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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 13:33:44 -0700
From: "F. Cobalt" <fcobalt@lycos.com>
Subject: (exotica) Umiliani's Musica Elettronica
I picked this up the other week. As soon as I saw it, I had a minor freak out, so I had to have it. I'd have to say it's definitely one of the more amazing reissues I've heard in a while. It's a big sort of bleep-bloop-squonk affair. At times it reminds me of Raymond Scott's electronic music, particularly some of the songs on the recent 2 CD set. Some of the songs are sinister. Some of them are cute. Some of them have an air of humor about them. Some are very rhythmic, but not what I would consider funky. It's for sure an interesting thing to hear for people interested in early electronic music. It's also good for Umiliani fans. I would say the more open you are to strange lounge/electronic/jazzy experimentation, the more you will enjoy it. Does that help anyone?
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With so may exotica friends posting about various radio programs I feel funny mentioning another one that you might not have time to listen too. This one has a special significance for me as it led me to dig deeper in the world of old records and artists like Esquivel, Les Baxter and Martin Denny.
WICN just started broadcasting on the web this month. I would like to direct your attention to The Saturday Jazz Matinee on 12 noon to 4PM (EST) is hosted by Joe Slezik.
There web page is www.wicn.org
Joe started DJ-ing as a young man just over 40 years ago. That golden age of records around 1957-1959 and he is still playing the same records! For instance. He has a Jack Jones LP called ôDear Heartö. He played the song ôThank Heaven For Little Girlsö (I hope I got this all right) right after his daughter was born. And he wrote the fact and date on the record cover. This has got to be the early 60Æs right? Well I was there during a pledge drive and he was still playing it!
I think Joe missed the entire Lounge revival, didnÆt know it even happened. When all these compact disk reissues started coming out I noticed that there was this entire black hole of material he seemed to avoid. Since I discovered Baxter and Denny through the UL reissues I noticed that whenever Joe played these artists he always managed to find the least exotic records possible. You wonÆt hear any mamboÆs or cha-chaÆs although he did mention Perez Prado a few weeks ago but didnÆt play him. And the closest he gets to the Bossa Nova is playing Astrud Gilberto and the Frank Sinatra Reprise LP.
But this program really swings. ItÆs still great. And you will get a really good idea what radio sounded like 40 years ago.
But then you not might like it. A list member who visited me on a Saturday to trade records listened to the program in the car for a while. He told me he had to change the station to hard rock for a while to, and I quote: "wash my brain clean of it".
Maybe you can help me figure out why the records we like to talk about here on the list were mostly ignored when they first came out? It's so obvious listening to a time capsule of a program like this one.
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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 19:10:18 -0400
From: Lou Smith <nytab@pipeline.com>
Subject: (exotica) fwd: this week's Scout Report recommended sites
Spy Fi Archives: 40 Years of TV and Movie Spy Fiction -- CIA
http://www.odci.gov/spy_fi/index.html
This new site is a companion to the Central Intelligence Agency's
Fine Arts Commission's physical exhibition of selections from Danny
Biederman's private collection of over 4,000 items related to movie
and TV spy fiction. The online exhibit features images and (some)
descriptions of 26 items from television shows such as _The Man From
U.N.C.L.E._, _The Avengers_, _Get Smart_, _Mission Impossible_, and
_Wild Wild West_, and movies such as _Our Man Flint_, _Dr. No_, and
_Austin Powers_. This unique and entertaining collection is a nice
diversion for any fan of pop culture spy TV shows and movies. [MD]
The Bureau of Atomic Tourism
http://www.atomictourist.com/
This travel guide fills a very specific niche, offering travel
information on "tourist locations around the world that have either
been the site of atomic explosions, display exhibits on the
development of atomic devices, or contain vehicles that were designed
to deliver atomic weapons." These are divided into two categories:
Atomic Museums and Sites of Atomic Explosions. Even those not
specifically planning an Atomo-centric getaway may find numerous
items of interest. For instance, on reviewing the site, I discovered
that Bikini Atoll is now considered one of the world's foremost dive
destinations, with its ghost fleet of ships sunk in A- and H-Bomb
tests. Descriptions of each location include an overview, what you'll
see, public tours dates and times, and how to get there. Links to
official and/or related sites are also provided. [MD]
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Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 00:23:51 GMT
From: "Robert McKenna" <rmckenna@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Pierre Henry Live
`la reine verte` is on one of the records of the Philips reissue of "messe
pour les temps presente" and is indeed very good. If anyone has the Fez File
record, there is a track on it called "We don┤t need any Smurfs here" which
samples "Dialogue pour une porte et une soupir" (pardon my Fench, dialogue
for a door and a sigh, I think) from side four of that record. it`s one of
my favourite "annoy people" records. It`s mostly unmanipulated tape of a
creaking door and a tubular bell partially immersed in water producing
rising and descending tones. It`s the door that annoys people though,
fascinatingly rich sound source.
