Exotica - Easy Listening - Space Age Pop -

[Strānj-Bōōmbŏks]

Since I can remember I've been listening to artists like:

Arthur Lyman
Frank Chacksfield
Martin Denny (one of the founders of Exotica Music)
Xavier Cugat
Ray Conniff
Sergio Mendes
Walter Wanderley
Jean-Jacques Perrey (Perrey & Kingsley)
Dick Hyman
Bert Kaempfert
Michel Legrand
and the list goes on...

Hugo Montenegro (I'm sure you've at least heard this song right?)
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Yma Sumac (loved her voice)
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Les Baxter
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Juan García Esquivel (one of my favourites btw)
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Henry Mancini (you've obviously heard this tune)
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Enoch Light
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anybody here into this music or am I just Strānj? :unknown:

 

[Master Z]

You are not strange man, I like the stuff too. I have a pretty good collection of the stuff. They pioneered cool ass sound effects and it sounds awesome on a proper hifi system. I got a lot of esqivel albums, I guess I remember my old man listening to it and it kind of stuck with me.

 

[Strānj-Bōōmbŏks]

You are not strange man, I like the stuff too. I have a pretty good collection of the stuff. They pioneered cool ass sound effects and it sounds awesome on a proper hifi system. I got a lot of esqivel albums, I guess I remember my old man listening to it and it kind of stuck with me.

Awesome, I hope I can buy some more of his work when I'm in the states for Christmas!!! I love Esquivel, genius!!!

 

[btphoto]

I like Juan García Esquivel - I can see why they named it "Living Stereo"

And who can't love Mancini's Pink Panther theme? That song is one of the reasons I took up the saxophone years ago - lol!

 

[ford93]

Hey, Stranj take that bag off theres nothing wrong with you. In music you need to have a good ear and an open mind.

When you're a professional DJ which I'm not, you have to know music in every genre. Thats what makes some DJ's to become producers.

Besides its beautiful thing to love music whatever the sounds are, its like a drug you got to have it.

I like Les Baxter "Hot Wind" and who could forget Pink Panther theme.

 

[ford93]

I got one for you Stranj.

Bebo Valdes a well known pianist in cuba hooked up with Cigala in I believe 2004 and made an album called "Lagrimas Negras". I saw this as a documentary on PBS in 2004. Cuban and Spain Flavor what a mix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbXO4cD2 ... re=related