From: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com (exotica-digest) To: exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: exotica-digest V2 #600 Reply-To: exotica-digest Sender: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes exotica-digest Monday, January 17 2000 Volume 02 : Number 600 In This Digest: Re: (exotica) New Releases (Uri Geller, Stockhausen) (exotica) RSG new Re: (exotica) New Releases (Uri Geller, Stockhausen) Re: (exotica) RSG new (exotica) Pee Wee's Quiet Village (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour (exotica) Brigade Records (exotica) Stereo Ultra (exotica) Alessandroni tops Riffage charts (exotica) Nerve Net (exotica) Bono? Re: (exotica) RSG new Re: (exotica) Bono? [OT] Re: (exotica) Bono? [OT] (exotica) Sampling vs. Playing (exotica) Gene Harris (obit) (exotica) 1999 favorites Re: (exotica) Sampling vs. Playing Re: (exotica) Bono? (exotica) Raymond Scott update 1/00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 17:55:32 +0100 From: Ton Rueckert Subject: Re: (exotica) New Releases (Uri Geller, Stockhausen) >GELLER, URI: CD (FORK 1 CD). "Uri Geller is known by millions >for his extraordinary mental abilities. I'm not one of the millions, I think the guy is deeply fraud and I wouldn't want to be seen to ever drop a penny his way, let alone a spoon. >STOCKHAUSEN, KARLHEINZ: Helicopter String Quartet: >Wednesday from Light, Scene III CD (MO 782097). Stockhausen is different. Over the past 10 years there have been 4 or 5 whole evenings devoted to parts from Light on Dutch radio. Made me want to go and see the Cologne conservatory last year, but wasn't allowed into the holliest of holly, the studio of electronic music, alas... There's a guy I went to school with here in Venlo, Frank Scheffer, who made a documentary about the Helicopter String Quartet, one of many, he also made superb portraits of Cage, Boulez, Stravinsky, Schoenberg and Varese. A Quicktime sample of the Quartet can be found at http://www.stockhausen.org/video_clips.html Several Frank Scheffer tapes are selling (somewhere on the net...) for $100 or more, was I lucky for having been able to tape them all from Dutch TV! Cheers, Ton *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Ton Rueckert Mozartstraat 12 5914 RB Venlo The Netherlands *** *** mojoto@plex.nl http://www.plex.nl/~mojoto Ph 31/0 773545386 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ Beware! Your bones are going to be disconnected. ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/4264/music/Xbe3975.ram ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 18:27:05 +0100 From: "Cliché" Subject: (exotica) RSG new It already exists, you wrote: http://motion.state51.co.uk/shopfinder/ For eg: Paris 1.BPM (Paris) (score: 100%) Techno | Ambient (Dance) Paris, France 2.UhBahn (score: 100%) Ambient (Dance) | Techno Paris, France 3.Rough Trade (Paris) (score: 100%) Electronica | Experimental Paris, France 4.Bimbo Tower (score: 100%) Experimental | Jazz Paris, France 5.Wave (score: 100%) Dance | Paris, France 6.Odd Size (score: 100%) Hardcore | Industrial Paris, France I think it is not enough for me and I suggested to make an RSG according to uor taste. and i do not like advertisments... I will tell you if I finish the Budapest RSG site. hey, cliché # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 13:38:12 -0500 From: itsvern@ibm.net Subject: Re: (exotica) New Releases (Uri Geller, Stockhausen) > I'm not one of the millions, I think the guy is deeply fraud and I > wouldn't want to be seen to ever drop a penny his way, let alone a > spoon. Last November, I saw the magicians Penn and Teller perform in Las Vegas. Early in their performance, Penn went on a long tirade against Uri, claiming he was a fraud. Yet throughout this tirade, he refused to verbally name 'Uri Geller' Evidently Geller has a nasty habit of filing a libel lawsuit whenever some writer or well known performer voices their negative opinions of him - thus Penn did not specifically name him. It almost sounds like Uri could give up his lucrative spoon-bending psychic work and get a job in some record labels legal department - it appears he's got that pit-bull take-no-prisoners approach to dealing with diversity. I do have an 'Amazing Kreskin' LP though. I put onto one of my tapes a segment where Kreskin takes about 4 minutes to slowly describe an image of a juicy lemon being sliced open by a sharp knife - showing how he can alter someone else's physical state by planting suggestions and images in their minds. It works on me - I'm salivating like a crazed Pavlov's dog by the time the track finishes. Vern # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 15:00:01 -0500 From: cheryl Subject: Re: (exotica) RSG new "Clich=E9" wrote: >=20 > It already exists, you wrote: > http://motion.state51.co.uk/shopfinder/ >=20 > For eg: Paris >=20 > 1.BPM (Paris) (score: 100%) > Techno | Ambient (Dance) Paris, France > 2.UhBahn (score: 100%) > Ambient (Dance) | Techno Paris, France > 3.Rough Trade (Paris) (score: 100%) > Electronica | Experimental Paris, France > 4.Bimbo Tower (score: 100%) > Experimental | Jazz Paris, France > 5.Wave (score: 100%) > Dance | Paris, France > 6.Odd Size (score: 100%) > Hardcore | Industrial Paris, France Except that at least half of these places are out of business now, so it's rather of out of date. =20 cheryl # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 15:16:41 EST From: Thinkmatic@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Pee Wee's Quiet Village This one's probably been mentioned before my time on the list (a year + back), but what the heck. I got the Denny album "Exotic Moog" some months ago and listened to the "Quiet Village"(moog version) which is also on Ultra Lounge 18 - Bottoms Up!. I recognized it as part of the opening theme song to the 1980's Pee Wee's Playhouse show. I recall Mark Mothersbrough(sp), having worked on the music for the show, which probably explains it. I found it to be a point of coolness, worth mentioning, no matter how many times it might have been mentioned before. - -The Roy # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 14:54:36 -0600 From: "Darrell Brogdon" Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour This week's Retro Cocktail Hour webcast is an archive show (while yours truly takes some much-needed R&R). It's a repeat of our popular "Exotica Extravaganza", featuring jungle jazz and tiki tunes by Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman and other leading lights of exotica, plus a few buried treasures from Axel Stordahl, The Paradise Island Trio and Milt Raskin. To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the Web, just visit: http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html Requires a 28.8 Internet connection and RealPlayer. Reminder to all listees -- we're still assembling our first "Radio Free Exotica" edition of The Retro Cocktail Hour. Got music on CD-R, MP3, DAT, cassette, etc. that you'd like to hear on the show? Send it our way and on a future program, we'll compile your requests and play as many as possible during the show. Hurry! Thanks for the space! Darrell Brogdon dbrogdon@ukans.edu The Retro Cocktail Hour KANU FM 91.5 Broadcasting Hall The University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66045 Visit The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at: http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro/retrolisten.htm # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jan 2000 14:32:16 -0800 From: bag@hubris.net Subject: (exotica) Brigade Records Here is a curiosity I can only guess at...does anyone know for sure? I found an album called "Percussion and Brass" on Brigade Records P1423M. I think this is either a mono version of a Command LP or an attempt by Enoch Light to put out another label. In any case, I bet it is an Enoch Light production even though his name is not on the album anywhere. clues: performers are cited as "Doc" Severinson playing trumpet with the All Stars, arrangements by Lew Davies. Other All STars were Willie Rodriguez, Cliff Leeman and Artie Marotti. All those names are often associated with Command records. Enoch Light's group of musicians was often called "The Light Brigade." The label on the record is white with a gold ring around the circumference...just like a Command LP. I don't have all the Command LPs, but maybe the song list will look familiar: The Boy Next Door, They Can't Take That Away From Me, Music Maestro Please, Danny Boy, Nature Boy, I've Got You Under My Skin, That's My Desire, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter, Hands Across The Table, Allah's Holiday, I Know Where I'm Going and Talk of the Town. I like the music and the cover...I will probably put it with my Light LPs. Byron Byron Caloz Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way http://www.hubris.net/zolac The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 19:23:28 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Risser Subject: (exotica) Stereo Ultra What a killer comp this is! Has anyone else been turned on to this? I just heard it and it's fantastic. Anyone know how volume two sounds? By the way, why isn't anyone putting comps of AMERICAN promo and soundtrack music from the 60s and 70s out? How come it's only coming from the vaults of UK, Italy and France? Huh? Why are we so slow? Or am I just missing it? Peter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:49:29 +0100 From: Nicola Battista Subject: (exotica) Alessandroni tops Riffage charts look who's number 1 on Riffage.com easy listening charts! http://www.riffage.com/Bands/Songs/Top40/0,2968,121,00.html of course, he's also featured at no.