🧵1/5 I've started an informal Ahmed Adaweya bio/cataloging project. I'm ripping & uploading 3-4 dozen 45s, LPs & cassettes. I've already posted 11 releases to hear/download with detailed notes, references to other fans & scholars including @simongandrew ahmedadaweya.blogspot.com

Yesterday, I learned that Miele's 1980 Melô Do Tagarela was not, as I long thought, Brazil's first rap record. It was, in fact, Equipe Rádio Cidade, Bons Tempos Natal b/w ... Ano Novo (EMI-Odeon, 1979). Got both the 79 & 80 pressings at the @WFMU Record Fair. VERY good times!

Massive personal grail from the @WFMU Record Fair: the OG Argentinian pressing of the debut from one of my all-time favorite Latin American punk bands. Los Violadores, s/t (Umbral, 1983). Unbelievably great record

Keith Mlevhu, Through Fire to Heaven (Mac Bullet, 1977, Zambia). I'm more Team Nigeria than #Zamrock, but I LOVE this album so much, I leapt on this incredibly clean copy (tho you wouldn't think so, given the state of the cover) at the @WFMU Record Fair. Just a pure bliss listen

Picked up several personal grails at the @WFMU Record Fair, including the OG Egyptian LP featuring Baligh Hamdi/Abdel Halim Hafez's "Khossara," their 2nd greatest track, famously sampled for "Big Pimpin'." Abdel Halim Hafez, s/t (Cairophon, 1973).

Speaking of election results: Faegheh Atashin just won Greatest Living Pop Icon after a relatively uncontentious election held right here in my humble apartment. Googoosh, What Am I Supposed to Believe b/w Curse This Life (Ahang Rooz, 1971, Iran). Listen: youtu.be/SBZqFZPIcLo?si…

Southeast Asia on Shellac | 7-10 PM EST
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TONIGHT on #WFMU's @GTDRadio we're spinning tracks from Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia/Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam from contemporary compilations of 78 RPM shellac records. Join us!

It’s nice when you can tell it hurts them.

Thrilled to listen to one of my two favorite comics artists for the first time on vinyl: John Greaves, Peter Blegvad, Lisa Herman, Kew. Rhone. (Virgin, 1986 RE of 1977 OG). I've had the book on me for 10 years, looking forward to reading it while listening to this over & over.

Killer comp. My Heart Is Dust Before Him: 21st Century Gasba from Algeria (Hive Mind, 2026). Love how, on paper, gassba and autotune are an SCTV-level mashup in the making, but good lord does this combo work. Mesmerizing, soulful, druglike, easily one of the best LPs of the year

MercenáriXs | 7-10 PM EDT
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TONIGHT on #WFMU's @GTDRadio we're spinning an all-vinyl selection of Brazilian punk, post-punk, new & no wave, from the late 1970s into the early 1990s. Let's hang out!

Desert island-level LP up there with Slits Cut and Raincoats Odyshape: Mercenárias, Cadê As Armas? (Baratos Afins, 1986). Not as punk-y as their demos & live recordings from 83-85, but a god-tier all-timer record with no skips

The sudden release of Brazilian punk/hardcore in 82-83 is misleading, given that some of these bands were around in the late 70s, but wouldn't have been able to legally record then. Ripping this & other gems for next week's all-Brazilian, all-vinyl punk, post, new & no wave show

Ripping tracks from the first Brazilian new wave band on record: Gang 90 & Absurdettes, Essa Tal De ... (RCA, 1983). This is my 2nd listen and I am in love. Tune in next Wednesday for our all-vinyl Brazilian punk, post-punk, new wave, and no wave episode: wfmu.org/playlists/show…

Ripping tracks from this amaze-face 2-LP box set by the first Brazilian post-punk band on vinyl: Agentss, Agentss (Nada Nada Discos, 2023). God tier studio and live performances from 1982-83. Comes with beautifully designed full-color 64-page book and 3 posters.

This precious German cassette on African string instruments, with 24 tracks featuring Mounina from Mauritania, Evaristo Muyinda from Uganda, Egyptian music ūd music and much more, is a vailable for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
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Arabic Singles Going Steady 7-10 PM EDT
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TONIGHT on #WFMU's @GTDRadio we're spinning 45 RPM 7" singles from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, and Yemen. Join us, it's going to be amaze-face!

Fairouz, Habbaitek Bessaif (Pathe, date u/k), an impossibly gorgeous track from this 1970s EP. Spinning mostly rare, obscure 45s on tomorrow night's Arabic Singles Going Steady episode with a couple of notable exceptions, including this one. wfmu.org/playlists/show…

Ripping 45s from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, and Yemen for next week's show. Playing at least one side from this killer single from Morocco. Lemchaheb, Khayi b/w Daouini (Cleopatra, date UK). wfmu.org/playlists/show…

So thrilled about this release I was afraid my expectations would eclipse the actual record. No, it's just incredible, a wide range of phenomenal sounds across 13 tracks plus super-detailed liner notes & terrific photos, an heroic LP. Mekong Shellac (Sublime Frequencies, 2026)