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exotica-digest       Saturday, October 28 2000       Volume 02 : Number 827



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(exotica) Re: Finding Siesta releases on the www
Re: (exotica) Soulful Strings? I think.....
Re: (exotica) Soulful Strings? I think.....
(exotica) Re: Finding Siesta releases on the www
(exotica) Goblin to appear live.....Boo!
(exotica) [obit] Luke Wills
(exotica) GG. Allin Doll
(exotica) Goblin to appear live.....Boo!
(exotica) software question
(exotica) Testing
RE: (exotica) Friendly Persuasion Radio spotlights Siesta RecordsThis Week!
Re: (exotica) Testing
(exotica) in the mood for love
RE: (exotica) dave pike
RE: (exotica) Soulful Strings? I think.....
(exotica) New Releases (Senor Coconut, Dimitri from Paris)
Re: (exotica) GODSPEED! YOU BLACK EMPEROR
Re: (exotica) Florida trip
(exotica) Piero Umiliani Q
Re: (exotica) in the mood for love
(exotica) Tipsy
Re: (exotica) Tipsy
(exotica) Tiki Culture in Alabama
Re: (exotica) GODSPEED! YOU BLACK EMPEROR
(exotica) Martin Denny Ghosts
Re: (exotica) Tipsy
Re: (exotica) Tipsy
Re: (exotica) New Releases (Senor Coconut, Dimitri from Paris)
Re: (exotica) Martin Denny Ghosts
(exotica) "Fantastica" webcast: Central European WINTER Time versus GMT
(exotica) Note from JEAN-JACQUES PERREY  < < < < <

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 14:55:45 -0700
From: Christine Karkow <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Finding Siesta releases on the www

Thank you Chuck!  I'm a going to those sites right now-as broke as I am, I
consider these CD's to be necesities, right up there with food and liquor,
so I'm allowed to spend the $$$


christine



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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:16:59 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Soulful Strings? I think.....

In a message dated 10/25/0 4:31:20 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I traded the music of Gamble and Huff for the Groovin with... record and I
>felt like I got way the better of the deal.   It was partly because, though
>I am familiar with some tunes of G&H, I didn't really know the ones there.

Better reason to keep it than to trade it

>But more than that, there's this really heavy drumbeat on Groovin and it's
>just not there on G&H which is a bit more mellow.
>In other words, I don't think you're missing much.

Philly soul is by definition mellow..As one guy said about Philly Soul in
"Last Night A DJ Saved My Life", a must read, "they took the funk and they
put a bow-tie on it" Perfect for an easy listener I'd think!...JB


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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 20:41:03 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Soulful Strings? I think.....

That's funny!  I just came back from L.A. (I went there and San Diego for
my birthday) and I found:

Groovin' with the Soulful Strings
Orienta - Markko Polo Adventurers (finally!!!)
Sound of Tony Hatch

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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 23:04:38 -0700
From: Christine Karkow <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Finding Siesta releases on the www

Hi Chuck-you live in the Big Easy, and I'm in the Biggest Little City,
another sin-type place, Reno.  I too have been in love with music and vinyl
since I was one-digit aged.  The first record I bought was "Hocus Pocus by
Focus"  when I was 7.  Pretty funny.


christine



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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 09:17:20 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Goblin to appear live.....Boo!

Check this out:

http://hometown.aol.com/cfvimports/cultcon2000.html=20

- - Nate




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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 10:15:11 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Luke Wills

http://elvispelvis.com/lukewills.htm

The last of Bob Wills' brothers has died at age 80. See above link for details.


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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 10:26:05 -0500
From: Matthew Marchese <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) GG. Allin Doll

Hopefully, the final word on the subject.

WARNING: site contains naughty werdz.

http://www.rocktribe.aldebaran.co.uk/asp/article.asp?id=182

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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:26:17 -0400
From: Peter Gingerich <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Goblin to appear live.....Boo!

