Post #693806 by tiki mick on Tue, Sep 17, 2013 8:30 AM

On 2013-09-16 21:26, bigbrotiki wrote:
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.

I would argue this point. Nothing casts as wide a net as today's exotica revival does. Today's "exotica" revival includes punk, garage rock, new wave, surf and country....(or at least there are many bands where those styles are the main influence, and not really exotica...except in the use of "tiki" imagery) yet manages to exclude hawaiiana completely. The irony of disregarding some of this source material is frustrating to me.

As I always say, tiki people say they like exotica....but some times I doubt how much....if you have to water down and dillute something to make it more easily digested......

Some times I compare it to the 90's swing revival....as seen in the movie "swingers".....to me, those bands (like Big bad Voodoo Daddy) were only copying the kitsche excess of the big band era (the wild gene krupa/buddy rich style drumming, zoot suits, etc) hyping the crime jazz aspects while ignoring a lot about what made the original big band music great.....

my two cents, of course.