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exotica-digest       Thursday, January 10 2002       Volume 02 : Number 1096



In This Digest:

(exotica) Juan Garcia Esquivel (1918-2002)
Re: (exotica) JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL  (1918-2002)
(exotica) Re: JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL  (1918-2002)
Re: (exotica) Re: JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL  (1918-2002)
(exotica) Sheila Chandra LP
RE: (exotica) Sheila Chandra LP
RE: (exotica) Sheila Chandra LP
Re: (exotica) Re: JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL  (1918-2002)
Re: (exotica) Album Cover Art Show In Baton Rouge, Louisiana
(exotica) MTV.com rewrites Irwin's Esquivel obit
(exotica) quick question
RE: (exotica) quick question
RE: (exotica) MTV.com rewrites Irwin's Esquivel obit
Re: (exotica) MTV.com rewrites Irwin's Esquivel obit
Re: (exotica) MTV.com rewrites Irwin's Esquivel obit
(exotica) easy listening
RE: (exotica) quick question
(exotica) Esquivel Obits at mtv.com and LATimes
Re: (exotica) Esquivel Obits at mtv.com and LATimes
(exotica) excerpts from latest Other Music newsletter
Re: (exotica) excerpts from latest Other Music newsletter
(exotica) =?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Popp_-_Popp_Musique?=
Re: (exotica) easy listening

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Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 00:23:49 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Juan Garcia Esquivel (1918-2002)

Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 00:19:39 -0500
Subject: Juan Garcia Esquivel (1918-2002)
From: Irwin Chusid


JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL (1918-2002)

Juan Garcia Esquivel, celebrated pianist, composer, bandleader, stereo
recording pioneer, and glamorous Space Age Bachelor Pad Music icon, died at
his home in Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico, on January 3, 2002. He was 83.

The death was reported by his widow, Carina Osorio vda. de Garcia, and by
his son, Mario Eddi Garcia Servin, of Taxco. According to a longtime friend,
Steve Reed, of Los Angeles, three months ago Esquivel suffered a stroke,
which had left him paralyzed on one side and unable to speak. He recovered
in a short time, but suffered a second, more severe stroke on Dec. 30. He
died four days later.

Esquivel was born on January 20, 1918, in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He
was a renowned pianist/bandleader in his native country, garnering much
acclaim on stage, television and radio. He starred in and scored two films,
"Cabaret Tragico" and "La Locura de Rock'n'Roll," before being brought to
the U.S. by RCA Victor Records in 1957. Working primarily in Hollywood, New
York, and Las Vegas, the suave maestro recorded prolifically, led an
explosive big band, and scored for several TV programs. His elegant,
idiosyncratic, and very meticulous arrangements were colored by radical
dynamic shifts, playful percussion, wordless vocals, and Esquivel's own
virtuoso keyboard runs. When it came to recording sessions, he was notorious
for budget-busting extravagance. His offstage life was filled with celebrity
hobnobbing (e.g., Sinatra, Liberace, Ernie Kovacs), romantic intrigue (he
embodied the charming Latin Lothario mystique), and unfortunate bouts of
drinking and prescription drug abuse that eventually curtailed his success.

Many of Esquivel's saucy compositions, such as "Mucha Muchacha,"
"Whatchamacallit," "Latin-Esque," and "Mini Skirt," have come to symbolize
the wild hyper-stereo orchestration of the 1950s and '60s. Ironically, his
most familiar composition -- and one for which he is little known -- is the
"Universal Emblem," a three-second blast of Wagnerian thunder which has for
decades accompanied the Universal Studios logo at the conclusion of hundreds
of television programs.

