Purple Sneakers
Ahead of the MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS DJ set at CANT SAY this Friday (18th of January), we snatched up band member ANDY SZEKERES for his, and the band's top fives in music. Top 5 Albums Randy Newman Sail Away Magical Ring Light Flight More and More Kourosh Yaghmaei Back from the Brink [...]
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Indie-eye // re-censore (k.o.c.)
Da Ravel a Les Baxter c'è un salto che non è solo temporale ma legato anche al consolidamento di un mood che diventa mercato. Con il musicista Texano diplomatosi al conservatorio di Detroit, l'intarsio di elementi esotici impatta sulla superficie Hollywoodiana e ne preannuncia sviluppi, indica strade, codifica quel sound che sarà archiviato sotto il nome di "Exotica", etichetta che per certi versi non renderà del tutto giustizia al talento visionario del compositore Americano, uno dei pochi capaci di uscire dalle alchimie ingegneristiche del genere grazie ad un linguaggio popolare che nascondeva una stratificazione di senso [...]
Avant-Avant
Artist: Les Baxter Title: Jungle Flower File Name: LesBaxter-JungleFlower.mp3
Flowering Toilet
This one was certainly worth it for more than just the album cover. But what what an album cover it is. Take a moment to appreciate the composition: a modern couple donned in formal attire embrace in a garden framed by large "primitive" idols. But take a closer look at the couple. Are they embracing, or is the woman rebuffing an unwanted advance from her male partner? Perhaps she is trying to control her mate's savage instincts. Or perhaps he simply failed to set the proper mood for their romantic interlude. If only he had played his copy of Les [...]
Swan Fungus
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Artist: Eyeless In Gaza Title: Lie Still, Sleep Long Link Text: Lie Still, Sleep Long File Name: eyeless_in_gaza_-_lie_still_sl eep_long.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
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Artist: Jellyfish Title: New Mistake Link Text: New Mistake File Name: jellyfish_-_new_mistake.mp3 Bitrate: 214 kbps Year: 1993
Artist: Judee Sill Title: The Kiss Link Text: The Kiss File Name: judee_sill_-_the_kiss.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 1973
Artist: Kinks Title: Sunny Afternoon Link Text: Sunny Afternoon File Name: the_kinks_-_sunny_afternoon.mp 3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 1998
Artist: Les Baxter Title: Girl From Uganda Link Text: Girl From Uganda File Name: les_baxter_-_girl_from_uganda. mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Artist: Nebula Title: Anything From You Link Text: Anything From You File Name: nebula_-_anything_from_you.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 1998
Artist: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Title: Into My Arms Link Text: Into My Arms File Name: nick_cave_-_into_my_arms.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 1997
Artist: Ronettes Title: Walking in the Rain Link Text: Walking In The Rain File Name: ronnettes_-_walking_in_the_rai n.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Artist: Teenage Fanclub Title: Mellow Doubt Link Text: Mellow Doubt File Name: teenage_fanclub_-_mellow_doubt .mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 1995
Artist: Waylon Jennings Title: Crying Link Text: Crying File Name: waylon_jennings_-_crying.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 1964
Small Town Romance
Artist: Buffalo Moon Title: Low Tide Moon Link Text: B uffalo Moon - Low Tide Moon File Name: Buffalo Moon - Low Tide Moon.mp3 Year: 2010
The Cargo Culte
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Artist: Citay Title: Hunter Link Text: 09-Citay // Hunter File Name: 09-Citay_Hunter.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2010
Artist: Ennio Morricone Title: Deep Down Link Text: 01-Ennio Morricone // Deep Down File Name: 01-EnnioMorricone_DeepDown.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 1968
Artist: Expo '70 Title: Outside In Link Text: 07-Expo70 // Outside In File Name: 07-Expo70_OutsideIn.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2007
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Artist: Les Baxter Link Text: 10-Les Baxter // Sacrifice Of The Virgin File Name: 10-LesBaxter_SacrificeOfTheVir gin.mp3
Artist: Martin Denny Title: Quiet Village Link Text: 02-Martin Denny // Quiet Village File Name: 02-MartinDenny_QuietVillage.mp 3 Year: 1969
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Artist: Psychic TV Title: Godstar Link Text: 11-Psychic Tv // Godstar File Name: 11-PsychicTv_Godstar.mp3 Year: 1988
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Artist: Sun City Girls Title: Apna Desh Link Text: 12-Sun City Girls // Apna Desh File Name: 12-SunCityGirls_ApnaDesh.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 1996
Artist: Wovenhand Link Text: 03-Wovenhand // His Rest File Name: 03-Wovenhand_HisRest.mp3 Year: 2010
Small Town Romance
Seems like Les Baxter is a part of everybody's own nostalgia, watching black and white movies, the lush strings arrangements and hummed vocals, emotional melodies and schmaltz. In one word - Exotica ! That musical genre, the was so popular back in the 50's, was pretty much pioneered by Les Baxter, a pianist and band arranger, who made a tremendous popular records throughout his career, when he combines jazz swing, light elements from classical music and reproduction of that nostalgia I mentioned above. Well, might be that the nostalgia is just me, [...]
