Post #700714 by tiki mick on Fri, Nov 29, 2013 7:23 AM

On 2013-11-27 10:06, mrzahta wrote:
I think it was (in the 50s/60s) the precursor of New Age/meditation music, since the relaxing objective is almost the same (I know it's hard to find meditation music playing in bars and restaurants).

This is an interesting theory, and one I agree with 100%...people often ask, what happened AFTER exotica and lounge?

My take is that it split off into two directions: 1. The latin sound...such as Herb Alpert, Baja Marimaba, Sergio Mendes (though he was actually there at the beginning)and some others that carried on with the adult contemporary sound...and 2. during the 70's, 80's and 90's, there was a proliferation of new age groups such as Shadowfax, oregon, Jon Hassell and Paul Winter consort that had similar exotic ideals and were also designed to be adult contemporary/easy listening, albeit without the whimsy and sense of "fun" that the 50's exotica had. These bands gleefully listed all the exotic instruments found on the albums....boo-bams anyone?

https://soundcloud.com/lucas-vigor/lights-on-the-water?in=lucas-vigor/sets/set-3

[ Edited by: lucas vigor 2013-11-29 07:40 ]