"Space Age Bachelor Pad Music," a 1994 Bar/None Records compilation of
Esquivel's 1950s-'60s RCA Victor recordings, sparked a resurgence of
interest in his work. Simpsons creator Matt Groening declared Esquivel "the
great unsung genius of space age pop." Subsequent releases, such as "Music
From a Sparkling Planet" (1995, Bar/None), "Cabaret Ma=F1ana" (1996, BMG),=
 and
the 40-years-locked-in-the-can "See It In Sound" (1999, 7N), launched his
vintage recordings into wide circulation on TV, in films and commercials,
and as background music in restaurants, lounges, and stores. Several of his
compositions have been used in the soundtracks of major Hollywood films,
including "The Big Lebowski," "Four Rooms," and "Beavis and Butt-Head Do
America." His riffs have been widely sampled and emulated by audio
mixologists and turntable wizards worldwide.

The Kronos Quartet recently commissioned and performed a string arrangement
of Esquivel's 1967 composition "Mini Skirt." The original handwritten scores
for his 24-piece orchestra no longer exist, having reportedly been hauled
away as trash years ago when rent was in arrears on a Las Vegas storage
facility.

Though he was an American citizen, Esquivel moved back to Mexico in the
1980s. For the Televisa network, he composed soundtracks for a children's TV
program, entitled "Burbujas" ("Bubbles"). He was inactive in the music
business during the 1990s, due to a broken hip and an aggravated spinal
injury which left him bedridden and unable to walk. He lived at the home of
his older brother, Sergio, in Jiutepec, until Sergio's death in 1999.
Esquivel then bought and moved to a home in Villas del Descanso, also in
Jiutepec.

In May 2001, Esquivel married 25-year-old Carina Osorio, who had assisted
the ailing legend as a home health care aide for several years. They were
wed in a simple ceremony administered by a justice of the peace at
Esquivel's home. Esquivel claimed that Carina was his sixth wife. He had
married and divorced twice while residing in the United States. He described
Carina as "a simple girl, who is attentive and honest," adding, "I am very
happy, and she is too. We both stay up until 2:00 in the morning, and she
helps me. Our house is not too big, not too small. Just for the two of us,
it is nice. It has a nice garden."

A film biography about the Space Age Pop avatar is in script development at
Fox studios, with John Leguizamo slated to star and Alexander Payne signed
to direct.

Per his wishes, Esquivel's remains were cremated, and his ashes were
returned home with Carina.

- -- Irwin Chusid 1/8/02
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Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 00:40:35 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL  (1918-2002)

Irwin... this is what the members of the Exotica list had been waiting for.
The only sigh of relief I had all day was when Cleve told me that you were
writing the obituary for the New York Times.  I was afraid it was going to
be one of their snotty "pop life" gimps like Neil Strauss, or one of their
opera and theatre snots who don't give a fuck about anyone wielding a 20th
Century cultural influence.
I just hope the Times has the decency not to cut your piece down.

I asked Cleve whether the news of El Maestro's passing had hit him hard and
he said it had.  I hope you're okay.

Carl Howard
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- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Irwin Chusid" <[e-mail]>
To: <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 12:23 AM
Subject: (exotica) JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL (1918-2002)



JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL (1918-2002)

Juan Garcia Esquivel, celebrated pianist, composer, bandleader, stereo
recording pioneer, and glamorous Space Age Bachelor Pad Music icon, died at
his home in Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico, on January 3, 2002. He was 83.




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Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 22:40:51 -0800
From: Brett Dunst <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL  (1918-2002)

Incredibly crappy news. :(

I'd like to get a shirt with his picture emblazoned on the front on it to
wear this week.  Anyone know where I could procure such an item?

Mentioned in the obit was Kronos Quartet's remix of Mini Skirt.

A quick Google search turned up this NPR story about KQ-
http://www.npr.org/programs/inrehearsal/
Click the second link.

I don't follow this list too closely, so I apologize if this has already
been posted.

I prefer the original over this rendition by a wide margin, but I think
it's just awesome to see Esquivel's work getting covered at all.  He will
be missed.  :(

- -Brett

At 10:24 PM 1/8/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 00:23:50 -0500
>From: Irwin Chusid <[e-mail]>
>Subject: (exotica) JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL  (1918-2002)
>
>JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL (1918-2002)
>
>Juan Garcia Esquivel, celebrated pianist, composer, bandleader, stereo
>recording pioneer, and glamorous Space Age Bachelor Pad Music icon, died at
>his home in Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico, on January 3, 2002. He was 83.





