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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 18:58:07 -0500
From: recliner <recliner@maine.rr.com>
Subject: (exotica) Perfect Percussion
Here's an LP that I don't recall ever being mentioned.
"Perfect Percussion" by Roy Harte and Milt Holland and their 44
instruments (World Pacific 1405) 1961.
Great stuff. It has elements of Martin Denny in the wide array of ethnic
percussion instruments and the tasteful use there of, that is they play
'em as musical instruments and not merely as gimmicks. It also has an
equal flavoring of Cal Tjader -like jazz improvisation, with emphasis of
vibes as the lead instrument. I've only listened to this a few times
but I can already tell that this is destine for the top albums list.
tracks:
The Kick
Enchantment
Dance of the Siamese Children
That Old Devil Moon
Not Since Ninevah
Misty
Moonray
Getting to Know You
Frank
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 19:22:49 -0500
From: recliner <recliner@maine.rr.com>
Subject: (exotica) Fassett and Flamenco Twist
A few more recent finds..
Jim Fassett's Symphony of the Birds (Ficker Records 1002)
Many of you are familiar with the tape manipulation madness of Fassett.
Truly wacky stuff. Imagine taking various bird call recordings and by
speeding up and slowing down the tapes and carefully selecting the
sections of the calls and then weaving this mess into a musical
composition! Sure, now we have sampling which takes the special touch
out of this process , "any one can do it". But, to me, what gives
Fassett's work much of its charm (if not weirdness) is the relatively
primitive recording techniques that make the bottom layers of the
recording sound muddy and very odd. Much the same quality (of lack there
of) of the Giulemi album. I'd love to hear those muddy tones from a CD!
I have a thing about 50's and 60's flamenco albums, now that I think
about it I started collecting these years before I was aware of my
interest in the easy listening stuff. I'll always pick up an inexpensive
flamenco album simply because it's flamenco. That was the reason why I
picked up Spanish Fire by Los Chavales DeEspana. It wasn't until I got
home that I noticed that this album is way beyond flamenco. Imagine
flamenco played by a 50's dance band and fronted by a handful of
guitarists and dancers.Yow! The obvious show stopper is a tune called
Flamenco Twist which is everything this seemingly incompatible
combination brings to mind.
Everybody twist, Ole!
Frank
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 02:12:26 +0200
From: Moritz R <exotica@munich.netsurf.de>
Subject: (exotica) Lee Hazlewood live at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 29th of June 1999
The ratings:
1. LEE HAZLEWOOD CONCERT
Celebrity presence -+
Opening bands (incl. Harry Dean Stanton) ---
Hazlewood-band "L.H."-T-shirts -
Lee Hazlewood slacker outfit +
Face recognition ---
Moustache (none)
Hair coloring +
Voice sound ++++
Entertainment factor +++
Backgroundmusic ---++
Song selection +-
Concept +++
Concept realization --
Medley ---
Magic +-
Event legendaribility +++
2. TRADER VIC'S OF LONDON
(Transfer organisation ---)
General interieur design situation +++
Singular artworks ++
Service -
Chicken wings ---
Orchid in Tiki Bowl ++
Live Brazilian solo guitar player/singer +
Nice Scottish guys ++
Cigar +++
3. LONDON IN GENERAL
Busses ++
Night bus 73 ----
Crowd in hot tube ---
Weather +-
Sir John Soane's Museum ++
Sir Sigmund Freud Museum +
Sir Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum +
National Gallery ++
McDonald's Lamb McSpicey ++
Khan's Indian Restaurant +++
Regent's Park +++
Spital flee market --
Pocket money set back rate -
Mo
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:57:25 -0700
From: Larson/Thomas <jlarson1@san.rr.com>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Rhino's Cocktail Mixes
> Rhino's Bachelor's Guide To The Galaxy
it's one of the better CD comps, I'd have to say, along with the RCA History of Space Age Pop series.
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:50:06 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Electro Lounge
In a message dated 6/29/99 1:31:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
lazlo@studio-nibble.com writes:
<< I may have missed discussion of this one. After only one listen I like it,
but I like most of the remixers anyway. Was this disc originally destined
for
the Ultra-Lounge series?
>>
One would think! But only because they used so many UL sound bites in the
recordings. I think this is one of those love it or leave it things. The CD
has yet to grow on me after about a 1/2 dozen listens.
The Caravan song is the best of the bunch. The whole thing is sort of disco
beat meets exotica (and I don't mean that in a good way). Just my opinion.
