Post #143296 by dangergirl299 on Fri, Feb 25, 2005 2:39 PM

there is a small but loyal following of pink martini on this forum. (see: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=10730&forum=6
and
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=6765&forum=6)

pink martini comes from my old stomping grounds portland oregon.

their first album "sympatique" is widely loved and has been sampled in several films. But, it is similar in style to the Tomato album; an eclectic lounge-y mix of multi-national covers, etc. the Tomato album drove my brother nuts because it went from English, French, Italian, Japanese, Croatian, Spanish and back to english (must like the first one did). so if you don't dig the current one, you probably won't like the first one either. amazon.com lets you listen to samples of their music, and if you go to pinkmartini.com you can listen to the entire first album.

I wouldn't classify their stuff as hardcore "lounge" per se. you might get some ideas from these threads however:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=13354&forum=11&4

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=10393&forum=11