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Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 03:43:30 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL  (1918-2002)

The T-shirt thing, chances are you ought to just get the best image you can
from the web and do it yourself!

There is a list a mile long of Esquivel originals which have never been
covered.  About the only exceptions are "Miniskirt" and "Mucha Muchacha"...
I could be wrong, it could be just "Miniskirt."  Cleve knows.

This means that certain Esquivel signature tunes have never been approached,
among them...
"Yeyo"
"Latin-Esque" (with the marimbas panning the stereo field)
"Whatchamacallit"
"Question Mark"

...and two in this list were recorded with his stripped down Vegas combo.

So let's get crackin', people!

Carl Howard
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- ----- Original Message -----

> Incredibly crappy news. :(
>
> I'd like to get a shirt with his picture emblazoned on the front on it to
> wear this week.  Anyone know where I could procure such an item?
>
> Mentioned in the obit was Kronos Quartet's remix of Mini Skirt.
>
> A quick Google search turned up this NPR story about KQ-
> http://www.npr.org/programs/inrehearsal/
> Click the second link.
>
> I don't follow this list too closely, so I apologize if this has already
> been posted.
>
> I prefer the original over this rendition by a wide margin, but I think
> it's just awesome to see Esquivel's work getting covered at all.  He will
> be missed.  :(




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Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 16:20:40 +0100 (CET)
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sheila Chandra LP

Yesterday I picked up an LP with Sheila Chandra at a fleamarket, it is
called "Out of my own" released 1983 on INDIPOP label. I remember
Sheila Chandra from listening to radio and copying to tapes in the
early 80s, she was part of a musical movement in England (And perhaps
other countries with a large Indian population) called "INDIPOP". That
is traditional indian music blended with the popular music of the west.
Just the stuff we like. This LP is dreamy and full of exotic indian
instruments, whereas much of the new wawe and pop of the 80s has faded
into crap for me this still has a deep impact, making it touching and
in the best parts psychedelic. Since I started listening to the
American exotica of earlier years, I have had little time to
explore "new" areas of music. Well this LP, and yes I remember some of
the tracks quite well from old tapes I made, got me encouraged to seek
out "later" exotic stuff. Does anyone know anything about what happened
to Sheila Chandra? I would say she is in her teens on this LP. Are
there other indian artists worth seeking out from early 80s England? I
used to own another LP with Sheila Chandra, but sold it to a local
dealer 15 years ago. It is probably still available in his record shop.

I remember hearing amazing Carribean stuff, also done by 2nd generation
indian population on the west indies, blending calypso/soca reggea with
sitars and tablas, and that special "soul" from India. Any expert on
that here?

Thanks for reading, and hello to all friends!
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Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 15:38:45 -0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: (exotica) Sheila Chandra LP

Hey Magnus! Good to hear from you.
I don't know if you know but this list is closing down, or at least being
replaced. there is a recent message from Laszlo (Ernie Longmuire) in the
archives with details on the new list

> Yesterday I picked up an LP with Sheila Chandra at a fleamarket, it is
> called "Out of my own" released 1983 on INDIPOP label. I remember
> Sheila Chandra from listening to radio and copying to tapes in the
> early 80s, she was part of a musical movement in England (And perhaps
> other countries with a large Indian population) called "INDIPOP".
>
I believe Sheila Chandra is still recording (or if not was until very
recently), I have a single she did with Monsoon from the very early eighties
'So Lonely' a nice blend of sitars and eighties crap pop.  I'm very fond of
it still.

