Tiki Music Defined - Tiki Music

K Kaiwaza Tiki Socialite Waikiki Beach, Hawaii Joined: Aug 06, 2003 Posts: 563	K Kaiwaza Posted posted on Sat, Apr 3, 2010 12:38 PM Since peopl are "going there" with this post including the 100% valid issue of classical music preceeding anything "tiki pop"...I would put forward that in order to understand "exotica" or "tiki" anything, thr spring it issues forth from is really later-day pop version of the "orientalism" of the preceeding century...at least conceptully..the Westerner looking East and commenting, creating art & music based on their own cultural interpretation. All these classical pieces are completely at home with exotica music to me....I am STILL waiting for someone to do a very exotic or steel arrangement of "Arab Dance" from the Nutcracker suite...seems a natural to me..:)

Since peopl are "going there" with this post including the 100% valid issue of classical music preceeding anything "tiki pop"...I would put forward that in order to understand "exotica" or "tiki" anything, thr spring it issues forth from is really later-day pop version of the "orientalism" of the preceeding century...at least conceptully..the Westerner looking East and commenting, creating art & music based on their own cultural interpretation.
All these classical pieces are completely at home with exotica music to me....I am STILL waiting for someone to do a very exotic or steel arrangement of "Arab Dance" from the Nutcracker suite...seems a natural to me..:)

Post #521792 by Kaiwaza on Sat, Apr 3, 2010 12:38 PM