Looking For Music Recommendations - Tiki Music

S Scottes Member A Little North Of Boston Joined: Feb 18, 2007 Posts: 490	S Scottes Posted posted on Sat, Feb 16, 2008 6:07 PM Well I was drinking with a few friends tonight and we started talking about music, and we mentioned this thread and what I ended up with. Well, I downloaded a whole bunch of music to find things that I might like. I listened to a bunch of MP3 samples on eMusic and Amazon and a couple other places that sell MP3s. Many, many MP3s got deleted. But after a few weeks I felt that I had a decent collection, so I bought a bunch of MP3 singles, and many CDs to replace the good MP3s that I downloaded. I'm kinda bummed that many albums aren't available anymore, though. I've still got many songs obviously recorded from old LPs. In the end, I boiled down my favorite choices to just over 150 songs, though I have another 1000 that weren't good enough to listen to on a constant basis. I will have to go back over these some day, just in case they grow on me. I ended up with: Arthur Lyman - Many songs, though they're not my favorites because many are too slow for me. Martin Denny - Many songs, though not much of his weirder stuff where he went off into crazy sounds like bird calls and such. Don Ralke - Wow, Savage & Sensuous Bongos just blows me away. Some of my absolute favorites. Don Tiki - Just about everything on Forbidden Sounds that didn't have vocals. For some reason I don't care for singing when I listen to this type of music. Les Baxter - Many songs Robert Drasnin - Almost all of Voodoo 1 & 2 Tikiyaki Orchestra - Almost every song from their album made my cut. Good stuff. Waitiki - Again, almost every song from their albums made my cut. Good stuff. I also have a smattering of things from here and there, all across the board. A couple "unusual" ones like Kharminsky Experience and Clouseaux which I liked quite a lot. While they might not seem to fit next to Arthur Lyman, they're close enough and they're great tunes. A few by Milt Raskin, Gene Rains, and more modern like Kava Kon and Klangraum. Looking at this from an album perspective, most of my favorite stuff came from: Martin Denny - Best Of Martin Denny's Exotica Martin Denny - Primitiva Arthur Lyman - Exotic Sounds of Arthur Lyman Arthur Lyman - The Very Best of Arthur Lyman Ultra Lounge 1 - Mondo Exotica Waitiki - Both albums Tikiyaki Orchestra - StereoExotique Dan Ralke - Savage & Sensuous Bongos Les Baxter - Tamboo! Les Baxter - Ritual Of The Savage Les Baxter - Sacred Idol Robert Drasnin - Voodoo 1 & 2 There were others, but only a song or two from them so they kinda not worth mentioning. When it came down to it all, and when I realized what to listen for, much of this was played over and over at friend's houses. But I had one big "Wow!" experience - and that was from Don Ralke's Savage & Sensuous Bongos. This album is fantastic, and not very much about bongos since they often play in the background. They certainly pack more percussion than many of the others, but have plenty of vibraphone and other such "exotic" instruments, along with a nice brass section that added some very nice tones. Highly recommended - if you can find it. I wish that I could.

Well I was drinking with a few friends tonight and we started talking about music, and we mentioned this thread and what I ended up with.

Well, I downloaded a whole bunch of music to find things that I might like. I listened to a bunch of MP3 samples on eMusic and Amazon and a couple other places that sell MP3s. Many, many MP3s got deleted. But after a few weeks I felt that I had a decent collection, so I bought a bunch of MP3 singles, and many CDs to replace the good MP3s that I downloaded. I'm kinda bummed that many albums aren't available anymore, though. I've still got many songs obviously recorded from old LPs.

In the end, I boiled down my favorite choices to just over 150 songs, though I have another 1000 that weren't good enough to listen to on a constant basis. I will have to go back over these some day, just in case they grow on me.

I ended up with:

Arthur Lyman - Many songs, though they're not my favorites because many are too slow for me.
Martin Denny - Many songs, though not much of his weirder stuff where he went off into crazy sounds like bird calls and such.
Don Ralke - Wow, Savage & Sensuous Bongos just blows me away. Some of my absolute favorites.
Don Tiki - Just about everything on Forbidden Sounds that didn't have vocals. For some reason I don't care for singing when I listen to this type of music.
Les Baxter - Many songs
Robert Drasnin - Almost all of Voodoo 1 & 2
Tikiyaki Orchestra - Almost every song from their album made my cut. Good stuff.
Waitiki - Again, almost every song from their albums made my cut. Good stuff.

I also have a smattering of things from here and there, all across the board. A couple "unusual" ones like Kharminsky Experience and Clouseaux which I liked quite a lot. While they might not seem to fit next to Arthur Lyman, they're close enough and they're great tunes. A few by Milt Raskin, Gene Rains, and more modern like Kava Kon and Klangraum.

Looking at this from an album perspective, most of my favorite stuff came from:

Martin Denny - Best Of Martin Denny's Exotica
Martin Denny - Primitiva
Arthur Lyman - Exotic Sounds of Arthur Lyman
Arthur Lyman - The Very Best of Arthur Lyman
Ultra Lounge 1 - Mondo Exotica
Waitiki - Both albums
Tikiyaki Orchestra - StereoExotique
Dan Ralke - Savage & Sensuous Bongos
Les Baxter - Tamboo!
Les Baxter - Ritual Of The Savage
Les Baxter - Sacred Idol
Robert Drasnin - Voodoo 1 & 2

There were others, but only a song or two from them so they kinda not worth mentioning.

When it came down to it all, and when I realized what to listen for, much of this was played over and over at friend's houses.

But I had one big "Wow!" experience - and that was from Don Ralke's Savage & Sensuous Bongos. This album is fantastic, and not very much about bongos since they often play in the background. They certainly pack more percussion than many of the others, but have plenty of vibraphone and other such "exotic" instruments, along with a nice brass section that added some very nice tones. Highly recommended - if you can find it. I wish that I could.

Post #361600 by Scottes on Sat, Feb 16, 2008 6:07 PM