Post #521367 by Digitiki on Thu, Apr 1, 2010 9:52 AM

A Very interesting topic indeed!!!

When I first started doing my podcast, I did something that has turned out to be quite eye opening. I made a playlist in my iTunes and threw all the standard exotica/Hapa haole, etc into it. Then I began to through in modern electronica( not the thumping club stuff, but styles called Ambient & Chill), swing (40's), crooners (Sinatra, Fitzgerald, etc), surf and even some trip hop. The interesting thing is that most of it fits nicely when I have a cocktail party or just relaxing in tiki-ville.

I have found that there is quite a number of radically unrelated genres of music that, when mixed together, can actually complement each other.

John-O's first line in this thread is the best "Tiki music is whatever we want it to be".

Tiki music is whatever sets the tiki mood and/or the environment that you're in. Having said that, it IS true that "tiki music" is generally thought of as exotica, and vintage Hawaiian music because that is the most obvious and most often played within a tiki environment.

[ Edited by: Digitiki 2010-04-01 09:52 ]