Post #693624 by Kaiwaza on Sun, Sep 15, 2013 3:21 PM

Well, I mean, if Wikipedia says so, it must be true, right?

I've never heard it explained that way, but it does make SOME sense. There's always been some "exotica" music that I've felt comfortable mixing with my Hawaiian LPs and some "exotica" that just seems too far afield to mix in. And I've also often felt many "Latin" recordings done by American/European orchetras & groups can slip into the "exotica" realm. Anything where they are somewhat "overemphasising" certain elements like percussion or unusual instruments & chord progression..but not really representations of the true local music culture.

Of course, as has been said, it's interesting but kind of "water under the bridge" since none of these terms were used at the time anyway. I guess people living in the Rennaisance didn't walk around saying "I'm living in the Rennaisance Period..." :)