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a r t i s t : Don Tiki
t i t l e : The Forbidden Sounds Of Don Tiki
d a t e : 1997
l a b e l : Taboo
g e n r e : Easy Listening/Exotica
r l s. d a t e : Jan-2003
t r a c k s : 13
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 67,10 MB
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Martin Denny fans will be glad to discover the old man of
exotica still at the piano. More than just a tribute or Denny's
latest band, Don Tiki already seems more accomplished in
several ways than the Martin Denny Group at its peak. First,
highest credit must go to leader "Perry Coma" (Kit Ebersbach)
for writing ╛ of the debut CD's 13 tracks. (Denny wrote and
plays on "Exotica '97" and the closing piano indulgence,
"Forever & Ever.") In addition, ad guru Lloyd Kandell has done
a first-rate job of packaging and promotion. Also thanks to
Kandell, the band reaches the essence of "cocktail culture"
without trampling Hawaii.
Don Tiki is doing what a Denny-esque band should be doing
today. The Forbidden Sounds of Don Tiki is a welcome departure
from hoary 1950s exotica. Almost all the tunes are original,
and "An Occasional Man" succeeds as both an adaptation and one
of several exotica-torch vocals. Like the singing, the
all-important percussion is jazzy and adventurous, not
overbearing. The augmentation, from flute and harp to vibes and
whistling, also is somewhere flatly in the middle between
subtle and impressive. (Lopaka Colon, son of August Colon in
the Denny Group, continues his father's bird calls.) Don Tiki's
casual, not-quite-fully-absurd style shines throughout, with an
energy never more or less than that of a party in the islands;
nonseriousness also lets them sidestep trying to make exotic
instruments sound plausible on CD. Fun music for fun people,
Forbidden Sounds is a hip trip on a party ship, or at least a
vibe every beach bar needs.
Perry Coma - keyboards, shamane de musique
Fluid Floyd - your congenial host
Delmar deWilde - vocals
Hai Jung - bass, seductive vocals
Carlinhos de Oliveira - amazon percussion
Jim Howard - flutes
Ryoko Oka - keyboards
Noel Okimoto - mallets, drums, percussion
Fred Alcain - congas, bongos
Aaron Aronita - flutes
Sharene Boulos - harp
Lopaka Colon - percussion, birdcalls
Rachel Gonzales - vocals
Sky Perkins - vocals, hula
Stacey Tangonan - drums
Smilin' Ben Vegas - guitar, vocals
Lana Warner - vocals
Jimmy Borges - vocals
Teresa Bright - vocals
Martin Denny - piano
Frank Q. Orall - percussion, sampled playback
Jame Shimabukuto - ukulele
http://www.dontiki.com/
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01-Exotica '97 [03:06]
02-An Occasional Man [02:37]
03-Barbi In Bali [03:57]
04-Hot Like Lava [04:07]
05-Close Your Eyes [03:27]
06-Maidenhair Fern [03:49]
07-Terminal [05:21]
08-Polyamore [04:19]
09-Clutch Cargo Cult [03:49]
10-Bam-Boozled [03:36]
11-Itchy Palms [03:42]
12-Da T'ing He Grow [05:06]
13-Forever & Ever [02:29]
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