Lenminium '08

Some old funk, highlife, carribean, afrobeat, a touch of vintage salsa and then off to some jazzy remixes.

1 Who Is She (And What Is She To You) - Gladys Knight & The Pips 3:59
2 Totally Together - Jackie Mittoo 2:27
3 You Are My Heart - Rex Williams 3:05
4 Kirikisi (Ekassa 24) - Sir Victor Uwaifo 3:47
5 90% Of Me Is You - Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Orchestra 3:23
6 Kenyatta Orquesta - Joe Cain 2:15
7 Igbehin Lalayo Nta - Dynamic Africana 6:20
8 Alyo - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble 3:11
9 It's A Feeling - St. Maarten's The Rolling Tones 4:32
10 Lagos City - Asiko Rock Group 2:15
11 Descarga En Menor - El Combo De Pepe 4:14
12 Romanowski - Strudel Strut 6:00
13 Escribeme Pronto - Instituto Mexicano Del Sonido 3:01
14 En do - Tontelas 6:36
15 Favela Chic Ta Ligado - DJ Sandrinho 1:51
16 Stay Loose (Lyrics Born Remix) - Jimmy Smith 3:17
17 Rube - Dharma Bumrush 3:14
18 Crazy Jayz - Moonstarr 2:50
19 Free The Robots - Jazzhole 3:37

High Life

Cumbia, old highlife and afro-latin grooves, some funky organ and then deep into the afrobeat.

1 Navidad Negra - Pedro Laza 03:00
2 Jin ma jin ma - Orchestra Baobab 05:24
3 Arraino - Popular Cooper & His All Beats Band 02:58
4 I Jool Omo - Ginger Johnson 04:02
5 Belema - Opotopo 06:04
6 Tambourinis - Cocktail Keletigui Et Ses Tambourinis 04:24
7 La Valla - Bronx River Parkway Feat. Jose Parla 03:30
8 Chitlins And Cuchifritos - Joe Thomas 02:38
9 Why Don't You Play The Organ, Man? - Bobby Owens & The Diplomats 02:39
10 Messing Around - Memphis Black 03:31
11 Honky Tonk Popcorn - Pacific Rhythm Combo 05:44
12 Keleya - Moussa Doumbia 04:48
13 Djanfa Magni - Tidiani Koné & Orchestre Poly-Rythmo 09:45
14 Love Affair - S-Job Movement 06:33
15 Akula - Owu Onyeara Funke 07:29
16 Soul Power - Mulato Astatke and His Ethiopian Quintet 05:02
17 My Way/Grindin' - Team Canada feat. Frank Sinatra / Clipse 01:26

Lenminium '07

1 Soul Ska - Byron Lee & The Dragonaires 4:11
2 Solo Hit (Instrumental) - Orlando Julius Ekemode 3:24
3 Biribiri Highlife - Uhuru Dance Band 3:40
4 Black & White - Moussa Doumbia 4:57
5 Naumiya - Salum Abdallah & Cuban Marimba 2:43
6 Caramelos - La Sonora De Lucho Macedo 2:59
7 La Samaria - Orquesta Nunez 2:49
8 Descargando - Mario Allison Y Su Combo 2:17
9 Cumbia En Do Menor - Lito Barrientos Y Su Orquesta 2:39
10 El Diablo - Silvestra Montez Y Sus Guantanameros 2:33
11 La Piojosa - La Sonora Cienaguera 2:50
12 Harlem Shuffle - Bob And Earl 2:38
13 I've Got Reasons - Mary Jane Hooper 2:24
14 Ghost A' Go Go - Richard Rome 2:08
15 Firebird - Googie Rene 2:27
16 The Old One, Two - Ramp 2:58
17 Unknown (White Label) - Professor and Efficiency Experts 2:52
18 Papa Was A Rolling Stone - Sydney George & Jackie 4:11
19 Djiguiya - Djelimady Tounkara 9:36
20 Slave (12" Version) - Derrick Harriot 4:49
21 Three Is The Magic Number - Bob Dorough 3:06