> I remember hearing amazing Carribean stuff, also done by 2nd generation
> indian population on the west indies, blending calypso/soca reggea with
> sitars and tablas, and that special "soul" from India. Any expert on
> that here?
>
There were some sitars on some Dub Syndicate / On-U sound records, and also
the Suns of Arqa LPs from the mid eighties on,  hard to find and very
collectible on vinyl, a lot has been re-issued recently on CD.
As for the Indian Soul, I'd say maybe you were thinking of things like the
Bollywood Breaks LP from last year on the outcaste label.

> Thanks for reading, and hello to all friends!
>
Hope you're travels were worthwhile, and your back for a while,

Take care.

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Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 15:44:36 -0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: (exotica) Sheila Chandra LP

> > I remember hearing amazing Carribean stuff, also done by 2nd generation
> > indian population on the west indies, blending calypso/soca reggea with
> > sitars and tablas, and that special "soul" from India. Any expert on
> > that here?
> There were some sitars on some Dub Syndicate / On-U sound records, and
> also
> the Suns of Arqa LPs from the mid eighties on,  hard to find and very
> collectible on vinyl, a lot has been re-issued recently on CD.
> As for the Indian Soul, I'd say maybe you were thinking of things like the
> Bollywood Breaks LP from last year on the outcaste label.
>
Of course my inability to read means I missed out on the more intriguing
part of this post.  I've never heard of this,  not even from close friends
who are Indian Guyanan.  Sounds intriguing, I hope someone does know more.

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Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 17:56:05 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL  (1918-2002)

In a message dated 1/9/02 3:51:56 AM, [e-mail] writes:

<< here is a list a mile long of Esquivel originals which have never been

covered.  About the only exceptions are "Miniskirt" and "Mucha Muchacha"...

I could be wrong, it could be just "Miniskirt."  Cleve knows. >>

I sure don't, but I DO know that Cleve is now in the West Indies doing a
week-long DJ stint and vacationing with his betrothed...I do believe he will
survive this!...He once asked Esquivel what music he would be into today and
Esquivel told him "Electronica". I got that straight from the horse's mouth.
I DID say "mouth" Cleve...JB


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Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 18:08:42 -0600
From: paul dean <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Album Cover Art Show In Baton Rouge, Louisiana

on 1/7/02 11:31 AM, chuck at [e-mail] wrote:

>
> Hi everyone
>
> I went to an album cover art show put on by our own exoticat Paul
> Dean aka Dj squeaky at Luxuria Music.  Paul is a good friend and
> has an incredible lp collection.  The show Paul put on has its
> official opening this Weds night in Baton Rouge LA. There are
> around 135 lp covers on display in a beautiful and peaceful art
> gallery.  Paul has made a cool comp to play as at the show.
>
> The show is called "Whipped Cream and Other Delights"
>

Yes, that's right Chuck. Thanks for mentioning this, and thanks for all your
advice and support.  I've been so busy tweakin' the show that I haven't been
keeping up with the list, but the opening is . . . TONIGHT, from 7-9!

This list has turned me on to so much hardcore classic exotica, and it's
reflected in the show and the "site-specific soundtrack."  I'll post the
list of songs, if anyone is interested.

The Baton Rouge Gallery is located at 1442 City Park Avenue, and is open
every day but monday from noon to 6pm. The show is up until February 1st. If
you'll be in town, e-mail me first and I'll give you a guided tour!


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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 08:43:00 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) MTV.com rewrites Irwin's Esquivel obit

From MTV.com:

Space-Age Melody Maker Esquivel Dies
01.09.2002 5:21 PM EST

Juan Garcia Esquivel, the '60s lounge music composer who became a belated hero
for a community of '90s post-angst alternative irony buffs, died at his home in
Jiutepac, Morelos, Mexico on January 3. He was 83.

The musician had been bedridden with a back injury for nearly 10 years. Three
months ago he suffered a stroke that left him unable to speak and caused
paralysis in one-half of his body. He had a second stroke on December 30 that
led to his death.