Awesome!!
  But I can't quite figure it out: its says only 3 day pass holders have
access to the show, but then if you have not purchased a pass there is a
seperate entrance fee of $15....kinda one of those oxymoronic things..

pg



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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 12:00:45 -0400
From: Peter Ledebur <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) software question

I'm ready to make the leap into digital production (mostly for transferring
vinyl to CD) and wanted to ask any Mac folks out there what they use. I've
heard Bias Peak LE mentioned, but Bias' site doesn't really have much
in-depth info about it. Apparently Adaptec Jam comes bundled with it (at
$199 that's about twice the cost of Peak LE alone) but I'm not sure if
that's something I need.

Everyone's had such glowing things to say about Sound Forge, but that's for
PC only. Please help me out here!


Thanks in advance,

Peter
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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 12:58:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Testing

My email was down from the Exotica list.

This is a Test.
Geez I thought the list only picked on Mo!


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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:03:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Friendly Persuasion Radio spotlights Siesta RecordsThis Week!

Hi Benito

Thanks for the 2 links below.  I think tweekitten is fantastic.
The ease of the site, its top 100 list and its search engine by
label are amazing.  Even better,  the real audio is almost
instantaneous, WOW!

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

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Date: 26 Oct 2000 16:07:53 -0400
From: Eric Taub <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Testing

This is the first email I got from the list since this morning.

On Thursday, October 26, 2000, chuck <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>My email was down from the Exotica list.
>
>This is a Test.
>Geez I thought the list only picked on Mo!
>
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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:51:54 +0800
From: "william" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) in the mood for love

hi all,

   i just picked up the soundtrack for the new wong kar-wai film "in the
mood for love". has anyone seen this? i mean the soundtrack?(well, has
anyone seen  the movie either?). when i first saw this i actually thought it
might be a vinyl release cause the packaging is about the size of a record
jacket. but alas, inside is a cd. it comes in a clear plastic(sort of hard
plastic like the sleeves some laser discs came in) gatefold sleeve. it
contains stills from the movie, track list, a statement by the composer for
the original film score(michael galasso), a poster for the film,as well as
english translations of
the few dialogue samples on the soundtrack. it appears to be a numbered
series. but i'm not sure how many were made or if they are being readily
shipped outside of asia. all the english translations make me think they may
be gearing it towards the foreign collector's market but its hard to tell.

    a few quotes from the liner notes:

"although mandarin songs dominated the hong kong market  in the 1960's,
english ones were also popular(catering to the more westernized,younger
population). Rebecca pan's singing career is the embodiement of east meeting
west, since she recorded 'bengawan solo', a popular song with english
lyrics. pan plays mrs.  suen(the shanghai landlady) in this film..."

"i met rebecca pan before i filmed days of being wild. she is very
knowledgeable about popular music in the west. and she was instrumental in
introducing me to the music of xavier cugat. when we filmed in the mood for
love, rebecca let me listen to her rendition of 'bengawan solo', which was
recorded when she was 18"-wong kar-wai.

"we had a lot of western music in hong kong at that time, and most of the
band muscians were from the philippines, so there was a lot of latin music.
in the mood for love features many songs popular in that period"-wong
kar-wai.

"there are strong latin rhythms in many local popular music--familiar,
romantic, yet exotic to hong kong audiences. the song arrangements are
typical of those nightclub bands--romantic, soaring strings and ballroom
dance rhythms(for those dancing patrons). after all, social dancing ruled
that era. to recapture another segment of popular music in hong kong in
the 1960s, wong also uses songs sung by his mohter's favorite singer,
nat king cole, whose recordings were imported and also broadcast on the
radio then."


 has anyone  heard or know of other versions of "bengawan solo"? this
soundtrack contains  some of the east meets west early exotcia music i have
been
trying to track down. i have no idea if more of this kind of music has been
re-issued outside this soundtrack though. the nat king cole songs included
are:
"aquellos ojos verdes", "te quiero dijiste", and "quizas quizas quizas".


              william in taipei.





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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 11:53:52 +0100
From: Charles Moseley <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) dave pike

I'm pretty sure the reason that Mathar is not like other Dave Pike
tracks is that Mathar is down to Volker Kreigel, the guitarist and sitar
player. I have a track called Zoom on an MPS lp by him that is just like
Mathar and I'm pretty sure he was in Dave Pike's Dave Pike Set for the
Noisy Silence LP.