Artist: His Orchestra And Chorus, Les Baxter Title: The Poor People Of Paris (La Goualante Du Pauvre Jean) - His Link Text: Les Baxter - The Poor People Of Paris File Name: Les Baxter_01_The Poor People Of Paris (La Goualante Du Pauvre Jean).mp3 Year: 1958
Artist: His Orchestra And Chorus, Les Baxter Title: The Trouble With Harry - His Orchestra And Chorus, Les Baxte Link Text: Les Baxter - The Trouble With Harry File Name: Les Baxter_03_The Trouble With Harry.mp3 Year: 1958
Geezer Music Club
Since I've written from time to time about guys like Percy Faith , André Kostelanetz , and a few other specialists in Easy Listening music - a genre that isn't exactly first on everybody's playlist these days - it would be understandable if you thought I was at it again. After all, Les Baxter certainly did his share of sweet music. But for much of his career he musically detoured into unusual and intriguing places, and is now remembered as the master of Exotica. The Texas-born Baxter started out conventionally enough, studying piano and receiving a [...]
Artist: Les Baxter Title: Tropicando Link Text: Les Baxter - Tropicando File Name: Les Baxter - Tropicando.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 1999
undomondo
Artist: Les Baxter Title: Kinkajou Link Text: Les Baxter - Kinkajou File Name: les_baxter--kinkajou.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2007
DOÂD
Artist: Les Baxter Title: Papagayo Link Text: Papagayo File Name: 04 Papagayo.mp3
Artist: Nightmares On Wax Title: Sal Bartardes (Autechre Remix) Link Text: Sal Bartardes (Autechre Remix) File Name: 09 Sal Bartardes _Autechre Remix_.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 1999
Spinnennetz
Link Text: Anamia _ Butterfly In Paris [mp3] File Name: Anamia_Butterfly_in_Paris.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Artist: Les Baxter Title: The Poor People Of Paris Link Text: Les Baxter - The Poor People Of Paris [mp3] File Name: Les Baxter - The Poor People Of Paris.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 2000
Artist: Magnetic Fields Title: Love Goes Home To Paris Link Text: Magnetic Fields - Love Goes Home To Paris [mp3] File Name: Love_Goes_Home_To_Paris.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 2009
Artist: morrissey Title: i'm throwing my arms around paris Link Text: Morrissey - I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris [mp3] File Name: Morrissey_ImThrowingMyArmsArou ndParis.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: St. Vincent Title: Paris Is Burning Link Text: St.Vincent - Paris Is Burning [mp3] File Name: parisisburning.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Tom Brosseau Title: i_love_paris Link Text: Tom Brosseau - I Love Paris [mp3] File Name: i_love_paris.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps
Swan Fungus
I'm not proficient at performing Google searches, so you'll have to excuse my ignorance if somebody else has already been elected official torchbearer of the Michael Ian Black (née Michael Schwartz) backlash club. As far as I can tell (that is, without doing a single web search for "Michael Ian Black sucks" or "Michael Ian Black backlash"), I'm the first to attempt this. Let me tell you...it feels pretty good. I haven't even begun typing anything substantial yet, just this flowery introduction, and it feels really, really good. I'm talking blowjob-from-a-girl good. I remember Mr. Black when he [...]