*23*... how appropriate. :-) bye, Nicola (Dj Batman) Battista "Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief" (Bono) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 04:42:54 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Risser Subject: (exotica) Nerve Net I'm not a big early Eno fan, but I did really love Nerve Net. Also, if you liked Nerve Net, you should check out Passengers. It's Eno and, well, the guys from U2, but really, it's really good! Very little U2 and very much Brian Eno, with excellent rhythm, interesting sounds and good melodies. I like that record a lot. Anyway. That's my two cents from early in the morning. Peter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:08:00 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: (exotica) Bono? Nicola Battista wrote: > "Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief" > (Bono) THE Bono of U2 said this? Under the light of their murderous lawsuit against the band and the people of Negativeland - who had dared to publish a concept album called "U2" - this would get an extra mendacious meaning. If there's one band I really hate, it must be U2. Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 13:21:11 +0000 From: dan hill Subject: Re: (exotica) RSG new > > It already exists, you wrote: > > http://motion.state51.co.uk/shopfinder/ >> > > For eg: Paris > >Except that at least half of these places are out of business now, so >it's rather of out of date. as the person who started the motion specialist record shop finder, and generally "administrates" it, i guess i'd better step up ... first ... obviously if anyone wants to start another guide to record shops, then that's fine ... go for it! secondly however, the motion one has been running for about 18 months or so, and there's over 700 shops from aachen to zurich and all points in between, across pretty much all continents, and many people see it as their first reference point for record shops online ... the shop database can be searched by genre, including relevant genres for this list: exotica, soundtracks, second-hand, spoken-word, as well as all the usual suspects etc. the idea is that it's maintained by users - shops aren't submitted to us, and we don't add shops personally (apart from a fan's point of view) ... anyone can add details of a shop, anyone can add comments on shops (including owners, disgruntled shoppers, and avid fans), and anyone can update details of the shop i.e. the address, web address =2E.. the idea is that someone knows a shop, and then the details of that shop are built up over time by everyone that knows the shops ... shops enter the database automatically, as do updates to shop details =2E.. we just keep an eye on what goes in to watch out for obvious abuse (though no-one really has yet). we don't have a vested interest in it - it's not supposed to focus on any one type of music, or particular geographical location ... it's up to you ... the comments are particularly helpful imho, and although i freely admit that paris is one of the least-covered cities (something i've always tried to solve, to no avail), the comments for those parisian shops that are reported to have closed, *do* indicate that half of them have closed ... if anyone (cherl?) knows where all the shops are in paris, please enter them! and Clich=E9, please feel free to enter details of hungarian shops ... again, the database is lacking there =2E.. though there are details of three shops in austin, mimi! obviously, it's up to you if you want to start another one - there's another one at hyperreal's site, which covers largely ambient/techno/dance stuff, which is very good too ... we're going to overhaul the shop finder any day now though, as many people have written to us with lots of good suggestions which we'll be incorporating. we're not happy with the searching, we need to deal with shops that are reported close more effectively, and we want to be able to list more genres against shops (we originally started with two, as we wanted people to be able to recommend the two main genres that the shop is really good at), and the look'n'feel of the whole motion site will radically shift (inc. graphical map-style interface as an alternative) .... we'd welcome any comments on the service as it stands, though. please check it out. http://motion.state51.co.uk/shopfinder/ and there aren't any commercial adverts on the site! hope this helps ... cheers, dan. - -- - ---+ dan hill [state51] ---+ new reviews on motion [17.1.2000]: < brast burn | sub rosa vs. kompakt | skull | abdel gadir salim | jet jaguar | kit clayton | pablo's eye > http://motion.state51.co.uk/ +--- # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:37:17 +0100 From: Nicola Battista Subject: Re: (exotica) Bono? [OT] >Nicola Battista wrote: > >> "Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief" >> (Bono) > >THE Bono of U2 said this? Under the light of their murderous lawsuit against >the band and the people of Negativeland - who had dared to publish a concept >album called "U2" - this would get an extra mendacious meaning. If there's one >band I really hate, it must be U2. hahha. True. He said this (it was quoted on mp3.com a few weeks ago) and knowing the infamous Negativland case, I decided to adopt it as my signature, for a while. I'm a prankster, you know. :) bye, Nicola (Dj Batman) Battista "Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief" (Bono) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:15:50 -0500 From: Will Straw Subject: Re: (exotica) Bono? [OT] I'd always assumed hating U2 was a prerequisite for being on this list. And that the list manager had software which ensured that this was so. Will ------------------------------------------------- Will Straw, PhD Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Communications McGill University http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/gpc/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 08:10:07 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Risser Subject: (exotica) Sampling vs. Playing So, okay, before I go farther let me say, I really like samples. I mean, REALLY like them. Something about them, I think they are cool. As long as they are done well. Okay, now, Brother Cleve suggests that mostly musicians use samples instead of playing because they can't play. To which Bump agrees. ANd I agree too. That'd be the main reason I'd use samples, plus the general coolness factor. But I guess I'm talking about the rappers who just put together sample after sample. These guys are making big bucks and have decent studio budgets. They could easily bring in players who DO know what they are doing and could construct something similar, but new. Know what I mean? My best example is the Beastie Boys Check Yr Head which is a nice mix between playing and samples, to the point where stuff I thought they were playing turned out to be samples, and vice versa. In any case, they got a keyboard player, and they learned some drums and guitar and to me the music on the record sounds really organic. I mean, Will Smith could harness an entire orchestra if he wanted to. Hell, Puff Daddy DID, but instead of doing something cool, he had them play the riff from a Led Zeppelin tune. So, yeah, I guess THAT'S who I'm talking about primarily. Still, okay, if I'm going to be making music at home, sure, I'd have to sample some beats and sample some keyboards and stuff to put it together, because, dang blast it, I can't play those things. So, two things I could do. One, find someone to play with, which is a great (or miserable, depending) experience in itself. Or two, play. You can play. I can play. My daughter refuses to tie her shoes. Why? She doesn't know how. It's simple as pie to her, and yet, my response is always the same. Like walking or talking or even putting ON your shoes, you have to learn! And the best way to learn to play, is to ape something you've heard already. I mean, come on, maybe Brother Cleve came out of the womb ready to bebop those complicated CombEd organ parts (and he uses a harpsichord hand positioning too, I think), but the rest of us LEARNED from somewhere. I learned to play the drums by sitting behind a and playing along with cool music. James Brown, Led Zeppelin, Jesus Lizard. Boy did I suck, but I had a great time and now I can play reasonably funky beats. Sure there's stuff I still can't play, but I've figured out the stuff I'm mainly interested in. I have every confidence that I could do the same with keyboards, vocals, guitar, bass, what have you. The real problem for me is cash. Can't buy all them instruments, or the recording studio to put them in. :(. So, while I do see the value in samples (I've always wanted to do an all sample ROCK project. Everyone always does dance or rap/funk...) I would still encourage the use of real instruments. That's all. Especially those with the means and means. Although, I agree with whoever said they are primarily business men and capitalizing on an existing hit is much easier than making something new. Peter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 12:06:22 EST From: "William Walton" Subject: (exotica) Gene Harris (obit) This just landed in my mailbox... Harris dies at 66 BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Gene Harris, who had been awaiting a kidney transplant, died at his home Sunday. He was 66. Harris was due for transplant surgery last summer because of kidney failure caused by diabetes. His daughter planned to donate a kidney, but could