I think.


Charlie

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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 11:59:53 +0100
From: Charles Moseley <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Soulful Strings? I think.....

That's funny!  I just came back from L.A. (I went there and San Diego
for
my birthday) and I found:

Sound of Tony Hatch

Brian Phillips

What is this LP like? Label? Any good? Can we have more details please?

Cheers Brian,



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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 14:07:44 +0200
From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New Releases (Senor Coconut, Dimitri from Paris)

In at Forced Exposure :http://www.forcedexposure.com.

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MULTICOLOR (GERMANY):

SENOR COCONUT: En Gran Baile CD (MCR 111 CD). "El patron
Uwe? Master of the coconut! Atom Heart, Senor Coconut, Uwe Schmidt
- -- one man, three products. That sounds like a child's surprise egg for
adults with the five value-adding characteristics: healthy, delicious,
playful, fun and surprising. And that is true not just since of the
latest Senor Coconut success, El Baile Alemßn (EMN 7028). Because
what Uwe Schmidt newly intones as a Latin American, folkloric
arrangement of sequences from Kraftwerk and which is now frantically
praised by the press and fans from around the world, already revealed
itself in rudimentary form in the first Coconut release El Gran
Baile, released on his own Rather Interesting label in 1997. Now
revived on Multicolor and available on vinyl for the very first time
and with two bonus tracks on the CD! Discovering Chile changed the
Frankfurt resident's way of musical thinking. His earlier excursions
as Atom Heart and Lassique Bendthaus aka LB were very electronic,
influenced by researching structures and the purity of sound. Plagued
by a bad case of the flu ('the neurons were boiling at 45░C') and
still in Germany he began working on this reckless mixture of
electronica and Latin American/percussion influences. Having arrived
in South America the complete pupation of the Grand Seneurs took
place in the spring of 1997 in the direction of the warmth which he
spreads everywhere three years later. Reason enough to revive his
first release and let the world hear it. While El Baile Alemßn is a
study of the Kraftwerk classic, Gran Baile goes even further. Without
any original models he is already ahead of his time, really getting
down on his twelve compositions and displaying the diversity of his
ideas. Patron Uwe, master of the coconut. His work doesn't melt in
your hands but on your tongue and grows luxuriously in your head."
$15.00

BBE (UK):

DIMITRI FROM PARIS: Disco Forever: The Sound Of Underground
Disco 3CD (BBE 034 CD). "Fresh from his adventures at the Play Boy
Mansion, the Man from Paris has put together a golden selection of some
of the least known and hardest to find Disco tracks. UK label BBE releases
Disco Forever: The Sound of Underground Disco!  Rare does not always
equal quality, but the almost religious fervor with which Dimitri
DJ's and makes records, this time round equals just that. The beauty
of this album is to realize how the music has not become dated. It
still makes the modern dance floor go crazy.  From the monumental
eleven minute 'Barely Breaking Even' (the label finally reveals where
the name came from!), to the familiar, though this time taking you to
Spanish Harlem 'Ain't No Stopping Us Now' by Charanga, Dimitri serves
us up an education in what the Disco sound is to him. 3xCD
Tracklisting (CD1): Eastside Connection: "You're So Right For Me",
Milton Hamilton And Spiritualized: "My Love Supreme", Charanga 76:
"Ain't  No Stopping Us Now", The LTG Exchange: "Corazon", DC La Rue:
"Cathedrals", La Pregunta: "Chameleon", Crashers: "Flight to
Jamaica", Two Man Sound: "QueTal America", Touch: "Love Hangover".
(CD2) Silver, Platinum And Gold: "I Got A Thing", Pat Lundy: "Work
Song", Skylite: "Smile", Jimmy Roma: "Beyond The Galaxy", Bambu: "I
Don't Wanna Lose It", Jeanne Napoli: "Let's Make Love", Love
Committee: "Just As Long As I Got You", Universal Robot Band: "Barely
Breaking Even", Brainstorm: "We're On Our Way Home", Dimitri's Disco
Forever: "The Mix". (CD3) Brainstorm: "We're On Our Way Home", Milton
Hamilton: "My Love Supreme", The Universal Robot Band: "Barely
Breaking Even", La Pregunta: "Chameleon", Eastside Connection:
"You're So Right For Me", Charanga 76: "Ain't No Stopping Us Now",
Crashers: "Flight To Jamaica", Two Man Sound: "Que Tal America", The
LTG Exchange: "Corazon", Touch: "Love Hangover", Jeanne Napoli:
"Let's Make Love", Love Committee: "Just As Long As I Got You",
Skylite: "Smile", Silver, Platinum And Gold: "I Got A Thing", Little
Scotty: "Shout At The Disco", Pat Lundy: "Work Song".  $18.00

