'Tales From Monographic Oceans': a journey at sea, cutting through the isthmuses of some discographies (The Meters / Neville Brothers 45, 19) 'Funk is a State of Mind.' However, also of the derrière. Yet, not only that. For a brief compendium of the music from New Orleans gifted to us by two of the greatest bands from that magical and unique 'navel of the world' (Black Africa, Voodoo Haiti, the Caribbean, transplanted Europe speaking English but also, first and foremost, French) Brother John / Iko Iko