not because of illness. Harris, who had maintained a busy schedule recording and touring both nationally and internationally, began performing at the age of six. A native of Benton Harbor, Mich., Harris formed the Three Sounds in 1956 and within two years secured a record contract in New York. Harris' piano stylings made the Three Sounds one of the most popular 1960's jazz groups. Harris moved to Boise in 1977 where he became musical director for a hotel, and he continued recording, eventually joining Ray Brown's Trio. In 1987, Harris was nominated for a Grammy award for his album "A Tribute To Count Basie." His 1985 recording "Gene Harris Trio Plus One" won the French equivalent of the Grammy. In 1998, the annual Gene Harris Jazz Festival was inaugurated at Boise State University. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 19:46:26 +0100 From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) 1999 favorites I have put a "1999 favorites" list in The "eXotica Releases Overview", and here is the text version: - my personal 1999favorites: albums - * Frank Comstock and his Orchestra: "Project Comstock. Music From Outerspace" o LP, bootleg, UK?, 1999 - rated ++++ o Reissue of Warner Bros. 1463 from 1962, one of the all-time great "Outer Space" concept albums. Paul Tanner on Theremin, Elliott Fisher on electronic violin, Buddy Cole and Bobby Hammack on Novachord and Hammond. * Reviewed in "Cool & Strange Music Magazine" issue 8 * Preston Epps: "Bongo Rock: The Very Best Of Preston Epps" o CD, Collectables 6040, USA, 1999 - rated +++++ o Highly recommended reissue of his super wild & cool "Bongo bongo bongo" LP. The 2 tracks by Preston Epps on the Del-Fi "Lost treasures" comp CD - though not featured here - are pretty representative for his style on this LP. Side A features odd but wild combinations of R&R guitars, frantic bongo's, strings and brass (Bongo in the Congo; Bongo Rock; Jungle Drums; Bongo, Bongo, Bongo). On "Doin' the cha cha cha" Epps goes latin, while the last track, "Bongos in Pastel" is softer and has wordless vocals. The whole B-side, "Call of the Jungle", is pure classic exotica beauty, with a 13 minute suite of bongo percussion, flutes, tribal chanting, and jungle sounds (and no strings here). CD bonus tracks: Bongo Party; Hully Gully Bongo; Bongo Shuffle. * Friends of Dean Martinez: "Atardecer" o CD, Knitting Factory KFR-234, USA, 1999 - rated ++++ o More EZ grunge instro beauty! * Mort Garson: "The Zodiac Cosmic Sounds (Celestial Counterpoint With Words And Music)" o LP, limited reissue on heavy vinyl (bootleg?), ?, 1999 - rated ++++ o Excellent mix of spoken word (dramatic, under-cooled readings about the 12 signs of the zodiac), spacey psych rock music, some exotic percussion and electronics. * Benny Golson: "Tune In, Turn On To The Hippest Commercials Of The Sixties" o CD, Verve 559793, USA, 1999 - rated ++++ o Bright "now sound" arrangements of tunes from commercials, with a bit of light jazz here, some whistling there, and happy pabadabada chorusses. Originally released 1967. * The Love Machine: "Electronic Music To Blow Your Mind By!!" o LP, Design 282 very limited reissue, 1999 - rated ++++ o Sounds a lot like Jimmy Haskel's "Countdown": late 1950's style guitar and organ instro with a lot of electronic sounds and effects added. Personally, I think "Countdown" is better because there the electronic and other zounds are part of the music, while here The Love Machine is more like playing a game of "now let's see how many weird sounds we can put on top of this cheesy instro music". Still amazing stuff though! * Esther Nelson & Bruce Haack & Dimension 5: "Listen Compute Rock Home" o CD, Emperor Norton, USA, 1999 - rated ++++ o tracks: Way Out There; Motorcycle Ride; Jelly Dancers; Abracadabra; Mudra; American Eagle; OK Robot; Coco The Coconut; Hand Jive; Army Ants In Your Pants; Clocks; Popcorn;Squarefinger; Upside Down; Funky Little Song. * Gershon Kingsley: "Music To Moog By" o LP, Wah-Wah WLP 002, Spain, 1999 - rated +++++ o Classic Moog pop, including "Popcorn". * Laurent Lombard: "Happy Land" o CD, Kosinus, France, 1999 - rated ++++ o If you dig Jean jacques Perrey, then get this one too! * Mandingo: "Mandingo III: Story Of Survival/ Savage Rite" o CD, EMI 5209662, UK, 1999 - rated +++++ o Essential! prog rock meets exotica. Fake Africana-like stuff, created by studio musicians, mixing African rhythms and percussion, 70's funk-rock with screamin' electric guitars, and cool electronics. Wild! * The Maledictus Sound: "Les Maledictus Sound"< o CD, Mucho Gusto, Canada, 1999 - rated +++++ o Wonderful, surprising, incredible! Sort of Symphonic mod sound. Although the notes suggest a large amount of improvisation, all tracks are very good compositions, with great melodies. Their name suggests spooky and dark sounds, but