DIMITRI FROM PARIS: Disco Forever: The Sound Of Underground Disco 3LP
(BBE 034 LP). Triple vinyl version, in full color sleeve. Features 12
of the 19 original unmixed tracks found on the CD version.  $19.00





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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:56:47 +0200
From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) GODSPEED! YOU BLACK EMPEROR

Jb:

>I saw "Godspeed You Black Emperor" perform live in an old Toronto movie
>theater last Thursday and it was absolutely mesmerizing. The music is sort
of a
>"Saucer Full of Secrets" era Pink Floyd-meets-Wagner-meets-Steve
>Reich-meets-Tortoise. Its very spatial, architectural even, and it moves
>from the very soft to the very loud like a Doppler effect. It's druggy
>sit-down music, entirely suited to a theater, and it sounds like nothing
>I've heard these days. No irony, no tongue-in-the-cheek, no posturing, no
>histrionics, just a deadly serious, and GREAT listening experience.
>One of the best concerts I've ever seen.

GSYBE! (and to a lesser content Mogwai) has really been the only
contemporary band I've been in love with the past few years.
The Morricone influence is so obvious! I've seen them on all their three
Dutch tours so far and live they are still a joy to hear, mesmerizing
indeed. A new double CD called "Lift yr. skinny fists like antennas to
heaven!" is just out on Kranky, it is awesome.


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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:44:31 +0200
From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Florida trip

Just back from that exhaustive and pretty good. Florida vacation. The only
time I've been in the US before was a fortnight in DC a few years ago but I
must say Florida is a different kettle of fish altogether, you just keep
wonderin' if you are wandering around some televison set. Found no time alas
to go thriftshopping a lot (everybody thanks for the advice though).  A rare
feat that I hadn't even bought ONE record over there, the few chainstores I
got to were more expensive than I thought and I couldn't find the ones I was
particularly looking for (Senor Coconut, Ramonetures and more). The only
indiestore I got to had about a zillion punkrock records but not much else
besides that. Oh well, off to internet buying it seems. The only exotica
music I bumped into was the music for the waitingline for the MIB ride at
Universal : lots of fifties exotica and I even heard Dean Elliot come along.

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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 14:14:56 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Piero Umiliani Q

I see dusty groove have Sweden Heaven and Hell in again, and also white
angel / black angel.
Now I know how great Sweden is,  but what is white angel / black angel like?
(if you want a taste reference, I loved Il corpo and hated the gangsters
one)

Thanking you
El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 09:31:13 -0400
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) in the mood for love

I saw this movie last week - as usual, Wong Kar Wai's movies have
incredible music.  Visually, it's a beautiful film, fairly slow-moving,
but captivating.  And, of course, the different sorts of music reflect
the moods of the film, and what is happening.  The Nat King Cole music
is played when the two lead actors are together, often at an
American-style restaurant, and it really is incredible - I wonder if
those pieces are readily available elsewhere.

The info on the music is very enlightening - it's too bad I didn't know
all of this before I saw the film - it does explain a lot, although it
can be appreciated in retrospect too.

I haven't seen the soundtrack here, although the film hasn't even been
commercially released here yet, so who knows...

cheryl

william wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
>    i just picked up the soundtrack for the new wong kar-wai film "in the
> mood for love". has anyone seen this? i mean the soundtrack?(well, has
> anyone seen  the movie either?).


