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Modern Day And Classic Tiki Bands? |
MakeDaMug
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 28, 2002
Posts: 1171
From: behind a cluttered desk
|  Posted: 2002-04-10 7:28 pm Permalink
I'm wondering if anybody can give me some feedback on what current bands they like to listen to when tilting back their favorite polynesian libations? We need some new music here at the office! This isn't to say that we're tilting back cocktails while we're working... it's not necessary since we're actually all intravenously hooked up to mai-tai i.v.'s!
[Edited by Hanford to change the title]
[ This Message was edited by: hanford_lemoore on 2002-04-17 02:27 ]
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fatuhiva
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 634
From: Melbourne Beach, FL
| Posted: 2002-04-10 8:31 pm Permalink
If you are looking for contemporary exotica music try these bands:
The Bad Examples
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000026J92/qid=1018492240/sr=2-3/ref=sr_2_3/104-7561088-9359128
Tipsy
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/artist/glance/-/61998/ref=m_art_dp/104-7561088-9359128
Vintage:
Tak Shindo is my fave.. check ebay for vinyl.
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fatuhiva
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 634
From: Melbourne Beach, FL
| Posted: 2002-04-10 8:37 pm Permalink
oh yeah you may also want to check out Fantistic Plastic Machine:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/artist/glance/-/158091/ref=m_art_dp/104-7561088-9359128
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hanford_lemoore
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Mar 23, 2002
Posts: 1864
From: Tiki Central
| Posted: 2002-04-11 12:16 am Permalink
For Modern Day bands, check out:
Don Tiki
Also, check out Lounge band Combustible Edison, they have several denny-inspired songs.
(I hear they're playing live shows again... does anyone know if they're back together?)
Also I second Tipsy, although they're not super "tiki"... Uh-oh is my favorite.
Beyond Tiki there's a lot of cool modern lounge sounds (Fantastic Plastic Machine is pretty cool, though I wouldn't call them tiki).
Here's one of my favorites that is neither modern or Tiki:
Man In Space With Sounds
I could keep going and going....
~Hanford
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Tiki Chris
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1543
From: London
| Posted: 2002-04-11 02:06 am Permalink
here's a great band from japan:
http://www.sister.co.jp/pettybooka/e-pb.html
i ordered their cd, which has yet to arrive. i'll try to post a review after i give it a thorough listen.
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fatuhiva
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 634
From: Melbourne Beach, FL
| Posted: 2002-04-11 02:17 am Permalink
I suppose it depends on what you define "tiki" as.. if you mean in the traditional polynesian pop sense, then you have
Arthur Lyman
Martin Denny
some Les Baxter
and thats pretty much it.
You could count some of their contemporaries such as Tak Shindo, Chaino, etc but there's really only the big 2. Everyone else wouldnt be true "tiki"
I pretty much use a loose notion of tiki to mean "lounge" or "exotica/easy listening" basically, anything that would sound more or less right playing in a tiki bar..
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PiPhiRho
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 978
From: Redondo Beach
| Posted: 2002-04-11 02:33 am Permalink
Well, there's Ultra Lounge, but that's not really a band. The Tiki Tones, of course. And the Jungle Exotica CDs, but they're all old stuff. I recently got a CD of a band called Hula Joe and the Hut Jumpers, which is a Hawaiian swing (with hints of techno in a coupla tracks) and I would have to say it's a pretty nice album. Then there are the classics as mentioned above: Lyman, Denny, Baxter, Yma Sumac, some Eartha Kitt, Don Ho, etc.
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hanford_lemoore
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Mar 23, 2002
Posts: 1864
From: Tiki Central
| Posted: 2002-04-11 03:08 am Permalink
fatuhiva,
Yeah, it's tough to define tiki. And lounge these days, too! I was trying to think of stuff more along the lines of, well, modern day exotica.
~Hanford
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tikimug
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Joined: Apr 01, 2002
Posts: 751
From: 1217 mi. North of the Mai Kai
| Posted: 2002-04-11 12:04 pm Permalink
Besides the ones already mentioned
I am a big fan of...
Los Straightjackets. http://www.straitjackets.com/
(surf guitars and Mexican wrestler masks who'd knew you could mix the two)
and lately...
Cousteau
http://www.cousteau.co.uk/
(though not really "tiki" just very cool more reminiscent of Burt Bacharach, it's like something I'd put on if chicks were coming over) 
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kahukini
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Joined: Mar 28, 2002
Posts: 555
From: Saint Louis
| Posted: 2002-04-11 4:03 pm Permalink
Hey Juan Garcia ESQUIVEL! Belongs in the the Denny, Lyman, Baxter list imho.
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hanford_lemoore
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Mar 23, 2002
Posts: 1864
From: Tiki Central
| Posted: 2002-04-11 4:42 pm Permalink
Yeah, Esquivel it top-notch.
But if you had a tiki bar open today, and it had a stage, what bands would you book to perform there? Assume you could get any band to play as long as they're still around and playing today...
I'll work on my list and get back to you.
~Hanford
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MonkeyGod
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 47
From: Monkey Island (L.A.)
| Posted: 2002-04-11 5:25 pm Permalink
Senor Coconut, por favor! Even his name is tiki! Sort of...
Click here and listen to "Trans Europe Express."
http://www.emperornorton.com/mod/artistpage.php3?artist=senor_coconut
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kahukini
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Joined: Mar 28, 2002
Posts: 555
From: Saint Louis
| Posted: 2002-04-11 6:01 pm Permalink
I am without the aid of my mp3 folder at home, but as I recall some great currently existing "surf rock" bands are:
The Irreversible Slacks
The Mermen
The Aqua Velvets
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fatuhiva
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 634
From: Melbourne Beach, FL
| Posted: 2002-04-13 02:04 am Permalink
Now I'm a big Esquivel fan, but techincally he would be "Space Age Bachelor Pad"
hahahaha
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Tiki Chris
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Joined: Mar 24, 2002
Posts: 1543
From: London
| Posted: 2002-04-13 05:31 am Permalink
so what would the line up or instrumentation of a modern day tiki band be?
Tiki Chris
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