their music is very pop, bright, happy, funny even at times. reminds me a bit of Peter Thomas: the same Euro big band sound, with wild electric guitars, and weird/funny sounds (like Chipmunk style voices for exemple, or screaming). There's 1 track with whistling, several with kazoo's, drums with echo, and almost all tracks have a big string section - but luckily not the sirup kind of strings. The opening track (Kriminal Theme) is spy funk, and uses several sound bits from Pierre Henry's "Messe pour le temps present". "Concerto genocido" sounds surprisingly optimistic, with baroque trumpets. There's also symphonic Hammond soul, and what sounds like Buddy Merrill on acid. Highly recommended! o See Incredibly Strange Music volume 2. * Mandingo: "Mandingo: The Primeval Rhythm Of Life/ Sacrifice" o CD, EMI 5209652, UK, 1999 - rated +++++ o voodoo funk. * Mrs. Miller: "Ultra-Lounge: Wild, Cool & Swingin' (The Artist Collection)" o CD, Capitol 20434, USA, 1999 - rated +++++ o One of the "best" awful singers in the "so bad it's good" category. You simply have to hear this woman! * Jean Jacques Perrey: "Good Moog (Astral Animations & Komputer Kartoons)" o CD, EMI/Kosinus 55, France, 1999 - rated +++++ o "Good Moog" is an understatement. It's brilliant, wonderful, funny stuff. more than 73 minutes, 40 tracks of Moog humor, that Perrey made for radio and TV commercials and jingles. Half of them co-written by Harry Breuer, and those have the same musical sound as that famous Perrey-Breuer collaboration LP, "The Happy Moog": keystone kapers go to the eletronic circus! A must-have! * Santo & Johnny: "Come On In/ Off Shore (Plus 8 bonus tracks)" o CD, Canadian American SCACD 1006, Germany?, 1999 - rated +++++ o Originally issued as Canadian American CALP 11. Orchestra and chorus arranged and conducted by Mort Garson. Quite expensive, but the originals are so tough to find, and you get almost 80 minutes of music! Not 100% sure if these are legit reissues: Canadian American is the label that issued the original LP's back in 1959. Does it still exist? And why does it say "Printed in India" on the back? Available from _Bear Family_. * Don Sebesky: "The Distant Galaxy" o LP, bootleg, UK, 1999 - rated ++++ o Outer space Moog rock * The Shaggs: "Philosophy Of The World" o CD, RCA Victor, USA, 1999 - rated ++++ o Rock & Roll from another galaxy. A classic. * Ananda Shankar: "Ananda Shankar" o CD/LP, WEA/Reprise 72631, Limited edition, UK, 1999 - rated +++++ o Featured instruments: sitar, Moog, electric guitar, tabla. With: Jumpin' Jack Flash; Snow Flower; Light My Fire; Mamata; Metamorphosis, Sagar; Dance Indra; Raghupati. * Lord Sitar: "Lord Sitar" o CD, Zonophone/EMI, Europe, 1999 - rated +++++ o With: If I Were a Rich Man, Emerald City, Tomorrow's People, Daydream Believer, Like Nobody Else, I Am The Walrus, Blue Jay Way, I Can See For Miles, In a Dream/ Eleanor Rigby, Black is Black. * Charles Wilp, music by Marvin Martin: "Charles Wilp Fotografiert Bunny" o CD, Ata Tak EFA 03774, germany, 1999 - rated ++++ o If you like Peter Thomas, then you'l probably love this CD too. - compilations - * Various Artists: "La Guepe Volume 3 (Bananaticoco. European Airlines to Rio)" o CD/LP, Dare Dare 4, France, 1999 - rated ++++ o Excellent bossa nova collection * Various Artists: "My Delicious Spaghetti Western" o LP/CD, Dago Red 102, Italy, 1999 - rated ++++ o compilation of Italian western B-movie soundtracks. Buy the CD, the vinyl is of bad quality. * Various Artists: "Nymphomania Vol 2 (More Sexy European Go Go Music From The 60's)" o CDr, sexy hexy media berlin (bootleg), Germany, 1999 - rated ++++ o Compiled by the Vampiros Lesbos people of Crippled Dick Hot Wax. Though not as superb as volume 1, still highly recommended! * Various Artists: "Paradise Found Volume 1: Rare Exotic Sounds" o CD, Hibiscus HBCD 1001, New Zealand, 1999 - rated ++++ o The worst sounding "mastered-from-original-vinyl" CD I ever heard... but the music is beautiful, classic exotica. intro: "Aloha Malahahini!"; Gene Rains Group: "Bangkok Cock Fight"; Ted Auletta: "Quiet Village"; Jerry Byrd: "Bird of paradise"; The Surfmen: "Taboo"; Frank Hunter: "White Goddess"; Warren Barker: "Malayan Nightbird"; Phil Moore: "Return To Paradise"; Johnny Spencer and The Kona Koasters: "s'Pacifica"; The Royal Samoans: "Similu"; The Exciting Sounds of Milt Raskin: "Kapu"; The Polynesians: "Hawaiian China Doll"; Chaino and His African Percussion Safari: "The Jungle Chase"; Sondi Sodsai: "Sondi"; The Yokohama Knights: "A Man and A Woman"; Outro: "Outrigger Canoe Ride". * Various Artists: "The Best Of Moog" o CD, RED distribution, USA, October 1999 - rated ++++ o Hot Butter: "Popcorn"; Jean Jacques Perrey: "E.V.A.", "E.V.A. Fatboy Slim remix"; Richard Hayman: "The Look Of Love"; Martin Denny: "Midnight Cowboy"; Perrey & Kingsley: "The Savers", "Spanish Flea", "One Note Samba", "Winchester Cathedral", "Baroque Hoedown"; Gil Trythall: "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"; Enoch Light & The Light Brigade: "Bond Street"; Armando Trovaioli : "I Apologize Mr. Rossini"; Electric Cokernut: "Jeepster", "Back Off Boogaloo"; Armando Trovaioli: "Kinky Peanuts"; First Moog Quartet: "Shank", "Hey Hey"; Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra: "Moog Power"; Dick Hyman: "Give It Up Or Turn It Loose". - soundtracks - * Les Baxter: "Hell's Belles" o LP, Sidewalk ST-5919 (bootleg), USA, 1999 - rated ++++ o Soulful "now" sound biker flick score. Lots of fuzz guitar and Hammond organ. Recorded in 1969. * Franco Godi: "Signor Rossi" o LP/CD, Crippled Dick Hot Wax 054 , Germany, 1999 - rated ++++ o Hard to describe soundtrack music from the Italian cartoon series. Much variation: lots of funny voices, latin rhythms, Mah-na-mah-na like nonsese goodies. recommended! * Bruno Nicolai: "Femmine Insaziabili" o Double LP/CD, Right Tempo/Easy Tempo ET 929, Italy, 1999 - rated ++++ o As featured on "Easy Tempo 8". Really superb score. Soft and romantic melodies with wordless vocals by none other than Edde Dell'Orso, plus some spy-like tunes, and a couple of Barry/Bond like vocal tracks by Lara Saint Paul. Recommended! visit The "eXotica Releases Overview": http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/1936/ Johan ----- # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 19:42:35 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Sampling vs. Playing Peter! What exactely did you want us to say with this? Peter Risser wrote: > So, okay, before I go farther let me say, > I really like samples. I mean, REALLY like them. > Something about them, I think they are cool. > As long as they are done well. > > Okay, > now, > Brother Cleve suggests that mostly musicians use > samples instead of playing because they can't play. > To which Bump agrees. ANd I agree too. That'd be the > main reason I'd use samples, plus the general coolness > factor. Exactly. So what? If I'd use a studio musician, I'd do it, because I can't play that instrument myself. What is this? A statement for unplugged music? > But I guess I'm talking about the rappers who just put > together sample after sample. These guys are making > big bucks and have decent studio budgets. They could > easily bring in players who DO know what they are > doing and could construct something similar, but new. > Know what I mean? Not really. They just used samples, with the same right that anybody else used and is still using samples. I guess the quality of the results varies like it always does in any genre, but if one musical direction had shown creativity and innovation in the use of samples, espesh in early days, like the mid 80s to the mid 90s, then it's Hip Hop. Of course they could have used musicians instead of samples, but they used samples, so what? In early days using a sample by one of your musical heroes was more like a hommage to that artist and not a rip off, especially when black musicians sampled black musicians. White musicians often used "black samples", because there was no white musician who could play or sing like that. Was that incorrect? So I guess I still don't know what your problem really is with samples. Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 19:44:47 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Bono? Will Straw wrote: > I'd always assumed hating U2 was a prerequisite for > being on this list. And that the list manager had software > which ensured that this was so. YEAH! Right on! Fuck U2! D'Accord! Mo # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:07:37 -0500 From: "Irwin Chusid/Raymond Scott Archives" Subject: (exotica) Raymond Scott update 1/00 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RAYMOND SCOTT NEWS UPDATE -- 2000 JANUARY -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This month: # RAYMOND SCOTT ORCHESTRETTE triumphs at Animated Music Festival, Brussels # RS ORCHESTRETTE booked for JAZZ AT MOMA concert scheduled for May 19 # MANHATTAN RESEARCH, INC. 2-CD set of Raymond Scott unreleased electronica # RAYMOND SCOTT MUSIC in print # NEW PAGES on the Raymond Scott website: * * * * * * * # RAYMOND SCOTT ORCHESTRETTE triumphs at Animated Music Festival, Brussels The Raymond Scott Orchestrette's EUROPEAN debut generated quite a buzz at the ANIMATED MUSIC Festival in Brussels. Playing at the 150-year old Beursschouwburg Theatre on Dec 3, the 7-man RSO presented an expanded repertoire. Along with such familiar RS faves as "Powerhouse," "The Penguin," and "Twilight in Turkey," the group introduced the rarely heard Scott obscurities "Blue Velvet Waltz" and the 1936 song "Yesterday's Ice Cubes," with vocals by Brian Dewan. Most