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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:24:08 PDT
From: "jonathan richardson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tipsy

Lets get back to this Tipsy thing. I know This has been a highly anticipated
release for alot of yooz on this list. Now I dont know about you but I wanna
know more about the new one.

when will it be released, anybody know? the label, asphodel? songs? anybody
have it yet? etc. Its driving me crazy!!

how about the CMJ thing. was  the YSPIT orchestra with them? guitars and
other instruments or just purely electronic?

it would be nice to hear first hand info from dave, but I will take
anything. ANYTHING!!!! AAAAGH!

a huge fan

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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 12:38:04 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tipsy

http://www.wfmu.org/upcoming.html
Keep an eye on the above URL. I believe Tipsy will be playing soon on Stork's show, and Dave will be DJing on a different show (don't remember whose).

Lou
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jonathan richardson <[e-mail]> wrote:
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Lets get back to this Tipsy thing. I know This has been a highly anticipated
release for alot of yooz on this list. Now I dont know about you but I wanna
know more about the new one.


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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 00 12:38:12 CDT
From: AJ Wright <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tiki Culture in Alabama

Greetings, fellow exoticans! After a couple of years of lurking and learning on
this list, I am delighted to find a reason to post something--and under such an
exotic subject line, no less!

Submitted for the approval of the tiki completists among us:

1. Over the past year or so adults-only arcades or video rooms have become
popular in Alabama...these are establishments where the games pay off in
coupons for more games or such things as $5-off coupons at Wal-Mart...according
to an article in the Birmingham News 7 August 2000, one of these arcades known
as Treasure Island Arcade had recently opened in Pelham [a suburb of Bham and
where I happen to live]...the article notes that this arcade has "34 machines
and a tropical island theme that includes a fake waterfall, a tiki hut and
ocean murals...] Alas, I have not yet checked this place out....

2. In the May 11-24, 2000 issue [ok, so I'm a little behind in my reading] of
the _Black and White_ [a Birmingham publication devoted mostly to local arts,
politics and entertainment] appeared an article by David Pelfrey, "Forgotten
Places: Vestavia Men's Athletic Club and Pacific Isles Lounge." The article
mostly profiles Chase Graham, a native of Vestavia [a Birmingham suburb]. Seems
that just after WWII Graham opened the Coral Cavern night club in Hawaii, "a
spot that musicians Arthur Lyman and Martin Denny later put on the map." In
1955 Graham moved to Long Beach, California, where he made a name for himself
among the bodybuilding and surfing cultures, played a small role on Lloyd
Bridges' classic _Sea Hunt_ series and even played a beatnik in an episode of
_Perry Mason_. In 1958 he returned to Vestavia and by 1960 was president and
general manager of the Vestavia Men's Athletic Club. At first the club
featured such areas as the Manihiki Room and the Tonga Hut, but these were
merged to become the Pacific Isles Lounge. Pelfrey mentions grass skirt
parties and 8mm home movies "that must be seen to be believed." He also notes
that "The Lounge was also famous for unannounced 'jam' sessions by Les Baxter,
Martin Denny, and other entertainers." Eventually [the article doesn't say
exactly when] Graham left Vestavia and returned to Hawaii. "VMAC was partially
razed, and what remained was converted to a steak house with a Polynesian
theme."

So there you have it...anyone who would like copies of these items for their
files may contact me privately....

aj wright // [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 12:36:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) GODSPEED! YOU BLACK EMPEROR

I just love their new double cd's sound.  Would you exoticats
recomend other Black Emperor releases since I like this one?

Hi Arjan, Who is Mogwai?  Are any sound samples available
anywehere?
Thanks

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck
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> contemporary band I've been in love with the past few years.
> The Morricone influence is so obvious! I've seen them on all
> their three
> Dutch tours so far and live they are still a joy to hear,
> mesmerizing
> indeed. A new double CD called "Lift yr. skinny fists like
> antennas to
> heaven!" is just out on Kranky, it is awesome.