Lenminium '06

1. Big Chief Part 1 - Professor Longhair 2:21
2. Tabasco - Los Pekeniques 2:30
3. Cafua - Nonato/Seu Conjunto 2:16
4. Trauma - Las Cuatro Monedas Y Gregory 3:17
5. God Been Good To Me - Mighty Walker Brothers 2:57
6. What'd I Say - Etta James 3:06
7. Kelen ati leen - Orchestra Baobab 3:34
8. Funky Nassau - Orgone 3:26
9. Planet Rock Part 1 - Breakout 4:22
10. African Pirates - Nightmares On Wax 6:17
11. Organ Donor - Lefties Soul Connection (Hawkeye Hyphy Edit) 4:43
12. Nuther'n Like Thuther'n - Willis Jackson 6:46
13. Bird's Lament - Moondog (Henrik Schwarz Remix) 1:58
14. Sabor - Quantic (Featuring Tempo) 6:35
15. Sing, Sing, Sing - Anita O'Day (RSL Remix) 5:36
16. Gal Fi Get - Bounty Killer (on Chinkuzi Riddim) 2:33
17. [dunkelbunt] - Chocolate Butterfly (feat. Fanfare Ciocarlia & Raf MC) 3:10
18. Gur Nalon Ishk Mita - The Bollywood Brass Band (Sax/Wheland Mix) 4:46
19. Descarga Criolla - Ray Barretto 4:08

Sean's Scary Mix

The Dr. is in with his Fear sideburn



1. Overture / Moondog 2:22
2. No No Man (Part One) / Steven Jesse Bern… 4:24
3. ego trippin' / de la soul 3:51
4. Mama Soul / Harold Alexander 5:45
5. Tarantulove / Hawksley Workman 3:45
6. Nervous Tension / Lemon Jelly 6:41
7. Feast Of The Mau Mau / Screamin' Jay Ha… 3:28
8. Mouth's Cradle / Björk 3:59
9. Bad Dreams / Lyrics Born 3:20
10. The Boogie Man Song / Mos Def 2:23
11. Big Heads / Method Man 3:33
12. Vexations / Gak Sato 1:46
13. I Die, You Die / Magnetic Fields 3:09
14. Rise / Public Image Ltd. 6:17
15. No No Man (Part Two) / Steven Jesse Bern… 2:43

The Fear of Len

A loot bag of crazy, spooky, voodoo-hoodoo in time for Halloween.


Alligator Wine - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
I Walk On Guilded Splinters - Cher
Zombie - Fela Kuti
Voodoo Moon - Jackie Mittoo And The Soul Brothers
Strange Things - John Holt
Armagideon Time - Willie Williams
Nightmare - Big Mama Thornton
Whistling Past the Graveyard - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Run Spook Run - Rodd Keith
Psychotic Reaction - Count Five
Psycho - The Sonics
I Don't Know What's Troubling Me - Jimmy Dee & The Mighty Dee Jays
(I Got) So Much Trouble In My Mind - Joe Quarterman & Free Soul
Psycho (Pts. 1 & 2) - The Fabulous Mark III
I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To - The Soul Children
Spooky - Dusty Springfield
Bang Bang - Nancy Sinatra
Conversation with Death - Berzilla Wallin

Drivin' - Road Music Sideburn

What car speakers were made for...


Drivin' - June 2005
Got Myself A Good Man - Pucho
Young, Gifted And Brown - Joe Bataan
Chaffeur - Monica
The Flute Tune - Push
Melting Pot - Underground Vegetables
Be Thankful - One Blood
Jungle Music - Kelenkye Band
Feel Like Jumping - Marcia Giffiths
James Bond - Jackie Mittoo And The Soul Brothers
Bump And Hustle Music - Tommy Stewart
Humpty Dump - The Vibrettes
Dap Walk - Ernie & The Top Notes Inc.
Blow Your Head - Fred Wesley & The JB's
Firebird - Googie Rene
La Descarga Del Bobo - Willie Bobo
Tambourinis Cocktail - Keletigui Et Ses Tambourinis
Tighten Up - The James Brown Orchestra

Bump in the Trunk Sent with bonus

I mailed out my Sideburn Bump in the Trunk with the bonus Dizzy souled out last week. Anybody get it?

sean

Sideburn project - any takers?

