Between 1998 and 2017, he released . This series is the Bible of old Ethiopian music. It revealed that while America had Motown, Ethiopia had its own parallel universe of groove. Volume 4 (Alemayehu Eshete) and Volume 10 (Tlahoun Gèssèssè) are essential listening. Musical Theory: The Qenet System What makes an "old Ethiopian song" sound distinctively Ethiopian ? Qenet (or Kignit ).