Post #693765 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:26 PM

Yup, that article was really a fantastic find: Not only did it show that there were people during that time (even if only a few) that thought about "Exotica" as a genre by listing all the now accepted key players of the style (Marty, Arty, and Les). It also mentions a slew of singular classics like "White Goddess" and "Exotic Island" (which are considered "discoveries" by the Exotica revivalists), PLUS it casts a similarly wide net as the modern Exotica revival does, by not only including orchestral stylings like Henry Mancini and Andre Kostelanetz, but also Hawaiiana, Latin, and the Space Age sounds of Russ Garcia.

If I would not have seen this article with my own eyes, I would have believed it to be some clever retro-engineered fake, it so perfectly captures what was thought to be an 80s/90s hipster discovery.

Now John-O, you find something like that that will describe a pop culture genre called "Tiki" in it's own heyday so completely, and I will never again claim to have defined it! :D