stunning of all, however, was the historic first-ever public performance of a composition from Scott's 1963 groundbreaking Soothing Sounds for Baby series of electronic lullabies for infants. "LITTLE MISS ECHO," arranged for the all-acoustic ensemble by Dewan, retained the minimalistic, ethereal qualities of the original, while reinforcing the RSO's artistic re-evaluation of Scott as more than just an avatar of whimsical "cartoon-jazz." The RSO, which performs modernistic arrangements of Scott tunes, debuted at the Jewish Museum in February 1999, and performed at Central Park SummerStage last June. The group consists of Wayne Barker (piano, arrangements); Brian Dewan (electric zither, piano, accordion, electronics); Michael Hashim (saxes); Will Holshouser (accordion, arrangements); George Rush (bass); Rob Thomas (violin); and Clem Waldmann (drums). Performance dates in NYC, LA, and Europe are being explored. For concert booking inquiries, contact Irwin Chusid RAYMOND ORCHESTRETTE STUDIO DEMO The RSO recently recorded a 7-tune album demo and is seeking interested record labels. Inquiries: Irwin Chusid Visit our new RSO info page (sound clips coming soon): http://RaymondScott.com/orchette.html * * * * * * * # RAYMOND SCOTT ORCHESTRETTE in concert JAZZ at MoMA, MAY 19 The RSO has been booked to appear in concert at the Museum of Modern Art on Friday evening, May 19, 2000, as part of the Jazz at MoMA series. The booking was just confirmed so we have no further info, but our next update will supply concert details. You won't find immediate details about the RSO gig here either: http://www.moma.org/ but keep watching MoMA's site for updating of the Jazz @ MoMA calendar. Or visit their on-line Gift Shop to buy a Kyoto silk scarf or an expandable tricycle for someone you love. * * * * * * * # MANHATTAN RESEARCH, INC. 2-CD set of Raymond Scott unreleased electronica In early 2000, Basta Records will unveil MANHATTAN RESEARCH, INC., a 2-CD edition of Raymond Scott's unreleased electronic recordings. This collection will feature first-time releases of archival Scott recordings from the 1950s-60s. These works feature such RS inventions as the Electronium, Clavivox, Circle Machine (early sequencer), Rhythm Modulator, Bass-Line Generator, Bandito and Bongo Artist, and more. The album includes collaborative works with Jim Henson, and comes packaged in a 144-page book that features interviews with people who knew and worked with Scott (e.g., Mitzi Scott, Robert Moog, Tom Rhea), along with countless previously unseen photos, lab notes, and RS scrapbook items. A sequel, THE ELECTRONIUM YEARS (1960s-70s), is already in the planning stages. * * * * * * * # RAYMOND SCOTT MUSIC is available on the following commercial releases: RECKLESS NIGHTS AND TURKISH TWILIGHTS (Sony Legacy, US; Basta, world) 1937-1939 original RS Quintette recordings, including most titles immortalized in WB cartoons SOOTHING SOUNDS FOR BABY (3 volumes, Basta) Scott's 1963 electronic lullabies for children of *all* ages; spooky minimalism and otherworldly ambient sounds predating Glass, Riley, Eno, Kraftwerk THE CHESTERFIELD ARRANGEMENTS (Basta) The METROPOLE ORCHESTRA with the Beau Hunks Saxtette Newly recorded orchestral arrangements of 17 Scott Quintet titles performed at "Cecil B. DeMille-like proportions" THE BEAU HUNKS SEXTETTE (Basta) CELEBRATION ON THE PLANET MARS 1994 recordings of classic RSQ repertoire MANHATTAN MINUET 1996 recordings of more classic RSQ repertoire BUG MUSIC (Nonesuch) Don Byron's project features six Scott Quintette titles, along with vintage Ellington and overlooked John Kirby tunes CARTOON MEDLEY CD (Rhino) Themes from the Cartoon Network, including two new arrangements of Scott's classic "Powerhouse" For easy purchasing links for the above RS-related CDs, go to: http://RaymondScott.com/SDisc.html * * * * * * * # NEW PAGES created by Jeff Winner on the Raymond Scott website: The Raymond Scott Orchestrette: http://RaymondScott.com/orchette.html ROBERT MOOG remembers Raymond Scott: http://RaymondScott.com/moog.html Raymond Scott TIMELINE: http://RaymondScott.com/timeline.html Raymond Scott's CIRCLE MACHINE: http://RaymondScott.com/circle.html (contains 2 new MP3 sound files) * * * * * * * This mailing list has been compiled from those who have inquired about RAYMOND SCOTT over the past few years. Occasional news about RS will be issued, but this list will not be given to *anyone* for *any* reason. Let us know if you do not want to be included in our infrequent mailings. Best regards, Irwin Chusid Director, Raymond Scott Archives _____________________________________ Visit the Raymond Scott website http://RaymondScott.com created and maintained by Jeff Winner # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ End of exotica-digest V2 #600 *****************************