Esquivel was born on January 20, 1918 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. In his
youth he was a popular pianist and bandleader in his homeland, and was a
regular attraction on Mexican radio and television. He studied briefly at the
Juilliard School in New York and scored and starred in two Mexican movies,
"Cabaret Tragico" and "Las Locuras del Rock 'n' Roll," and at age 29 was lured
back to the U.S. by RCA Victor Records, which signed him to a recording career.

At the time, record labels were only beginning to release stereo albums, and
Esquivel fully explored the medium, integrating panning and sonic separation
into his winsome melodies.

Between 1957 and 1967 Esquivel wrote and released 11 studio albums of
effervescent, easy-listening pop flecked with strange galactic sound effects,
quirky noises and instrumentation that was exotic for the time (theremin, early
Fender-Rhodes keyboards, Chinese bells and bass accordion).

His most played composition, however, is "Universal Emblem," a
three-second-long flurry of sound that has for decades accompanied the
Universal Studios logo at the end of hundreds of television shows.

In the '80s Esquivel returned to Mexico, where he worked on music for a
children's TV show.

In 1994, in response to a renewed underground interest in kitschy martini-pop,
Bar/None Records issued the Esquivel compilation Space Age Bachelor Pad Music.
Other collections followed, including Music From a Sparkling Planet (1995) and
Merry Xmas From the Space-Age Bachelor Pad (1996). Esquivel's whimsical
melodies were also featured in numerous films, including "The Big Lebowski,"
"Four Rooms" and "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America."

"The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening has called Esquivel "the great unsung
genius of space age pop." Although Esquivel enjoyed a career revival in the
'90s, a broken hip and aggravated spinal injury left him bedridden and unable
to walk. But while he was musically incapacitated, he retained his Austin
Powers-like taste for indulgence. In May 2001, at the age of 82, he married his
25-year-old home health care worker, Carina Osario, his sixth wife.

After his death he was cremated and his ashes were sent home to his wife. He is
survived by his son Mario Eddi Garcia Servin.





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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 08:10:42 -0800
From: "jonathan richardson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) quick question

Got a quick question, this might be something for otto, anyway. What is the
name of the famous exotica artist who did the blue face lady paintings?
Tretchkof or something like that, is there a site where I can find more
info.

thanks

also, you might call it a lounge revival, but I ve been noticing a lot of
press about lounge and exotica music which has been overhauled and found
anew by calling it "Easy Listening" the new Collections magazine, has more
than one article on this "easy listening" revival, as well as funky
soundtracks etc. Collections is an offshoot of Mojo magazine, I believe, and
is geared more toward collectiing records and their prices (in pounds as it
is a british mag)

has anyone else noticed this new resurgance in the genre.

thanks

- -jonny yuma





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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 16:23:46 -0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: (exotica) quick question

Don't know where you're based, but theres something been bubbling up here
again recently, more actually 'Lounge' (or do I mean vocal) than previously,
we've had TV shows on the ratpack and various heavily promoted ratpack and
'Las Vegas' CD collections. 'Come fly with me' re-issued on vinyl. I've been
asked to do a lounge night once a week at a pub.
Although as I mentioned a while back I heard Denny's 'quiet village' played
at a Japanese rock gig.
Perhaps someone will press up some decent Sammy Davis Jnr.

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> also, you might call it a lounge revival, but I ve been noticing a lot of
> press about lounge and exotica music which has been overhauled and found
> anew by calling it "Easy Listening" the new Collections magazine, has more
>
> than one article on this "easy listening" revival, as well as funky
> soundtracks etc. Collections is an offshoot of Mojo magazine, I believe,
> and
> is geared more toward collectiing records and their prices (in pounds as
> it
> is a british mag)
> has anyone else noticed this new resurgance in the genre.
> thanks
> -jonny yuma
>


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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:20:10 +0100
From: "Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) MTV.com rewrites Irwin's Esquivel obit

> Juan Garcia Esquivel, the '60s lounge music composer who became a
> belated hero
> for a community of '90s post-angst alternative irony buffs,

Dear MTV,

I am not a post-angst alternative irony buff.