Swan Fungus
Get It? A "Bender"? And now...a week in lists: If a great life is determined by the sum of a person's accomplishments, then Modern Drunkard Magazine has a list of forty things a man should do before he dies, as related to alcohol and drunkenness. According to the author, if one can attest to having completed every task on this list, they have lived a full, enriched life. The list, by the way, includes spending a night in the drunk tank, opening and closing a bar (first guy in, last guy out), juicing on [...]
Artist: G. Sorgini Title: Bracconiere Link Text: Bracconiere File Name: bracconiere.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 1974
Artist: G. Sorgini Title: Honda Link Text: Honda File Name: honda.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 1971
Artist: Les Baxter & His Orchestra Title: Moon Moods Link Text: Moon Moods File Name: moonmoods.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 1946
Artist: Manchester Mark 1 Title: The First Known Digital Music Recording [1951] Link Text: The First Known Digital Music Recording [1951] File Name: digirecord.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 1951
Artist: Rudimentary Peni Title: Il Papus Puss Link Text: Il Papus Puss File Name: peni004.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 1995
Artist: Rudimentary Peni Title: Iron Lung Link Text: Iron Lung File Name: peni012.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 1995
Artist: Rudimentary Peni Title: Pogo Pope Link Text: Pogo Pope File Name: peni001.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 1995
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Artist: Rudimentary Peni Title: Vatican't City Hearse Link Text: Vatican't City Hearse File Name: peni006.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 1995
Artist: The Bobby Hammack Combo Title: Power House Link Text: Power House File Name: powerhouse.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 1956
Mainstream Isnt So Bad...Is It
Anyone out there remember the Ultra Lounge series that Capitol put out back in the 90’s? With titles like the Vegas Baby! , Mondo Exotica , Mambo Fever , Bachelor Pad Royale , Organs In Orbit , and the Tiki Sampler , you get an idea of what sounds were being propagated. I only had maybe a half dozen of the twenty-eight albums, but the ones I had certainly were quite different than the rest of my collection. What brings this to mind is Silent Movie , the debut release [...]
Artist: Les Baxter Title: Voodoo Dreams / Voodoo Link Text: Les Baxter - Voodoo Dreams / Voodoo File Name: 02 Voodoo Dreams _ Voodoo.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 1996
Artist: Martin Denny Title: Quiet Village Link Text: Martin Denny - Quiet Village File Name: 01 - Quiet Village (Digitally Remastered 96).mp3 Bitrate: 161 kbps Year: 1996
Artist: Quiet Village Title: Circus Of Horror Link Text: Quiet Village - Circus of Horror File Name: 02 Circus Of Horror.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 2008
Artist: Quiet Village Title: Victoria's Secret Link Text: Quiet Village - Victoria's Secret File Name: 01 Victoria's Secret.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 2008
Artist: Sam Butera & The Witnesses Title: The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams/Fever Link Text: Sam Butera & The Witnesses - The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams/Fever File Name: 10 The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams_Fe.mp3 Bitrate: 160 kbps Year: 1957
Go West Young Tex
Today we learned the lesson of going to the office to study: unwise. if i'm at the office i feel compelled to work on my cases. last night we learned the lesson of the tiki bar at Thatch. The spirit of the Kahiki thrives, trader vic is alive and well, and you can still get a decent pu pu platter in post-cold war america. very comforting. why there's a whole blog about tiki bars! hooray! Music for You: Lillydale - Wind Chimes [...]
