Widge’s Sonic Emporium on Louder Than War Radio – 29 July 2023

Episode 7
“In the Mind-Warp Pavilion”

Welcome. Here are what passes for show notes. The reason the playlist is in the format you find it is because I really need a life. The very overwrought explanation can be found here.

Format is:
Artist/Band Name – “Song Name” – Album Name – (Band’s/Artist’s Country of Origin, Year of Song’s Original Release)

Now with Bandcamp links (where available), and if they’re not, I include Amazon links.

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The Replicants – “The Bewlay Brothers” – The Replicants – (USA, 1995)

Little Richard – “Long Tall Sally (The Thing)” — Here’s Little Richard – (USA, 1956) – Bandcamp

See what I mean? Also…I was not expecting to find any Little Richard on Bandcamp. I was pleasantly surprised.

Melody’s Echo Chamber – “You Won’t Be Missing That Part of Me” — Melody’s Echo Chamber – (France, 2012) – Bandcamp

Hot 8 Brass Band – “Take It To the House (20th anniversary version)” — Vicennial: 20 Years of the Hot 8 Brass Band – (USA, 2015) – Bandcamp

MAKU Soundsystem – “La Inevitable” – Mezcla – (USA, 2016) – Bandcamp

Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds – “La Araña” — La Araña Es La Vida – (USA, 2016) – Amazon

The music video is pretty great:

Tia Brazda – “Hard Luck” – Bandshell – (Canada, 2015) – Bandcamp

Hidden Jazz Quartett feat. Omar – “High Heels” — Raw and Cooked — (Germany/UK, 2016) – Bandcamp

I first heard the Lack of Afro Remix on Craig Charles’ show, but I actually prefer this, the original. But that’s me. Your mileage may vary.

Alice Smith – “Woodstock” — For Lovers, Dreamers & Me – (USA, 2006) – Amazon

Cuebur feat. Zano – “Brand New Me” — Essential South African House Trip 2015 – (South Africa, 2015) – Amazon

Songhoy Blues — “Voter” – Résistance – (Mali, 2017) – Bandcamp

The Very Best feat. K’NAAN – “We OK” – MTMTMK – (UK/Malawi/Canada, 2012) – Bandcamp

Somewhere I saw that the album title is supposed to stand for “More to Malawi Than Madonna’s Kids”…but I wasn’t confident enough to say so during the show itself.

Mos Def – “Sex, Love & Money” ­– The New Danger – (USA, 2004) – Amazon

Parekh & Singh – “Summer Skin” – Science City – (India, 2019) – Bandcamp

Armando Vega y su Trio Casino Tropical – “Compasión” – Casino Tropical Canta Sus Éxitos – (USA, ?)

Not sure when that original album came out, but the best place to find the track at present is probably on the compilation Nostalgique Porto Rico (Puerto Rican Roots: 1940-1960).

Nosaj Thing feat. KAZU – “Eclipse/Blue” – Home – (USA/Japan, 2013) – Bandcamp

Calypso Rose feat. Angelique Kidjo – “Wah Fu Dance” – So Calypso! – (Trinidad & Tobago, 2013) – Amazon

The other version can be found here:

Tamar Aphek – “Russian Winter” – All Bets Are Off – (Israel, 2021) – Bandcamp

The High Strung – “Ain’t That Something” – These Are Good Times – (USA, 2003) – Amazon

The Damned Things – “Something Good” – High Crimes – (USA, 2019) – Amazon

Melenas – “Tú me haces lo mismo” – Melenas – (Spain, 2017) – Bandcamp

Manu Dibango – “Ça va chouia” – Wakafrika – (French Cameroon, 1994) – Amazon

Here’s the original for the sake of comparison…

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba  feat. Majid Bekkas – “Kanougnon” – Miri – (Mali/Morocco, 2019) – Bandcamp

Dead Combo – “Mr. Eastwood” – Quando a Alma não é Pequena (Vol. II) – (Portugal, 2006) – Bandcamp

Craig Armstrong, Lewis Parker, Helen White – “Houses in Motion” – Plunkett & Macleane soundtrack – (UK, 1999) – Amazon

David Bowie feat. Maynard James Keenan & John Frusciante – “Bring Me the Disco King (lohner remix)” – Underworld soundtrack – (UK/USA, 2003) – Amazon

I have seen the remix listed as the “Renholdër remix,” “Lohner remix” and the “Loner remix.” (Renholdër’s real name is Danny Lohner, so that last one is obviously a typo.)