The Smurf song is kind of irritating in a silly pop way too, and I`m glad
> o LP, Sensateria Records SENSA LP 1 (bootleg), UK, 1999
> o appreciation: 4
> o note: Great stuff: 20 tracks of boogaloo, soulful "now with
> lots of hand clapping, funky or bluesy Hammond
> groovers, and also some "roots of acid jazz". Nice
> cover too, but the track listing is totally screwed up:
> it doesn't match with the contents of the disk, and 1
> track from side A is duplicated on side B, which
> means that one of the listed tracks is missing, but
> which one? It's a puzzle.
I got this (via Johan himself) and loved the music: groovy organs and
all, that's really a floorshaker. Cover art is great, too. Why the
hell have Sensateria to spoil this amazing record with wrong
tracklisting and duplication of tracks? Also, another thing is a bit
disappointing, in my opinion: many tracks have already been reissued
in other discs.
Anyway, I tried my best to figure out what the correct tracklisting
is, and here's the results:
1. Quik: Bert's Apple Crumble (also on Decca's "The Mod Scene"
and Kent's "Rhythm'n'Blue Eyed Soul")
2.
3. Dr. John: One Night Late
4. Keith Mansfield: Boogaloo
5. Wynder K. Frog: I'm A Man
6. Mr. Bloe: Groovin' With Mr. Bloe
7. Augusto Alguero: Boccaccio Soul (also on Irma's "Swingin'
Cheese")
8.
9. Hombres: Let It All Out (also on Rhino's "Nuggets, vol. 12")
10. Certain Lions And Tigers: Fever
11.
12.
13. Brian Auger: Kiko (also on Drive In's "Out Of The Cool, vol. 3")
14. Keith Mansfield: Boogaloo (same as track 4)
15. Bob Crewe Orchestra: Queen's Black Beads (also on Partners In
Crime's "Mood Mosaic - The Haschish Party")
16. James Clarke: Wild Elephants (also on Blow Up's "Blow Up,
vol. 2"
17. Jack Arel: Following You (also on Virgin's "House Of Bamboo
Presents Jack Arel")
18. Merced Blue Notes: Mama Rufus (also on Kent's "Mod Jazz")
19.
20.
The tracks I didn't already know and couldn't relate to proper track
number are the remaining:
- - Dudley Moore Trio: Strip Club
- - Big Jim H: Blues For The Keyboard
- - Tony Hatch: Herbin'
- - Mohawks: Soul Organ
- - Carnaby Street Orchestra: Funky Fanfare
- - Pierre Dutour: Teenager's House
The missing track is definetely:
- - Ennio Morricone: Allegretto per signora
but you can find it in the free 7" which comes with n.1 of "Il
Giaguaro" magazine).
Hope it helps who bought this boot.
Ciao
Gionni
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Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 15:08:12 -0400
From: "m.ace" <mace@ookworld.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) That taboo subject again...
>on their own. Making the music available through an open medium like the
>internet is just another form of information sharing, and to me this is
>what makes the internet such an amazing thing. One may argue that the fact
>that the internet cannot be controlled by governments or lawyers is in many
>ways a positive thing, but I won't go there as there are two sides to every
>argument...
Well, I don't know if I would bet on that... they've barely begun to make an effort to control it, and control it they might. All of the recent court decisions have been going the way of the corporations.
A solid commentary here:
http://www.suck.com/daily/2000/09/08/
And now they've lobbied the FCC into requiring copy prevention technology on digital tvs, vcrs and set-top boxes:
A rollback of legal home-use taping seems in the works. Along with other concepts in the works (some of the e-publishing schemes), this could be setting up a future where you're not *allowed* to own anything... everything is pay-per-use instead.
Then there's the college kid in Oklahoma who was raided and had his computer equipment seized after the RIAA complained:
"We're doing some forensic review of the hard drive and determining what is there," Eaton said. "After we finish that review, we will evaluate the amount of substance he was distributing."
Substance? Sounds like the "war on drugs". If hard-line laws are passed, and backed up with hard-line enforcement, this will not be a thought-provoking parlor talk issue anymore. It'll just be scary.
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A friend really liked the music on this label and mentions it every once in a while. Apparently none of this material has been released on CD. This stuff any good?
Who owns the music on this label these days? I would not be surprised if someone here on the list knows this!
Domenic
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Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 15:27:50 -0400
From: "Br. Cleve" <bcleve@pop.tiac.net>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Sorry, no great records
At 7:43 PM -0400 9/14/00, alan zweig wrote:
>So the owner cut to the heart of the matter and replied "Look. There's
>nothing great here".
>Just as I came to a copy of Les Baxter's "Tamboo".
I gotta know....... what did this guy say when you brought all these
records up to the counter??
I used to work in a used record store where you'd be greeted with "What are
you buying this crap for?" when you come up with ez/exotica
br cleve
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Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 22:14:07 -0400
From: "B. Yost" <byost@megsinet.net>
Subject: (exotica) Seksu Roba
Tardy as usual, but I wanted to thank whoever (Kevin Leeee?) sent the
link about their band, Seksu Roba, about three weeks ago with the MP3
files. Really enjoyed it.
Loved the moog-drenched "Up Up and Away", and also what I guess are
original songs, "Velvet Star," "Venus Mysterious," "Party on Saturn,"
and "Pulsar Cruiser."
Good stuff all around; hope you'll post new stuff and remixes from time
to time.
http://www.seksuroba.com (I think) for anyone who didn't check it out
before.
- - Brad
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