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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 13:17:55 PDT
From: "jonathan richardson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Martin Denny Ghosts

No im not referring to dressing up like Mr Denny for Halloween, I just want
some info on his ghosted records. Ghosted meaning the ones that he didnt
even play on, I know that there were a few and that he regrets ever allowing
Liberty to take such a liberty, but he kinda messed up on his contract
aggreements I imagine.  At what point in his catalog did he not play on his
records? for example does he play on Exotic percussion? I know he doesnt
play on Taste of Honey right? Im not sure where to draw the line.

i guess What Im really getting at is did he play on Exotic Moog. I love this
album, not for it "Dennyness" but more for its pure "Mooginess" and
bizarreness. If he indeed play on it that would be bonus.

any info would be nice

aloha

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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 17:01:30 -0400
From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tipsy

the album will not be out until feb  2001!
it is called "uh-oh" (sp?) and it is on asphodel.
he is giving out cdrs to lucky individuals.
i listened to the interview on Music for Better Living on wed.
god i love the internet.
dave was doing most of the talking and playing cuts from the lp.
he said the show would have live instruments and electronics as well as
dave on the wheels of steel.
on first listen the compositions i heard seem to be more "wild + wacky"
sounding rather than
 "smoothly kitcsh" if that makes any sense. they also included female vocal
samples.
i am glad because how can you recapture the Trip Tease sound?
the songs seemed more dense and fun than those of Trip Tease.
there is to be some singles released before the lp
one to be released in mid november.
Peter Ledebur will most likely fill in the blanks here since he interviewed
them.

Peter?

my 2 sense
bumpout


>Lets get back to this Tipsy thing. I know This has been a highly anticipated
>release for alot of yooz on this list. Now I dont know about you but I wanna
>know more about the new one.
>
>when will it be released, anybody know? the label, asphodel? songs? anybody
>have it yet? etc. Its driving me crazy!!
>
>how about the CMJ thing. was  the YSPIT orchestra with them? guitars and
>other instruments or just purely electronic?
>
>it would be nice to hear first hand info from dave, but I will take
>anything. ANYTHING!!!! AAAAGH!
>
>a huge fan
>
>-jonny

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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 17:57:23 -0400
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tipsy

At 8:24 AM -0700 10/27/00, jonathan richardson wrote:
>Lets get back to this Tipsy thing.
>
>when will it be released, anybody know? the label, asphodel? songs? anybody
>have it yet? etc. Its driving me crazy!!
>
>how about the CMJ thing. was  the YSPIT orchestra with them? guitars and
>other instruments or just purely electronic?

Tipsy played at my club last night. They were highly entertaining - Tipsy
Dave on turntables, along with 2 gentlemen playing synthesizers, sequencers
and samplers, a guitarist, and a drummer playing a cocktail kit. They did a
number of tracks from the first album as well as quite a few I'd never
heard. Dave was doing his best in the Tipsification department by drinking
a steady supply of bottled beer. Nothing sounded "just like the record",
but you'd hear the initial sample/sequence and realize what it was, and
then they would take it from there.

They had a copy of the sleeve of the new record, which will be out on
Asphodel in mid-November. It's a 12" single. The cover is very very bright,
you won't be able to miss it. The band should be back in San Francisco over
the weekend, so I'm sure Dave will be back on the list and maybe will
regale a tale or two.

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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 18:05:04 -0400
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New Releases (Senor Coconut, Dimitri from Paris)

At 2:07 PM +0200 10/27/00, Arjan Plug wrote:
>In at Forced Exposure :http://www.forcedexposure.com.

>DIMITRI FROM PARIS: Disco Forever: The Sound Of Underground
>Disco 3CD (BBE 034 CD). "Fresh from his adventures at the Play Boy
>Mansion, the Man from Paris has put together a golden selection of some
>of the least known and hardest to find Disco tracks.

All you disco fans on the list (you know who you are) - don't miss this
one. Some amazing tracks that I'd imagine most folks have never heard. The
CD version has a mix disc, which is pretty spectaular considering how hard
it is to mix records that feature human's playing to metronomes (the beat
just never stays the same without that quantize feature on your drum
machine). Highly recomended.

br cleve


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Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 22:18:15 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Martin Denny Ghosts

In a message dated 10/27/00 4:18:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< i guess What Im really getting at is did he play on Exotic Moog. I love
this
 album, not for it "Dennyness" but more for its pure "Mooginess" and
 bizarreness. If he indeed play on it that would be bonus.

 any info would be nice
  >>

he did not actually play on this record but reports to me that he was in the
studio, giving direction on how to arrange it for Moog.  he says that he did
not know how to play the Mood instrument and he made the decision not to play
on it.

he does admit that some other albums were done in his total absence.  liberty
required 3, sometimes 4, records per year.  he could not keep up and OK'ed,
with regret now, the ghosting.

