gradual changes in oil stain patterns

Voice

Rustling roadmaps under morning mist

Genre

Ethiopian Ambient Blues

Instrumentation

Traditional Ethiopian krar, soft percussive drips from irrigation, worn truck engine hums

Vocal Style

Earthy whispers layered over deep rumble

Production Style

Produced in modest farm kitchen, layered amidst coffee aromas and shoebox paper sounds

Influences

Ice roads of the Canadian North, Ethiopian highland mists, worn truck treads and coffee trees

Selected 1 time · Last: August 03, 2026

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