Post #693567 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Sep 15, 2013 12:19 AM

Let's not forget that the Exotica Revival predated the Tiki Revival by a decade. When the term Exotica was first coined, there was no such genre as Tiki yet. Even though its name was based on the Martin Denny albums, the 90s Exotica revival cast a much wider net stylistically, represented by such magazines as "Ungawa":
http://www.vampalicious.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=301

As I wrote in Tiki Magazine, there is a similar concept inherent in each genre:

"Looking back at the evolution of the Tiki revival from its beginnings in the artistic underground to its return into popular culture, the movement can be divided in three phases, of with each was a different form of the same basic principle: The multi-layered exotic experience.
1980s - 1990s EXOTICA: The multi-layered SOUND experience
mid-1990s - 2000s The TIKI LOUNGE: The multi-layered VISUAL experience
mid 2000s - 2010s The Tiki COCKTAIL: The multi-layered TASTE experience"

Happily, nowadays we can enjoy all three in unison, as it should be :)

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2013-09-15 08:02 ]