Post #596469 by pablus on Thu, Jul 7, 2011 10:00 AM

The CD is approaching completion.
Featuring 12 original ukulele-washed tracks by yours truly and Ken Kanaka.

Also featuring some great musicianship by islanders like Kanekila, Jeff "Tiny Bubbles" Berlin, Mr. Ho, Tommy Wannalikilei, Doc Tiki and others...

We went all out on this album and tried a few different styles. Much more polished than our initial offering of SIX freaking years ago. (man, that's hard to believe.)

Anyway - you can get updates and some eventual goodies by going to crazedmugs.com and signing up for junk and stuff. Or you can "like" us on Facebook - and we'll keep you up to date on the release, play dates, medical procedures and opinions on fabric.

It's been a gas to be a part (mostly avid reader) of this forum for 7 years or so now and I value all of your opinions. Even Lucas Vigor, who is going to hate the 2 reggae-ish cuts.
I appreciate the feedback on the different tunes I've posted up here as rough cuts and also the inspiration for some of the tunes. Tiki Central was pretty instrumental in most of the tunes we wrote and although we're looking for a much wider audience for this release - this is "home" to us.

I think a few of the tunes, in particular, will resonate pretty strongly with you here.

Mystery Girl is a very exotica feel, with vocals, piano, flute, vibes and the super cool Tahitian log drum I got off of Dick Sanft.

Marooned on the Mainland also has what we're calling "an exotica break" as the choruses. I think you'll get a kick out of the Eden Ahbez influence you'll hear in the background.

Ken Kanaka is a very hooky writer and we had to pare down the album because we both brought too many tunes to the table when we started working on the project in earnest.

Anyway - I'll post more about it later but I'm getting pretty geeked about it all.

Aloha