{"id":42536,"date":"2017-11-17T15:16:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T13:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/premiere-gili-yalos-ethio-funk-hit\/"},"modified":"2020-04-27T03:38:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T02:38:25","slug":"premiere-gili-yalos-ethio-funk-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/premiere-gili-yalos-ethio-funk-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Premiere: Gili Yalo&#8217;s ethio-funk hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pam-featured-content\" >\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10095 pam-featured-content\"  src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gili-Yalo-Africa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1270\" height=\"907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gili-Yalo-Africa.jpg 1270w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gili-Yalo-Africa-759x542.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gili-Yalo-Africa-1010x721.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gili-Yalo-Africa-661x472.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gili-Yalo-Africa-465x332.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gili-Yalo-Africa-375x268.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Ethiopian singer based in Tel Aviv\u00a0Gili Yalo\u00a0made\u00a0a beautiful music video in Addis Abeba for his single\u00a0&#8216;Africa&#8217;.<\/h3>\n<p>From his base in Tel Aviv,\u00a0Gili Yalo\u00a0is launching a solo career in a new project that combines\u00a0Ethio-jazz\u00a0with soul, funk, psychedelic, and beat music.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ivo9Ouujssk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Africa&#8221;&#8216;s video was shot in Addis Abeba, during May 2017 when Gili and Keren flied to shoot the video for this song. The general idea was to bring to the wide audience the different cultures and colors of Addis Abeba. To show that Africa is not only poor villages and war zones as usually seen it tv, but also have another side (with his complities, like the kid in the beginning holding a gun).\u00a0And also to show the diversity of people living in the city, from the cool kids skating to the local Oromo tribe which is known for the ritual ridings they do with their horses. The diversity of Addis is also shown in diversity between Gili and Keren with her red her and western look and in the lyrics for this song who is named &#8220;Africa&#8221;, but his lyrics are in english.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><em>Read next:<\/em>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/sinkane-sort-nouvel-album-ahmed-gallab-parle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sinkane&#8217;s interview<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10098\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-11.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-11-759x358.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-11-1010x476.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-11-1440x679.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-11-661x312.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-11-465x219.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-11-375x177.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10099\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-8.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-8-759x358.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-8-1010x477.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-8-1440x680.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-8-661x312.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-8-465x219.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-8-375x177.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10100\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-5.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-5-759x357.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-5-1010x476.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-5-1440x678.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-5-661x311.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-5-465x219.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Africa-5-375x177.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopian singer based in Tel Aviv\u00a0Gili Yalo\u00a0made\u00a0a beautiful music video in Addis Abeba for his single\u00a0&#8216;Africa&#8217;. From his base in Tel Aviv,\u00a0Gili Yalo\u00a0is launching a solo career in a new project that combines\u00a0Ethio-jazz\u00a0with soul, funk, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[5745],"location":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42536"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=42536"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=42536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}