My friend and fellow burner Sean Moore was visiting TO recently from Kenora and expressed a pressing need for good summertime driving music. Myself, I am heading to California this Friday and, having decided to splurge on an upgrade to a convertible for my trip, the idea of great road trip tunes is also foremost in my mind. So I would like to formally put out the call for a Sideburn of tunes for long sunny drives, with the wind blowing in your hair and the open road calling out to you... Any suggestions for a working title?

I'm setting an arbitrary deadline of the end of May for this Sideburn. Interested parties should send around an email indicating their participation and/or (preferably) post to the blog

Turn up the volume and step on the gas....

Len's April CD "Speaking In Tongues" Mailed

The first song was the inspiration for this mix, with its exotic mood, inscrutable lyrics and evocation of somewhere unplaceable - somewhere... else. This collection is about the sound of language and the language of sound; I don't have a clue what anyone is saying - none of the songs are in English - but I think I can tell what they mean.

Speaking In Tongues
1. Blue Canary - Maria Koseva and Nikolai Tomov
2. U Plavu Zoru - Pink Martini
3. Ndongoy Daara - Orchestra Baobab
4. Bossa Cubana - Los Zafiros
5. Ewe Mwana - Mbaraka Mwinshehe & The Morogoro Jazz Band
6. La I LaI La - George Lee Larnyoh
7. Dounia - Achille Gajo & Les Cultures Projet Feat. Oumou Sangare
8. Garra - Marcos Valle
9. A Vida Em Seus Métodos Diz Calma - Di Melo
10. Divka S Jablky - Mahagon
11. Mas Que Nada - Elza Soares
12. Taiyoh Yaroh - The Jaguars
13. …Ve Olüm - Üç Hürel
14. Lezelalem Nuri - Lemma Demissew
15. Kulun Mankwalesh - Mahmoud Ahmed (Ibex Band)
16. Je Suis Un Sauvage - Alfred Panou & Art Ensemble Of Chicago
17. Naam - Christy Azuma + Uppers International
18. Balkan Hot Step - N.O.H.A.
19. Babarabatiri - The Quantic Soul Orchestra
20. Babarabatiri - Beny More Y Su Orquesta Gigante

Got the vinyls spinning

I'm so culture starved up here in the hinterlands, that I'm up for a sideburn anytime. I just started recording a whack of wax and was going to propose a burn....something sunny. Anybody in? By the way, does a posting generate an email to the others in the blog or am I just typing to improve my cardio?

sean

Suicide Soul Antidote Anecdote

Looking forward to getting out of the stanky funk I've been in since I opened my latest len CD. Loving it by the way.! Just unpacked all 4000 vinyls yesterday, so I've got some choices at the finger tips.

And so it begins...

A new CD burning ring - 12 people - each person assigned a month, and in that month they will create and burn 11 copies of a CD which they mail to the 11 other members of the ring. Sideburns (simultaneous burn & swaps among any number of members) occur spontaneously whenever the inspiration strikes. Themes/genres are at the discretion of the individual members, and anyone can suggest a themed Sideburn for whomever wants to participate.

Soulace

My antidote to Suicide Soul



1. I Can't Cry Anymore - Eddie Cano 3:11
2. Feelin' Good - Frank Cunimundo Trio 2:13
3. Summer Sun - Koop 3:38
4. Give Me The Sunshine - Leo's Sunship 6:05
5. Lovely Day - Bill Withers 3:49
6. I Get Lifted - George McCrae 2:33
7. Beautiful Day - Spider Harrison 2:43
8. Happy House - Shuggie Otis 1:04
9. Did You Give The World Some Love Today Baby - Doris 3:06
10. Sunshine Of Your Love - Spanky Wilson 3:25
11. (I'll Be A) Happy Man - The Latin Blues Band feat. Luis Aviles 3:29
12. Descarga Melao - Alfredo De La Fe 4:15
13. Movin On - GD & The Big J 4:26
14. Happiness Is Just Around The Bend - The Main Ingredient 6:09
15. I Believe In Miracles - Jackson Sisters 2:39
16. Been To Canaan - Alice Babbs 4:30
17. Merci Bon Dieu - Georges Edouard Nouel 3:43
18. River Luv Rite - Oneness Of Juju 7:54
19. The Creator Has A Master Plan - Louis Armstrong 4:01