(And yes I DO like some disco).
Oh, I bought it from some dude on Ebay and it was a cut-out. What do you
think of that???
Tiki Bob
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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 23:32:36 EDT
From: BasicHip@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Swing For A Crime/Sounds For Little Ones
<< Sounds For Little Ones is a cd of field recordings..... The label is
"Dish" >>
The two behind this CD, Melinda Simon and Mark Fay (off the top of my head),
also did another called "One Of One - Snapshots In Sound". It is a
collection of Record-Your-Own-Voice material from way back when these
machines were popular. Along the lines of Pea's great effort, "Lucas and
Friends Discover A World Of Sound".
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 00:17:41 -0400
From: "Br. Cleve" <bcleve@pop.tiac.net>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Electro Lounge
At 2:30 PM -0600 6/29/99, Ernie Longmire/Lazlo Nibble wrote:
>I may have missed discussion of this one. After only one listen I like it,
>but I like most of the remixers anyway. Was this disc originally destined for
>the Ultra-Lounge series?
Yes. It was scheduled to be released back in early '97 as "Ultra Lounge:
The Acid Lounge". There was to be a companion volume called "Ultra Lounge:
New Sounds For Now" that was supposed to feature ComEd, 4 Piece Suit, Big
Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Blue Hawaiians, and a few others. Oh yeah, and me; I
had three tracks on it. Both releases got caught up between Capitol and
Brad Benedict, who was trying to start up an UltraLounge boutique label (he
eventually did start one for BBVDaddy). Maybe it'll come out
someday............
br cleve
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 01:23:23 -0500
From: mimim@texas.net (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: /poet guy
Hey Domenic,
How about some T. Monk piano solos? I've used that at readings -- so nice.
(Actually stole, er, appropriated the idea from another poet, but more on
that later) Some exotica might work -- great idea about Denny -- but stay
away from the heavier percussion stuff unless you have a chance to rehearse
or coordinate beforehand. The trick is, you don't want the rhythms and
sounds of poet guy DaveDan and the music duking it out for ear space.
Another thought: if the poems are mellow or bluesy, why not the blue side
from Mancini's Blues and the Beat or cuts from Variations? I had fun once
reading some love poems over Jackie Gleason's Music, Martinis and Memories
for a Valentine's Day radio show.
If you have access to a shop with listening stations, check out a couple of
poets reading their stuff over music: Allen Ginsburg (The Lion for Real)
and John Sinclair (?? Title) use music well on their poetry CDs, and
they're still available. Sinclair has written poems with rhythmic patterns
meant to mimic Monk's sprung rhythms -- listen to Sinclair's Ruby My Dear
for a demo.
Chuck in New Orleans: Do you happen to know the name of the Sinclair
disk? He lives and broadcasts in the Big EZ now.
Giorno Poetry Systems also put out TONS of recordings, most of which
are tragically outta print. Jayne Cortez did some fine word jazz in the
late 70s, early 80s but her recordings are very very rare. Joy Harjo, a
Native American poet, plays sax with her band Poetic Justice and recites on
Letter from the End of the 20th Century, but that's probably real hard to
get too. If you have time to track down only one CD, go for Ginsberg's The
Lion for Real. Hal Willner produced, so the musicians are the best and the
recordings fabuloso. I especially love his Gregory Corso's Story with Bill
Frisell, and Guru with Steve Swallow.
For appropriate beatnik atmospherics, you might toss some Babs Gonzales
(sp?) and Ken Nordine word jazz into your mix. Kerouac recordings w/ and
w/o music are also available. Either way, have fun. And please let us know
how it all works out!
May the Spirit of Maynard G. Krebs guide you,
Mimi
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 03:06:47 -0400 (EDT)
From: delicado@cheerful.com
Subject: re: (exotica) Rhino's Cocktail
>Someone on the list about 2 months ago said there was a comp CD that was the only one he had come across in which he liked every song on the CD. Is it one of the Rhino Cocktail Mix CD's???
I believe this was me, and so I would have been talking about Rhino's Cocktail Mix volume 4, 'soundtracks with a twist'. John Barry, Francis Lai, Ennio Morricone, Quincy Jones, George Duning, Henry Mancini, Alex North, Michel Legrand, Burt Bacharach, Lalo Schifrin... It really is a seamlessly brilliant compilation.
The cover is rather ugly, but the disc and liner notes are excellent.