Artist: Les Baxter Title: The Ancient Galleon Link Text: Les Baxter - The Ancient Galleon File Name: lesb.mp3 Bitrate: 129 kbps
Artist: Lillydale Title: Wind Chimes Link Text: Lillydale - Wind Chimes File Name: lillydale_wind chimes.mp3 Bitrate: 200 kbps Year: 2007
music is art
recently, the cover of radiohead 's in rainbows was released. unfortunately, no album artwork ever graced our downloaded zip file but now its nice to have something official . its been quite the experience enjoying this entire album, taking in what is new and combining all the emotions of love, chaos and uncertainty that comes with listening to your favorite band's recent release. only radiohead could get away with placing their music online, having their faithful fans pay as they choose and placing us all into some type of pyschedelic and colorful daze. in support [...]
Link Text: forgive File Name: forgive.mp3
Artist: !!! Title: Heart Of Hearts Link Text: heart of hearts File Name: hearts.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 2006
Artist: Asian Dub Foundation Title: Modern Apprentice Link Text: modern apprentice File Name: mod.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Artist: Asian Dub Foundation Title: Naxalite Link Text: naxalite File Name: nax.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Artist: Bauhaus Title: Bela Lugosi's Dead Link Text: bella lugosi’s dead File Name: bella.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps Year: 1998
Artist: bonnie 'prince' billy Title: lessons from what's poor Link Text: lessons from what’s poor File Name: bon.mp3 Bitrate: 201 kbps
Artist: Burial Title: Near Dark Link Text: near dark File Name: burial.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: captain beefheart and the magic band Title: sun zoom spark Link Text: sun zoom spark File Name: cap.mp3 Bitrate: 217 kbps
Artist: Fela Kuti Title: Alu Jon Jonki Jon Link Text: alu jon jonki jon File Name: alu.mp3 Bitrate: 128 kbps
Artist: Iggy Pop Title: nightclubbing Link Text: nightclubbin’ File Name: iggy.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps Year: 1996
Artist: Iron & Wine Title: Pagan Angel And A Borrowed Car Link Text: pagan angel and a borrowed car File Name: pagan.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: jorge ben Title: ponta de lança africano (umbabarauma) Link Text: ponta de lança africano (umbabarauma) File Name: jorgeben2.mp3 Bitrate: 256 kbps
Artist: Jorge Ben Title: Take It Easy My Brother Charlie Link Text: take it easy my brother charlie File Name: jorge.mp3 Bitrate: 256 kbps Year: 2006
Artist: Juana Molina Title: Micael Link Text: micael File Name: mic.mp3 Bitrate: 182 kbps Year: 2006
Artist: Kings Of Leon Title: My Party Link Text: my party File Name: leon.mp3 Bitrate: 183 kbps Year: 2007
Artist: Les Baxter Title: The Ancient Galleon Link Text: the ancient galleon File Name: lesb.mp3 Bitrate: 129 kbps
Artist: M.I.A. Title: Pull Up the People Link Text: pull up the people File Name: miapull.mp3 Bitrate: 192 kbps
Artist: modeselektor Title: kill bill vol. 4 Link Text: kill bill vol. 4 File Name: killbill.mp3 Bitrate: 190 kbps
Artist: Radiohead Title: Ceremony (New Order) Link Text: ceremony File Name: rhnew.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps
Artist: Radiohead Title: Headmaster Ritual (Smiths) Link Text: the headmaster ritual File Name: rhsmiths.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps
Artist: Radiohead Title: Unravel (Bjork) Link Text: unravel File Name: rhbjork.mp3 Bitrate: 320 kbps
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Artist: The First Edition Title: Just Dropped In (To See What C Link Text: just dropped in File Name: firsted.mp3
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Artist: Tomas Andersson Title: Happy Happy Link Text: happy happy File Name: tomas.mp3 Bitrate: 194 kbps Year: 2004
¿Que Pasa 305?
Exotica is a musical genre, named after the 1957 Martin Denny album of the same title, popular during the late 1950s to mid 1960s, typically with the suburban set who came of age during World War II. The musical colloquialism, exotica, means tropical ersatz: the non-native, pseudo experience of Oceania (Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Southeast Asia, and especially Hawaii). While the South Seas forms the core region, exotica reflects the "musical impressions" of every place from standard travel destinations to the mythical "shangri-las" dreamt of by armchair safari-ers. (Wiki) Edmundo Ros [...]
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