The Story of Lenin and Emily of The Flying Seeds

Some time ago, in a city high in the Andes, Lenin dreamed of playing his music in a faraway land. Meanwhile, in a tiny apartment in Boston, Emily wrote songs and dreamed of meeting a musician from another corner of the world.

One day Emily was offered a free ticket to hear a traveling Peruvian band at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston. Late to the performance, her ears were drawn to the haunting flute and guitar melodies, played by a hypnotic and talented musician. A week later, by chance, Emily encountered Lenin again. They began to spend time together whenever he was in town, combining Northeast nature songs with melodies and instruments from the mountains  of Peru.

The result of those first several years was “Street Songs and Meadow Music, Volume I,”  a soft, somatic sound that, when allowed, gives the listener an experience similar to drinking a home brewed, mildly psychotropic beverage that is synched with the pulse of the earth. 

Lenin and Emily are currently living in Maine – more songs coming soon!

Below is an interview with Alcides Delgado on on the program “Cordillera de los Andes,” on Radio TSF98 in Normandy, France (in Spanish and French):  

Individual Bios:

Lenin Sabino – Producer, Songwriter, Singer, Arranger, Multi-instrumentalist. Lenin graduated from Daniel Alomia Robles Conservatory, and plays a variety of string and wind instruments, including: pan flute, quena, quenacho, toyo, charango, ronroco, classical and electric guitar, and bass.  As a songwriter and arranger, he excels at inventing intricate instrumental layers, listening for simple, memorable guitar and flute melodies that flow like water around vocals and rhythmic textures.
Lenin is also a member of the Peruvian band, Yaros, whose songs can be heard on radio stations throughout Peru.

Emily Sabino – Singer, Songwriter, Visual Artist. Emily’s songs are a slow burn, expressing a more elemental connection with the sun, moon, stars, water, plants, trees and all living things. Her aim is to capture a slice of the earth magic and expanded perspective that is available to all when listening to the natural world.  She is inspired by mystical lyrics from timeless troubadour songs, where meaning changes and unfolds slowly after repeated listenings. Her art website is SonicUplift.com.