Post #609930 by emspace on Wed, Oct 12, 2011 8:57 AM

Ah, so it's snippets of melody from a particular culture or composition, or the selection of a particular instrument, that makes the Mr. Ho sound so different from what Lyman or Baxter or Denny were doing? Give me a break - that's exactly what those guys were doing themselves: pastiche IS exotica.

You guys had better point me to a particular track - I don't hear it. And I've played in Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, reggae, funk, and Celtic bands. I have a music collection that spans everything from Partch to gamelan to ska to jazz to whatever, near-total musical recall within one listen (pure genetic luck) and a mental catalog of reference points spanning 40 years of totally devoted music fanaticism.

Is there really shakuhachi somewhere BTW? I hear a lot of bass flute, common in exotica as well as bossa.

Mr. Ho, as I said: I am not putting you down! You have perfectly recreated both the approach and the sonic ambience of the exotica big names, and made some very fine music as a result.

[ Edited by: emspace 2011-10-12 09:19 ]