TB


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Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 15:23:27 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "Fantastica" webcast: Central European WINTER Time versus GMT

as i wrote earlier: "Fantastica" closes Tuesday's program schedule at
night on 01 hour Central European Time -- so that's actually Friday
01 am...

If you live outside Europe, and you want to listen to URGent's LIVE webcast @
http://urgent.rug.ac.be , you need to know how Central European Time
(CET) relates to GMT.

Well, currently, over here in Europe, we have "normal Central
European Time", which is GMT+1. So, show time Friday 01 am CET =
Thursday 24:00 h GMT = 12 pm GMT = midnight.

for more info: <[e-mail]>

         Johan

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Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 10:39:50 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Note from JEAN-JACQUES PERREY  < < < < <


  Letter from Jean-Jacques Perrey:
 __________________________________


        When my friend Dana Countryman kindly gave me the MANHATTAN RESEARCH
INC. two CD set in Paris recently, I had no idea that a lot of memories from
the year 1960 would come back to me while listening to this music, and
reading this fantastic book.

        In March of 1960, a few weeks after I arrived in the United States
for the very first time, my sponsor Carroll Bratman decided to import
Ondiolines from France to the U.S., and he asked me to demonstrate the
Ondioline to Raymond Scott at Scott's studio.  Carroll told me that this man
was a very talented composer and was experimenting with new electronic music
instruments that he had invented.  And he added, "He is the composer of the
tune 'The Toy Trumpet.' "  So, I was very impressed, since that was my first
contact with a well-known musician in the U.S., just arriving from Europe
with all my hopes and projects.

        We were very welcomed at Raymond Scott's studio (or should I say a
"laboratory" instead!) and he was very enthusiastic about the Ondioline.  He
wanted one and it arrived after a few weeks.

        By the way, you can see a photo of his Ondioline (after being
modified -- with it's outer case removed) on page 77 in the MANHATTAN
RESEARCH INC. book, just to the right of Scott.  That's why this album has
reminded me so much of my first weeks in New York City.

        I must say that I have been very enthusiastic about this album for
many reasons.  First of all, for Raymond Scott himself.  This man was a true
genius, deserving to be classified among the great pioneers of electronic
music for his contributions to this domain.  He deserves to be named in the
history books, along side of electronic musical instrument inventors such as
Theremin, Pechadre, Trautwein, Harold Bode, Hugh le Caine, Givelet, Maurice
Martenot, Georges Jenny, Bob Moog, and more to come.  (When Raymond and I
met, the Moog synthesizer was not yet on the market.  After it's debut, there
was a real explosion of electronic music devices which is still continuing to
this day.  These above-mentioned inventors were the "initiators" in this
magic domain of basic electronic music instruments, and Raymond Scott also
belongs to this domain as a genius inventor, who is not recognized enough
nowadays.)

        Secondly, Raymond Scott composed a lot of music for radio and TV
commercials which were very successful.  He recorded with his own instruments
(Clavivox, Electronium, etc.) and did his own composing.  When I hear the two
CDs contained in this Basta compilation, I am amazed of the versatility of
his talent, creativity, originality, and imagination.

        Thirdly, I want to pay tribute to who put such a wonderful album on
the market, with a very serious documentary book full of interesting
information, and in such a high-quality artistic package.

        MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC. is a work of art which should be found in the
record collections of all present-day electronic music composers.  It also
should be used as scholarly reference material.

        I hope, someday, that these recordings will be reissued in vinyl
format for professional musicians.  Thank you, to have dared to issue such an
album of such quality.  BRAVO!

   Jean-Jacques Perrey
   Evian, France
   October, 2000













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