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Various Artists-Ocean of Sound

Various Artists(Compiled by David Toop) Ocean of Sound (Virgin UK 1996) links are down, but will be reposted tomorrow. Although it sometimes spends too much time sniffing its own arse, The Wire, a Br… more →

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Les Baxter - "Shooting Star" from "Space Escapade" - 1958

invisibleagent wrote 3 weeks ago: Obsessed with this album! … more →

Tags: Music, exotica, lounge, Shooting Star, space age pop, space escapade

smoke

nickzdon wrote 1 month ago: Just popped over to the Cowboys from Sweden myspace blog to see what was new, and lo and behold! Sm … more →

Tags: Free Music, cowboys from sweden, Mix Tape, Piero Umiliani, serge gainsbourg, sven libaek

Quiet Village

cowboyster wrote 6 months ago: It was recently brought to my attention that Boyd Rice and Adam Parfrey (The Tards) covered the song … more →

Tags: Music, experimental music, exotica, quiet village, boyd rice, Adam Parfrey, The Tards, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Theme songs

I Am Like If Eric B Was Basically Retarded

vomitcops wrote 6 months ago: So, more piracy, less problems. I wouldn’t fucking call these “mash-ups,” because … more →

Tags: bong rips, Boogie, Captain Beefheart, chris corsano, cta blue line, dance 12", david lee roth, Dunwich Horror, Erotic

"They Say I Am Legend" - YMA SUMAC — 16 comments

morlockjeff wrote 8 months ago: Yma Sumac, that rarest of exotic songbirds, is now officially an extinct species. She died last Sat … more →

Tags: Classic Films, Amy Camus, Charlton Heston, Cornel Wilde, exotica, Hal Willner, harrison ford, indiana jones, Inka Taky Trio

YMA SUMAC IS DEAD

Laura wrote 8 months ago: Or was she just really Amy Camus? The Inca Princess has died. Here is her obit from the LA Times. … more →

Tags: Music News, contemporary music, dead, Avant Garde, Library Resources, All music guide, Leonard Library, yma sumac, Inca Princess

Various Artists-Ocean of Sound — 4 comments

magicistragic wrote 8 months ago: Various Artists(Compiled by David Toop) Ocean of Sound (Virgin UK 1996) links are down, but will be … more →

Tags: Ocean of Sound, Ambient, aphex twin, brian eno, David Toop, detty kurnia, harold budd, john zorn, Jon Hassell

The Mad Men DVD Menu Loop

songfolly wrote 9 months ago: I’m not crazy about the theme song to Mad Men. I wish they had used period music, really knock … more →

Tags: Mad Men, les paul, numero group

Ben E. King-Spanish Harlem/Don't Play That Song — 1 comment

magicistragic wrote 10 months ago: Ben E. King Spanish Harlem/Don’t Play That Song (Atco 1961/1962) http://www.divshare.com/down … more →

Tags: Ben E King, Stax, motown, Solomon Burke, James Carr, Sam Cooke, phil spector, Atco, Spanish Harlem

Instrumentals: Rules for not knowing the words — 11 comments

John in IL wrote 1 year ago: Love my instrumentals. Where have they gone? Here are some of my faves… The 50s, Les Baxter: … more →

Tags: Music, rules for living, Instrumentals, herb alpert, hot butter, herbie hancock

Grenadine - Goya — 4 comments

magicistragic wrote 1 year ago: Grenadine Goya (Teenbeat/Shimmy Disc 1992) http://www.mediafire.com/?oma0m1n3kdm I know I keep sayi … more →

Tags: Grenadine, Cole Porter, Eggs, esquivel, Frank Sinatra, Goya, indiepop, jenny toomey, Mark Robinson

"X" - A New Approach To Seeing and Hearing The 1963 Roger Corman Film — 6 comments

morlockjeff wrote 1 year ago: I thought it was some kind of avant-garde prank when I first saw a poster advertising a special show … more →

Tags: Classic Films, David Thomas, don rickles, Pere Ubu, Ray Milland, Roger Corman, X The Man With the X-Ray Eyes

1955 — 2 comments

seventyyears wrote 1 year ago: 1.  Perez Prado – Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White.  I’d been listening to Mr. Bungle … more →

Tags: Bill Haley and His Comets, mitch miller, perez prado, Roger Williams


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