Gordon, Felipe- Tezeta (PREORDER)
We don't really have a word in English for what Felipe Gordon has created with this album and how it makes you feel. "Tezeta" is that word.Tezeta is a one of four musical modes within the traditional Ethiopian modal music system known as Qiñit. Mulatu Astatke, the father of Ethio-jazz, frequently uses this mode, often translating it as "nostalgia" or "longing". Gordon says Mulatu's own tezeta recordings convey to him "feelings of melancholy and longing from a point of affection". This is exactly the feeling Gordon has captured. It is what he has woven through every recording on this album. Tezeta is the prime ingredient. It's the base note in a recipe, it's sprinkled over the signature jazz-sampled house tracks. It powers the vast array of synthesizers Gordon deploys. It underpins the explorations into trip hop. It's present in Gordon's varied vocal deliveries and it tunes his guitar. It's in the running order. It's the flow. Tezeta is tezeta in electronic music form, with 4/4, breakbeats, samples, and synths.Gordon says a big part of what differentiates this album from his previous albums is that it was recorded in a period where he allowed himself to create music without the constraints of time or self-pressure, which coincided with a moment of heavy personal growth which allowed him to reflect deeply on his work.There is a word in Portuguese "Saudade" that Gordon says has a similar meaning to Tezeta - Saudade is defined as a deep, sometimes bittersweet, longing or nostalgia for someone or something that is absent or lost. But here at Shall Not Fade we think that in "Tezeta" nothing has been lost. Quite the opposite. Through Felipe Gordon's artistic explorations we have all gained something very special indeed.
UPC > 899123053297
Format > New Vinyl
Label > Shall Not Fade
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Gordon, Felipe- Tezeta (PREORDER)
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Release Date: 05.29.2026
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We don't really have a word in English for what Felipe Gordon has created with this album and how it makes you feel. "Tezeta" is that word.Tezeta is a one of four musical modes within the traditional Ethiopian modal music system known as Qiñit. Mulatu Astatke, the father of Ethio-jazz, frequently uses this mode, often translating it as "nostalgia" or "longing". Gordon says Mulatu's own tezeta recordings convey to him "feelings of melancholy and longing from a point of affection". This is exactly the feeling Gordon has captured. It is what he has woven through every recording on this album. Tezeta is the prime ingredient. It's the base note in a recipe, it's sprinkled over the signature jazz-sampled house tracks. It powers the vast array of synthesizers Gordon deploys. It underpins the explorations into trip hop. It's present in Gordon's varied vocal deliveries and it tunes his guitar. It's in the running order. It's the flow. Tezeta is tezeta in electronic music form, with 4/4, breakbeats, samples, and synths.Gordon says a big part of what differentiates this album from his previous albums is that it was recorded in a period where he allowed himself to create music without the constraints of time or self-pressure, which coincided with a moment of heavy personal growth which allowed him to reflect deeply on his work.There is a word in Portuguese "Saudade" that Gordon says has a similar meaning to Tezeta - Saudade is defined as a deep, sometimes bittersweet, longing or nostalgia for someone or something that is absent or lost. But here at Shall Not Fade we think that in "Tezeta" nothing has been lost. Quite the opposite. Through Felipe Gordon's artistic explorations we have all gained something very special indeed.
UPC > 899123053297
Format > New Vinyl
Label > Shall Not Fade
Shop online at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.
> Due to the current limited nature of music titles, ALL CD & Vinyl purchases are limited to FOUR copies per customer, per item. If you place multiple orders for multiples of the same title, your subsequent orders will be canceled.