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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:54:16 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) MTV.com rewrites Irwin's Esquivel obit

Well they may have cut it up somewhat, but that's standard copy editing.  I
imagine they're entitled to do so.  At least I can not see that they
introduced any falsehoods in the text.  I was more worried what the New York
Times would do to his legacy than what MTV would do to Irwin's copy - by the
way I am positive they will not pay Irwin, and I am positive they did not
specifically advise Irwin they intended to use his obituary.

Unless things have changed recently, they snot-assed New York Times has
still not run an obituary.  If I am wrong, I will post the link here.

Carl Howard
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- ----- Original Message -----

>
> From MTV.com:
>
> Space-Age Melody Maker Esquivel Dies
> 01.09.2002 5:21 PM EST
>
> Juan Garcia Esquivel, the '60s lounge music composer who became a belated
hero
> for a community of '90s post-angst alternative irony buffs, died at his
home in
> Jiutepac, Morelos, Mexico on January 3. He was 83.




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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:05:40 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) MTV.com rewrites Irwin's Esquivel obit

Dear MTV, I am not an irony buff.  I am an iron buff.  I am even now driving
to your Times Square location to pour piping hot iron ore over all your
sickening little teenyboppers.  You'll love it.  Ironically.

Carl Howard
Ohio Regional WUV Supervisor
Alien Abduction Coordinator
Communist Dupe Extraordinaire


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>
> > Juan Garcia Esquivel, the '60s lounge music composer who became a
> > belated hero
> > for a community of '90s post-angst alternative irony buffs,
>
> Dear MTV,
>
> I am not a post-angst alternative irony buff.




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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:30:22 -0500
From: "A.Zweig" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) easy listening

At 08:10 AM 1/10/02 -0800, jonathan richardson wrote:
>
>also, you might call it a lounge revival, but I ve been noticing a lot of
>press about lounge and exotica music which has been overhauled and found
>anew by calling it "Easy Listening" the new Collections magazine, has more
>than one article on this "easy listening" revival, as well as funky
>soundtracks etc.

I always called it easy listening.  Maybe it's being "revived" because that
term is somewhat more palatable - or less suspect - than "lounge" which has
very specific cultural associations.
There's a LOT of music in the "indie rock" scene that is very easy
listening related.  A lot of heavily orchestrated, string-laden music.
Much of which I love by the way.
Rock bands are actually getting positive press simply for putting strings
all over their music.
And certain records from the past are occasionally referred to as
touchstones for this "new sound".  For instance a Sinatra record that I
personally love, though I think it's hated by most diehard Sinatra fans.
"Watertown". It was on a list that Bob Pollard - he of Guided by Voices (an
indie band with utter indie credibility)- made called "Records I'm
listening to on the bus" or some such thing.
There's also the popularity last year of two "reissues".  The Shuggie Otis
record and the new/old David Axelrod record, both of which could be
described as easy listening.  Lots of strings, orchestration, slow passages
etc.
So it wouldn't surprise me if there was an easy listening revival.
And soundtracks, well they're still constantly namechecked by DJ's and
samplers and electronica stars.
However I'm not sure this will ever amount to a revival or create the
flurry of reissues that occurred with the lounge revival.  And personally I
hope it won't happen.
I find that a lot of music fans half my age know WAY more about the music
of the past than I did at their age.  I may have been aware of old blues or
something but they seem to have a much wider view of things.
I'm careful not to make too many recommendations to them.  "Oh if you like
that Flaming Lips record with all the strings, then you'll probably like
these records which also have string sections".
(Just like I don't recommend the new easy listening to you guys.)
But they seem to wish I would.
And the hip CD store around here has tons of reissues and old classics
mixed in with the new stuff.
So let's just call it a rethinking rather than a revival.