Listen Here

1. Honey Dove - Lee Fields 3:13
2. Tell Her - Fred Williams & The Jewels Band 2:15
3. Momma Momma - Betty Barney 2:32
4. What Do You See In Her - Inell Young 2:47
5. This Land Is Your Land - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 4:16
6. Light My Fire - Irma Franklin 2:32
7. You Got To Be A Man - Helene Smith 2:31
8. Fever - Marie Queenie Lyons 2:54
9. I'm A Good Woman - Silky Spearman 3:25
10. I'm Stuck On My Baby - Irene & The Scotts 2:04
11. Say Yeah Yeah - Yvonne Fair 2:16
12. Hook & Sling - Eddie Bo & The Soul Fingers 3:33
13. Humpin, Bumpin and Thumpin - Andre Williams 2:28
14. Soul Dig - Soul Diggers 3:07
15. Humpty Dump - The Vibrettes 4:27
16. Rock Steady - The Marvels 2:58
17. Me, You, One (Means I Love You) - Bob Pinado + His Sound Casters 3:55
18. J'ai Tout Lu, Tout Vu, Tout Bu - Jacques Dutronc 1:32
19. Clap Your Hands - The Explorers 2:52
20. Listen Here - Valorie Keys 3:03
21. Tell Me More - The Tempters 3:37
22. Peanuts 68 - Little Joe Cook & The Thrillers 2:42
23. Wobble Lou - Hector & The Eastmen 2:02
24. Don't Touch Me Tomato - Phyllis Dillon 3:06

Funky Kwanzaa

1 Te Deseo Feliz Navidad - Hilario Durán 4:37
2 Descarga Melao - Alfreddo De La F 4:24
3 Tem De Acma Latina - Bobby Matos 4:58
4 Ritmo Sabroso - Ray Barretto 3:02
5 Royal Marcha - Robin Jones & J. Bosco de Oliviera (Raj Gupta Vocal Mix) 4:39
6 Royal Rumba - Robin Jones & J. Bosco de Oliveira (Fila Brazilia Mix) 5:16
7 Revenge Of The Orange - Maurice Fulton 7:07
8 2000 Elephants - U-ZO 6:23
9 Karam Bani - Buari 4:23
10 Bukom Mashie - Oscar Sulley & The Uhuru Dance Band 5:07
11 Pagliacci - Maynard Ferguson 5:35
12 Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith 6:05
13 Ghetto Funk - The Boris Gardner Happening Featuring Leslie Butler 3:09
14 Champ - The Mohawks 2:36
15 Sunshine Of Your Love - Spanky Wilson 3:37
16 Hold It Down - The Quantic Soul Orchestra 2:53
17 Send In The Clowns - Lorez Alexandria 3:53
18 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Kathleen Emery 3:59

Suicide Soul

Who knew suicidal depression could be so funky?



1 A Woman Will Do No Wrong - Helene Smith 2:29
2 Don't Make The Good Girls Go Bad - Della Humphrey 2:26
3 See And Don't See - Marie Queenie Lyons 3:10
4 Somebody Done Took My Baby And Gone - Joey Gilmore 3:11
5 The First Cut Is The Deepest - Norma Fraser 3:04
6 Hurts So Bad - Nancy Holloway 3:28
7 Mama - Esther Marrow 4:04
8 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Kathleen Emery 3:43
9 Home Is Where the Hatred Is - Esther Phillips 3:10
10 Brother Where Are You - Freddie Cole 4:30
11 Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City - Al Brown 3:15
12 Lonely Town, Lonely Street - Bill Withers 3:22
13 Ain't No Sunshine - Ken Boothe 2:03
14 In The Rain - Chosen Few 3:11
15 I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles 2:19
16 Don't Give A Damn - King Cain And Silvertone Band 2:37
17 Lost The Will To Live - John Ellison 2:48
18 Better Off Dead - Bill Withers 2:08
19 Let Me Down Easy - Betty Lavette 2:37
20 Going Down For The Last Time - Ronnie Keaton 2:42
21 Slipping Into Darkness - Carl Bradney 2:56
22 Dead - Cresa Watson 2:51
23 Send In The Clowns - Lorez Alexandria 3:51