Indonesian Region/City-Titled Exotica songs - Tiki Music

DTG DJ Terence Gunn Member Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 250	DTG DJ Terence Gunn Posted posted on Thu, May 21, 2009 10:58 PM Ah, yes, 'Fruit of Dreams' is one of the albums; 'Ports Of Paradise' is the other. Still scratching my head over the other song ('Sunrise Over Sumatra'), though. Enoch Light comes to mind, not Les Baxter. I'll have to hunt it down. The first two songs are gorgeous but too orchestral for my purposes. The search continues. I found 'Javanese Valley' by Warren Barker. It fits fairly well. Perhaps a bit heavy on the Oriental/Chinese side, but then again Exotica wasn't supposed to be folk-worthy authentic, but more escapist and exotic-sounding, for Western ears and perception, that is. And please don't anybody suggest 'Java' by Al Hirt! :0) [ Edited by: DJ Terence Gunn 2009-05-21 23:58 ]

Ah, yes, 'Fruit of Dreams' is one of the albums; 'Ports Of Paradise' is the other. Still scratching my head over the other song ('Sunrise Over Sumatra'), though. Enoch Light comes to mind, not Les Baxter. I'll have to hunt it down. The first two songs are gorgeous but too orchestral for my purposes. The search continues.

I found 'Javanese Valley' by Warren Barker. It fits fairly well. Perhaps a bit heavy on the Oriental/Chinese side, but then again Exotica wasn't supposed to be folk-worthy authentic, but more escapist and exotic-sounding, for Western ears and perception, that is.

And please don't anybody suggest 'Java' by Al Hirt! :0)

[ Edited by: DJ Terence Gunn 2009-05-21 23:58 ]

Post #455533 by DJ Terence Gunn on Thu, May 21, 2009 10:58 PM