Mele Kalikimaka!

Tokyo Aquarium - The Exotic Moods of Christmas https://open.spotify.com/album/5XupIQrBEw0RORZArr8tts

Ah durn, I just did my exotic xmas show last Friday!

Well, mahalo anyway - looks like I can get a head start on next year...

Dang! This is great! Thanks for the share!

Hope it was a good show Mr. Fab! Sorry I missed it. Here's to 2026! Cheers!

Man! I shared this on the exotica Reddit forum and really started a fuss! Lots of folks claimed it was AI. Bottom line, it was a fun listen! What do I know!! LOL!!

I dunno, maybe the artwork is. But i didn't get that from the music. How can you tell?

Ya know… I was wondering about the possibility of AI Origin myself. I've been exposed to TONS of "AI Exotica" over the last year or so (more, not less) and none of it sounds anything as close to real exotica as this.

The Art is Nothing But AI, of course, but the "Creator" obviously knows more than just what Wikipedia describes Exotica as. On top of that, the Christmas focus suggests human "direction" at the very least, and I found it to be pretty impressive.

Tokyo Aquarium has another Christmas offering here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4g7GVE32iwUedwqzYb7UmW

Not as Exotica, but definitely within the Surfxotica realm.

The Term, or Name, "Tokyo Aquarium" pops up all around the innerweb in response to different search criteria (primarily as an "Aquarium Shop" in Los Angeles), so who knows it that's an actual name of an actual band!?!

I've gotta say… I've been collecting vinyl since about 1967 (Okay. I Started REALLY Early) and this AI Crap is threatening to ruin everything that I love about New Music.

Happy Holidays Everybody!

Exactly! What's the tell-tale sign? I'm just not aware....but hooo boy, the redditors came out, guns and knives drawn! "Get this slop outta here!" And then the moderator threw up a rule on the forum:

"Hey all, In order to make r/exotica a community that we can all enjoy I guess it is finally time to add rules… so far I’ve come up with one.

No AI.

I feel that AI stifles true artistic creativity and is in general an abomination.

If anyone else has another suggestions for rules please add a comment or shoot me a message. I really want to keep this community about enjoyment of exotica music."

I added an apology comment and messaged the guy, no response.

Yeah, it's nuts....I was just trying to spread some cheer (as you'd done on this initial post.) Ah, whatev's....all good.

Personaly, I do NOT want to see a ban on AI art or music. I understand people's objection to it, but don't share it.