AZ




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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 19:00:34 +0100
From: "Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) quick question

Jonny asked:

> also, you might call it a lounge revival, but I ve been noticing a lot of
> press about lounge and exotica music which has been overhauled and found
> anew by calling it "Easy Listening"
>
> has anyone else noticed this new resurgance in the genre.

Yes, apparently there is something going on. I hadn't really noticed, until
I got an e-amil from a journalist from the Dutch 'Lounge' magazine (not a
music magazine, but some glossy publication for yuppies, young executives,
or whatever). He wanted to do an interview with me about easy listening and
my record collection.
Of course I said yes, so the interview took place last thursday. We talked
extensively about the genres that we discuss here (easy listening, exotica,
lounge, space age pop) and artists like Baxter, Denny, Esquivel. Along the
way all kinds of subjects came up: library music, moog records, soundtracks,
German easy listening (James Last and the like), etc. etc.
Apparently the reason this journalist was interested in the subject is
because is there a connection with the lounge trend in currect dance
(house/techno) music. I'm not familiar with most of the names that he
mentioned, but people like Kruder & Dorfmeister are apparently mixing all
kinds of references to easy listening, soundtracks, moog records etc. into
their own music.

The interview, by the way, will be published in march.

Marco

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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:04:38 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Esquivel Obits at mtv.com and LATimes

http://latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-000002447jan10.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2Dobituaries

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451713/20020109/story.jhtml




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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:13:05 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Esquivel Obits at mtv.com and LATimes

To be honest, I think Richard Cromelin at the LA Times did pretty well.  OF
course to TRULY be Esquivel, the exclamation point also precedes the name...

íEsquivel!

... but for us Yanquis, I guess the standard sinlg eor double exclamation
point will do.

Carl Howard
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>
http://latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-000002447jan10.story?coll=la%2Dnews%2D
obituaries
>
> http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451713/20020109/story.jhtml.




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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:40:53 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) excerpts from latest Other Music newsletter

ANDRE POPP "Popp Musique" (Tricatel, France) CD $16.99
RealAudio: http://64.27.65.90:8080/ramgen/othermusic/andrpop1.rm
RealAudio: http://64.27.65.90:8080/ramgen/othermusic/andrpop2.rm
Bertrand Burgalat acknowledges his enormous debt to French
orchestral composer Andre Popp with this compilation. Popp's
graceful, polished visions infiltrated so many areas of France's
musical landscape from the '50s through the '70s, providing a
sound as essential as Michel LeGrand or Frances Lai--possibly
more so. Popp's vision was always extraordinarily creative, in the
service of something very mainstream and pop, a la Burt
Bacharach's complexities. He set baroque, romantic frames for
vocalists such as Claudine Longet (his composition, 'Love is
Blue', is well familiar, but unfortunately from Paul Mauriat's
much inferior instrumental version, which was, for you trivia
hounds, the last instrumental to hit #1 in the U.S.), Marie
Laforet, Astrud Gilberto, even Herman's Hermits and Francoise
Hardy (the last not incl. on this disc). Just the same, he had a
mastery of the Brazilian pop form, adding the steady thudding
drums to French elegance for the group Maracana. Some of his
laciest, most exquisite pop was made sans vocalist, like the
thudding, ridiculously fun 'Musique Mechanique' (1956) to the
bounding, tense, 'Laura Mia' (1974). A perfect introduction to the
man, with 20 tracks both vocal and instrumental. For those already
familiar with him, you'll be happy to know there is no overlap
between this title and those excellent CDs on the Basta label. [RE]

[V/A] "Popshopping Vol. 2" (Crippled Dick Hot Wax, Germany) CD
$15.99
RealAudio: http://64.27.65.90:8080/ramgen/othermusic/pschirma.rm
RealAudio: http://64.27.65.90:8080/ramgen/othermusic/hgehlen.rm
Volume two of the popular collection of music for commercials,
library musics, and incidental musics of '60s and '70s from
Europe, mostly Germany. The most obvious influences on these
composers: Morricone, Peter Thomas (Thomas is also
included), '60's Hot Rod culture, and quaint retro sleaze. A
lengthy 27 tracks span 1962-1977. Superb. [RE]

