Part of the Exotic Tiki Island podcast. It just started at 5pm EST. Listen in here: https://eti-radio.mixlr.com/events/3629001

Found these at a yard sale

I forgot it came out earlier this summer, but have spent the past few days listening to it a few times through. The recordings are great and the sound and tone is excellent. I think overall the success of the project ultimately depends on the listener's relationship to the original source material. For me Le Festin, The Incredbiles, Space Mountain, and most of the Disney/Pixar were great to hear in a reimagined way. I'm less familiar with his work in gaming or some other films, though they all sounded great.

One of my favorite tracks has got to be The Family Stone Waltz - from The Family Stone. The original is frenetic and bouncy, reflecting the at times chaotic nature of the title family. On this album Giacchino reimagines it along the lines of the Hawaiian Wedding Song, with sweeping steel guitars and a very slack pace.

Overall, I think it's a solid addition to the modern Exotica canon and I appreciate Giacchino taking time to celebrate an otherwise esoteric genre/musical tradition. There's more than a handful I'll add to my house playlist and I could see throwing it on in the background on other occasions. What do y'all think?

New here, just did a video review for The Pressing Matters for the new Martin Denny bundle! The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny - The Jackpot Reissues https://youtu.be/ow8JUfiQ5mc

Surprised this hasn't been posted yet - looks like jackpot recs has done more reissues. this time theyve got exotic percussion, forbidden island and the enchanted sea. good stuff - discount on them until next week anyone whos intrested https://jackpotrecords.com/pages/martin-denny

Anyone heard this stuff yet? Whoa! Way good!!! And contemporary. The Mesmerizers just released this in March of this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ytozrfiaJk

So good...

Another another great one to share. Lots of layers, lots of individual discoveries upon multiple listens.

https://poly-tones.bandcamp.com/

or if you Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0u2gVgiUaPGCGkx3Ny6X2o?si=xObbsGGrQn6TaF3-Pir7xQ

So fun to stumble on folks clearly showing love to the giants (Les and Martin) but making their own sounds and doing it so well! Dig it.

My wife was shopping at our local Half Priced Books so I decided to flip through the vinyl section. Found this sweet Martin Denny record from 1960. It's the stereo reissue of the original 1959 release. The inner sleeve is in awesome shape as is the jacket. The vinyl is VG++ with no audible pops. Super clean. Cheers!