Category Archives: exotica

luv409

luv409 - Mysterious Cosmic Jellyfish

Mysterious Cosmic Jellyfish

you arrive washed out by the sun, covered in salt from sweat and the sea, drifting along the inward journey to your paradise. you followed the call of the mysterious cosmic jellyfish that resides in the center of your own personal Bermuda Triangle, lost between mind, heart and soul. it summoned you so it could impart the wisdom of the deep. open yourself up and let the ancient understanding take you to a dreamy world of fantasy filled with warm sea breezes.
Tracklist:
  1. Siembra – Elisabeth Waldo – Barbary Coast Records / Pleasure For Music (1959/2021)
  2. Llanura Africanas – Don Gonzalo Fernandez – Toboga Records (1982)
  3. Advert – Mark Broom – Pure Plastic (1999)
  4. Beribau Variations – Paulinho da Costa – Pablo (1977)
  5. Misnomer – Four Tet – Output (1999)
  6. Seaweed – Tipsy – Asphodel (2001)
  7. The Moon Over Manakoora – Lenny And The Thundertones – Astra Recordings Company / Numero Group (1962/2018)
  8. I’ll Be Home – Flamingos – Checker / Chess (1955/1981)
  9. Sweet Leilani – The Waikikis – Kapp Records / MCA (1967/1973)
  10. Island Girl – Eden Ahbez – Del-Fi Records / Fantôme Phonographique (1960/2018)
  11. Lessivé – Le Tone – Naive (1999)
  12. Hotel California – Heineken Pan Vibes Steel Orchestra – ICE (1978)
  13. My Silent Song – Enoch Light And The Light Brigade – Project 3 Total Sound (1969)
  14. Flynn – Ratatat – XL Recordings (2008)
  15. Marihuana – Los Darlings De Huanuco – Rey Records / Repsychled / Lion Productions (????/2018)
  16. Julie – The Moonlighters – WRL / Death Is Not The End (1961/2019)
  17. When Beads Spell Power Leaf – Brightblack Morning Light – Matador (2008)
  18. Rule The Summer Clouds – Bobby Lee – Tompkins Square (2021)
  19. Blue Beach – Welcome To Your Beach – Steve Hiett – CBS/Sony / Efficient Space / Be With Records (1983/2019)

luv337

luv337 Fantasy Island

Fantasy Island

let sweet daddy luv take you away, far beyond the reef to a fabricated place, a fantasy island of relaxation and pleasures unknown created by exotica played in suburban homes.
image : Don Whoa
Tracklist
  1. Tabou – Lecuona Cuban Boys – Columbia / Stag-O-Lee (1935/2014)
  2. La Comparsa – Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra – Sound 4 Monophonic / London Records (1962)
  3. Latin-esque – Esquivel and His Orchestra – RCA Victor (1962/1970)
  4. Quiet Village – Leo Addeo and His Orchestra – RCA Camden (1966/1971)
  5. Sim Sim – Arthur Lyman – HiFi Records (1958)
  6. Flamingo – Martin Denny – Liberty Records (1958/1962)
  7. Wave – Antonio Carlos Jobim – A&M Records / CTI Records / Lilith (1967/2007)
  8. excerpt from The Psychologically Ultimate Seashore – Environments disc 1 – Syntonic Research Inc. / Atlantic (1970)
  9. Beyond The Reef – The Waikikis – Kapp Records / MCA (1967/1973)
  10. Ataypura! (High Andes!) – Yma Sumac – Capitol Records (1950)
  11. The Fakir – Cal Tjader – Verve Records (1963/1967)
  12. Cascada – Los Machucambos – Phase 4 Stereo / London Records (1961)
  13. Diamond Head – The Beach Boys – Capitol (1968)
  14. excerpt from Sailing Into A Hidden Cove – Dan Gibson – Solitudes (1984)
  15. Baia – Willie Rodriguez and the International Stars – Grand Award Record Co. (1960)
  16. Look For A Star – Southern Tropical Harmony Steel Band – Audio Fidelity (1962)
  17. Under The Mango Tree – Monty Norman – United Artists Records / Easy Action (1962/2014)

luv317

luv317-midday-mirage

Midday Mirage

a collection of sounds from around the globe that create an aural mirage reflecting the heat of a lazy day; a Fata Morgana of complex rhythms and unique melodic structures.
photo : David Kristian
Tracklist
  1. Improvisation On The Theme Music From Pather Panchali – Ravi Shankar – World Pacific / DOXY (1962/2013)
  2. Tezeta  Mahmoud Ahmed with the Ibex Band – Amha Records / Mississippi Records (1974/2012)
  3. Rapture – The Latin Allstars – Crown Records / Stag-O-Lee (1960/2014)
  4. N’Niyo – Amara Toure – Sonafric / Honest Jon’s Records (1976/2009)
  5. Yellow Bird – Arthur Lyman – HiFi Records (1961)
  6. Desert Spaces – Cam Newton – Inner City (1979)
  7. Valiha Fombandrazanah – Manatsoa – Mississippi Records / Cultural Know (2007/2011)
  8. Pawky – Dorothy Ashby with Frank Wess – Prestige (1958)
  9. Baobab Sun 7 – Manu Dibango – Telson (1977)
  10. Echigojishi (The Echigo Lion) – Ensemble Nipponia – Nonesuch Explorer Series (1978/1987)
  11. Menua – Kwame Nkrumah – Columbia (1969)
  12. Tembele – Jean Mpia – Capitol / Honest Jon’s Records (1957/2008)
  13. Yèkèrmo Sèw – Mulatu Astatke ft. Fekade Amde Maskal – Amha Records / L’Arôme Productions (1974/2002)
  14. Il Grande Silenzio (Restless) – Ennio Morricone – Parade / Dagored (1968/2016)
  15. Dawn – Ananda Shankar ft. Indranil Bhattacharya – His Master’s Voice / Far Eastern Sunshine (1975/2015)
  16. My Funny Valentine – Martin Denny – Liberty (1960)
  17. Monterey – Eden Ahbez and John Harris (with Paul Horn) – Bear Family Productions Ltd. (1963/2016)
  18. Disse Alguem (All Of Me) – João Gilberto / Caetano Veloso / Gilberto Gil / Maria Bethânia – Philips / WEA (1981)