Post #196933 by Selector Lopaka on Mon, Nov 7, 2005 8:37 PM

Ahh Professah,
Onkonkulu! I'm stilling glowing from your most excellent set at the fabled Mai Kai. The opening notes of your version of "Quiet Village", heard in such a perfect venue, gave me goose bumps. I also dug your version of Si Zentner's "Tiki". Love your originals too. Waitki's obvious love and respect for Exotica is truly inspiring, and your seriously silly approach to music is very refreshing. Your disc has been getting lots of play on my DJ night. Many mahalos to you and the rest of the combo.

Now, you were asking about Taboo. My most favorite version of Taboo (that I could come up with for this post) is by Alex Scorier, a Belgian flautist/saxamaphonist, from his album "Latin For Dancers" (Polydor). I believe it was recorded sometime in the 1970s. It kind of has a TV theme vibe, with a wicked fuzzed out guitar solo in the middle. I downloaded it from some music blog within the past year. I like it because it takes this song to a new place without sounding corny.

Onkonkuluku!