New Exotica Band * Walk The Plank - Tiki Music

T tikiyaki Tiki Socialite The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 2725	T tikiyaki Posted posted on Fri, Feb 12, 2010 10:15 PM Martin Denny's version of "The Enchanted Sea" employs surf guitar. To Me, The Blue Hawaiians are the original purveyors of modern Exotic Surf, pre-dating Tikiyaki by at least a decade. As for Tikiyaki....I would say that about 15% of our music is surf-based...I can count the songs on one hand. Mai Tais on the Moon Black Sand Blue Sea Makaha The rest incorporate elements of Jazz (not so much, as I'm not that well versed in it) Latin, lounge, crime jazz (a la Mancini) and random other stuff. By The Way, Arthur Lyman played alot of popular show tunes, pop tunes, as well as jazz....there was always Pop evident in Exotica....Jazz was just one element of it. Denny was more jazz based, but was all over the map musically too. The great think about Exotica as a genre...it incorporates many different styles of music. So, it leaves room for lots of innovation.

Martin Denny's version of "The Enchanted Sea" employs surf guitar.

To Me, The Blue Hawaiians are the original purveyors of modern Exotic Surf, pre-dating Tikiyaki by at least a decade.

As for Tikiyaki....I would say that about 15% of our music is surf-based...I can count the songs on one hand.

Mai Tais on the Moon
Black Sand Blue Sea
Makaha

The rest incorporate elements of Jazz (not so much, as I'm not that well versed in it) Latin, lounge, crime jazz (a la Mancini) and random other stuff.

By The Way, Arthur Lyman played alot of popular show tunes, pop tunes, as well as jazz....there was always Pop evident in Exotica....Jazz was just one element of it. Denny was more jazz based, but was all over the map musically too.

The great think about Exotica as a genre...it incorporates many different styles of music. So, it leaves room for lots of innovation.

Post #510897 by tikiyaki on Fri, Feb 12, 2010 10:15 PM