The Jungle-style Thread - Pop Culture Iconography of the Dark Continent - General Tiki

J JOHN-O Tiki Socialite Dogtown, USA Joined: May 16, 2008 Posts: 2721	J JOHN-O Posted posted on Fri, Jul 30, 2010 3:57 PM This hard to find Tak Shindo album was recently (re)released in CD format a few months ago. It has a Jungle Exotica theme throughout (a la Les Baxter) and features elephant and monkey noises as well as some vague African chanting. If you like the lush orchestral Exotica landscape that Les paints then you'll love this. It's too bad they didn't use the master tapes as the source (it's recorded off records). It's part of a twofer CD that also include Ethel Azama's "Exotic Dreams". This is a good showcase of Japanese Americans' contributions to Exotica and Tiki culture. :) Also here's a plug for TC's Digitiki. His web site has a page focused on recent Exotica digital releases like this... http://www.digitiki.com/digital_reissues.htm One-stop shopping, it's INVALUABLE !!

This hard to find Tak Shindo album was recently (re)released in CD format a few months ago. It has a Jungle Exotica theme throughout (a la Les Baxter) and features elephant and monkey noises as well as some vague African chanting. If you like the lush orchestral Exotica landscape that Les paints then you'll love this. It's too bad they didn't use the master tapes as the source (it's recorded off records).

It's part of a twofer CD that also include Ethel Azama's "Exotic Dreams". This is a good showcase of Japanese Americans' contributions to Exotica and Tiki culture. :)

Also here's a plug for TC's Digitiki. His web site has a page focused on recent Exotica digital releases like this...

http://www.digitiki.com/digital_reissues.htm

One-stop shopping, it's INVALUABLE !!

Post #545468 by JOHN-O on Fri, Jul 30, 2010 3:57 PM