STREET JAMS: Hip Hop 1979-83 | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, Bodega Pop spins three hours of the genre's first five years on wax

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TAKE A CHANCE WITH MOÉ: The Aut'chose Experience

A romp through French-speaking Canada's punk, proto-rap, prog, disco, stoner, and sci-fi metal scenes by way of Lucien Francoeur & Co. 

For our good buddy Brandon Downing, who introduced us to the band many years ago.

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International Vinyl | 7-10 PM EDT

 

TONIGHT on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, Bodega Pop spins our first-ever all-vinyl show! Featuring recently acquired LPs, EPs, and 45s from Armenia, Cambodia, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, India, Iran, Lebanon, and Mexico

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Pathé 100 : The Series

From 7-10 PM TONIGHT, Bodega Pop on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio spins Folk, jazz, mandopop, movie songs, rock 'n' roll, and shidaiqu from the now ultra-rare reissue series

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Portland & Seattle Score | 7-10 PM EDT

 

Bodega Pop returns tonight to spin tracks from cassettes, CDs, singles, and 10" records found on a recent trip to the Pacific Northwest

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Benin | 7-10 PM EDT

 

Inspired by the first episode of Stephen Satterfield and Jessica Harris's High on the Hog, we spin field recordings, funk, neo-traditional Bariba & Dendi music, and more from the West African Republic

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Orchestra Zeitouni | FLAC cassette rip

 

Here's a high-energy Moroccan cassette I found at Nassem Halal Meat and Mediterranean Grocery on Steinway Street, walking distance from my place here in Astoria, Queens.

There is no track list for this cassette, not on the J-card, not on either side of the cassette itself.

The kamenjah on the cover is featured prominently throughout. Supporting it: Percussion, guinbri, keyboard (barely detectable rhythmic pumping on Side 1, Track 3; a bit more prominent on Side 2), and vocals.

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Massnawa | Cassette FLAC rip

 

I know next to nothing about Massnawa, other than that they are a Moroccan group, in the ballpark of similar Moroccans Lemchaheb, Jil Jilala, and Nass El Ghiwane.

I don't even know what year this cassette is from; no one has yet added this album to Massnawa's Discogs page.

All I can tell you is that it is one of the most inventive Moroccan albums I've ever heard and I doubt you'll feel any different.

TRACKLIST

Side 1
Rujue Hayya رجوع هيئة

Warda Fi Al Sahra وردة في الصحراء

Side 2

Al Gharib الغريب

Sidi Moussa Ben Ali سيدي موسي ابن عاي

Mawsim Al Sayda موسم الصيدة

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Cassettes | 7-10 PM EDT

 

Tonight on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, Bodega Pop plays scorchers from around the globe on everybody's least favorite analog format!

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Orchestra Abdel Hamid | FLAC cassette rip

 

I've had this Moroccan cassette for years, something I picked up on Steinway Street's Nassem Halal Meat and Mediterranean Grocery long before the owner sold the store. This is an enjoyable ride, with bursts of punchy strings and organ fills -- are they real strings and organ or synth? -- over a driving, complex but steady, rocking beat. Terrific, subtly emotive vocals, with call-and-response chorus.

I've made a first attempt at a track list, but I don't entirely trust my transliteration skills. Worth noting that most of the songs bleed into each other, thus tracks 2 and 3 on Side One are really two songs, and Side Two is a continuous track consisting of four songs.

SIDE ONE

Awad عواد

Fatna فاطنة and Taxi تکایسي

Ana Al Maebud Allah أنا المعبود الله and Alalat Rah Kwany  الالة راه کواني

SIDE TWO

Ma Yuqit Lak Qabar ما يقيت لك  قابار and Mimai Dariha ميمىي دارها and Eayt Ana Manhbur عيت أنا مانحبر and Malo Malo مالو مالو

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