The Place of Len

Lenminium '08

2008-12-11T18:16:00.005-05:00

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

2008-06-11T18:13:00.001-04:00

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

2008-01-16T13:22:00.000-05:00

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

2007-01-16T13:34:00.000-05:00

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

2005-10-25T14:50:00.000-04:00

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

2005-10-22T15:14:00.000-04:00

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

2005-06-27T15:13:00.000-04:00

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

2005-06-14T13:13:00.000-04:00

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?

2005-05-02T13:16:00.000-04:00

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

2005-04-13T18:54:00.000-04:00

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

2005-03-16T17:49:00.000-05:00

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

2005-01-13T23:24:00.000-05:00

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...

2005-01-13T10:57:00.000-05:00

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

2004-12-11T19:00:00.000-05:00

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

2004-12-06T18:22:00.000-05:00

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

2003-12-11T18:53:00.002-05:00

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

2003-12-06T18:45:00.000-05:00

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