[V/A] "Institute of Sonology: Early Electronic Music 1959-69" (Sub
Rosa, Belgium) CD $15.99
RealAudio: http://64.27.65.90:8080/ramgen/othermusic/bruynel.rm
RealAudio: http://64.27.65.90:8080/ramgen/othermusic/boehmer.rm
The work that took place at the Institute of Sonology equals, and
maybe even surpasses, that of the Columbia/Princeton studios.
The Institute was a spinoff of the famous Philips studios, a bunch
of rare and expensive equipment moved by Philips to the Univ. of
Utrecht in the late '50s. The composers that used this studio were
lucky indeed, and certainly didn't sleep on their good fortune.
Painting the world with electronic sound, the tracks bubble,
gurgle, and blast brilliantly, and are the German antecedents,
massively influential on the work that's come from Cologne and
even Vienna for the last decade. This CD contains one piece each
by Dick Raaijmakers, Frits Weiland, Ton Bruynel, Konrad
Boehmer, Gottfried Michael Koenig and Rainer Riehn. [RE]





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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:48:00 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) excerpts from latest Other Music newsletter

I have two of three of these now, and I will get both volumes of Popshopping
when I get some money.  But not from Other Music - someplace I saw had them
for less.  But anyway - I can personally vouch for the grooviness of the
other two!

Carl Howard
Ohio Regional WUV Supervisor
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Communist Dupe Extraordinaire


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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 19:43:32 +0100
From: "Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) =?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Popp_-_Popp_Musique?=

From www.othermusic.com:

ANDRE POPP "Popp Musique" (Tricatel, France) CD $16.99
RealAudio: http://64.27.65.90:8080/ramgen/othermusic/andrpop1.rm
RealAudio: http://64.27.65.90:8080/ramgen/othermusic/andrpop2.rm
Bertrand Burgalat acknowledges his enormous debt to French
orchestral composer Andre Popp with this compilation. Popp's
graceful, polished visions infiltrated so many areas of France's
musical landscape from the '50s through the '70s, providing a
sound as essential as Michel LeGrand or Frances Lai--possibly
more so. Popp's vision was always extraordinarily creative, in the
service of something very mainstream and pop, a la Burt
Bacharach's complexities. He set baroque, romantic frames for
vocalists such as Claudine Longet (his composition, 'Love is
Blue', is well familiar, but unfortunately from Paul Mauriat's
much inferior instrumental version, which was, for you trivia
hounds, the last instrumental to hit #1 in the U.S.), Marie
Laforet, Astrud Gilberto, even Herman's Hermits and Francoise
Hardy (the last not incl. on this disc). Just the same, he had a
mastery of the Brazilian pop form, adding the steady thudding
drums to French elegance for the group Maracana. Some of his
laciest, most exquisite pop was made sans vocalist, like the
thudding, ridiculously fun 'Musique Mechanique' (1956) to the
bounding, tense, 'Laura Mia' (1974). A perfect introduction to the
man, with 20 tracks both vocal and instrumental. For those already
familiar with him, you'll be happy to know there is no overlap
between this title and those excellent CDs on the Basta label. [RE]
http://www.othermusic.com/perl-bin/OM/CD_Add_To_Cart.cgi?sku=09999222222&ref
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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:37:02 -0800
From: crymad <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) easy listening

"A.Zweig" wrote:
>
> (Just like I don't recommend the new easy listening to you guys.)
> But they seem to wish I would.

Yes, please do.  Personally, I'm much more apt to describe my musical
interests with the term "easy listening" than "lounge" or "exotica" -- I
just think "easy listening" seems more unassuming.

As for new easy listening, I've been enjoying Nobukazu Takemura's light
melodic work he puts out under the alias Child's View.

- --crymad


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