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This is where all of culture and all of time are collapsed into one seductive portal and viewed through the panoramic lens of the exotic. Come and embark on an armchair-travel virtual-voyage to the heart of timeless darkness and beyond; embrace the numinous monolith of the exotic immensity. Let us find that place where hybridization meets its destiny as pure fantasy. Let us become observers observing those others who are ourselves. You wear your mask and I'll wear mine.

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Favoriting July 28, 2016: Modern Sounds, Primitive Feelings: Martin Denny, the Prime Birdcall Years

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Artist Track Album Year Comments
  Intro        
Martin Denny  Rain   Favoriting Martin Denny In Person  1962  written by Les Baxter; Recorded At Duke Kahanamoku's 
Martin Denny  Busy Port   Favoriting Exotica  1957  written by Les Baxter 
Martin Denny  Bacoa (intro)   Favoriting Baked Alaska  1964  rec. live 1964 at Elmendorf Air Force base, in Anchorage Alaska 
Martin Denny  Bacoa   Favoriting Exotica Volume II  1957  written by Les Baxter 
Martin Denny  Volga Boatmen   Favoriting Martin Denny In Person  1962   

Music behind DJ:
Steve Reich 
Drumming Part IV   Favoriting
 
 
 
Martin Denny  Quiet Village   Favoriting Exotica  1957  written by Les Baxter 
Martin Denny  Similau   Favoriting Exotica     
Martin Denny  Waipo   Favoriting Exotica     
Martin Denny  Love Dance   Favoriting Exotica    written by Les Baxter 
Martin Denny  Lotus Land   Favoriting Exotica    accompanied by your host as he reads the back cover notes to Exotica Volume II 
Martin Denny  Soshu Night Serenade   Favoriting Exotica Volume II  1957   
Martin Denny  Singing Bamboos   Favoriting Exotica Volume II     
Martin Denny  Escales   Favoriting Exotica Volume II     
Martin Denny  When First I Love   Favoriting Exotica Volume II     
Martin Denny  Rush Hour In Hong Kong   Favoriting Exotica Volume II     

Music behind DJ:
Steve Reich 
Drumming Part II   Favoriting
 
 
 
Martin Denny  Cobra   Favoriting Forbidden Island  1958   
Martin Denny  Exotica   Favoriting Forbidden Island     
Martin Denny  March of the Siamese Children   Favoriting Forbidden Island     
Martin Denny  Bali H'ai   Favoriting Forbidden Island     
Martin Denny  Forbidden Island   Favoriting Forbidden Island     
Martin Denny  Primitiva   Favoriting Forbidden Island    accompanied by your host as he reads the back cover notes to Primitiva 
Martin Denny  Burma Train   Favoriting Primitiva  1958   
Martin Denny  Buddhist Bells   Favoriting Primitiva     
Martin Denny  M'Bira   Favoriting Primitiva     
Martin Denny  Llama Serenade (Peruvian Llama Song)   Favoriting Primitiva     
Martin Denny  Bangkok Cockfight   Favoriting Primitiva    written by Les Baxter 
Martin Denny  Dites Moi   Favoriting Primitiva     

Music behind DJ:
Martin Denny 
Tsetse Fly   Favoriting
Afro-Desia 
1959 
 
Martin Denny  Ma'Chumba   Favoriting Afro-Desia  1959   
Martin Denny  Jungle Drums   Favoriting Afro-Desia    written by Ernesto Lecuona 
Martin Denny  Swamp Fire   Favoriting Afro-Desia     
Martin Denny  Temptation   Favoriting Afro-Desia     
Martin Denny  Simba   Favoriting Afro-Desia    written by Les Baxter 
Martin Denny  Aku Aku   Favoriting Afro-Desia    written by Julius Wechter 
Martin Denny  We Kiss in a Shadow   Favoriting Hypnotique  1959  accompanied by your host as he reads the back cover notes to Hypnotique 
Martin Denny  Jungle Madness   Favoriting Hypnotique     
Martin Denny  Voodoo Dreams   Favoriting Hypnotique    written by Les Baxter 
Martin Denny  Chinese Lullaby   Favoriting Hypnotique     
Martin Denny  Hypnotique   Favoriting Hypnotique     
Martin Denny  Jungle River Boat   Favoriting Exotica Vol. III  1959  written by Les Baxter; accompanied by your host as he reads the back cover notes to Exotica Vol. III 
Martin Denny  Congo Train   Favoriting Exotica Vol. III    written by Les Baxter 
Martin Denny  Bamboo Lullaby   Favoriting Exotica Vol. III    accompanied by your host as he reads the back cover notes to The Enchanted Sea 
Martin Denny  Beyond the Reef   Favoriting The Enchanted Sea  1959   
Martin Denny  The Enchanted Sea   Favoriting The Enchanted Sea     
Martin Denny  Stranger in Paradise   Favoriting Quiet Village  1959  accompanied by your host as he reads the back cover notes to Quiet Village 
Martin Denny  Coronation   Favoriting Quiet Village  1959  written by Les Baxter 
Martin Denny  Sake Rock   Favoriting Quiet Village     
Martin Denny  The World of Suzie Wong   Favoriting Baked Alaska  1964   

Music behind DJ:
Martin Denny 
Manhattan   Favoriting
Baked Alaska 
 
 
Martin Denny / Si Zentner  Tiki   Favoriting Exotica Suite  1962  written by Les Baxter 
Martin Denny / Si Zentner  Pagan Ritual   Favoriting Exotica Suite    written by Les Baxter 
Martin Denny / Si Zentner  Lotus Pool   Favoriting Exotica Suite    written by Les Baxter; accompanied by your host as he reads the back cover notes to Exotic Percussion 
Martin Denny  Cumana   Favoriting Exotic Percussion  1961   
Martin Denny  Song of the Bayou   Favoriting Exotic Percussion     
Martin Denny  Lovely Lona   Favoriting Baked Alaska     

Music behind DJ:
 
Pacific Ocean  
 
 
 
Martin Denny  Softly As A Morning Sunrise   Favoriting Exotic Percussion  1961   


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Avatar 6:58pm
ndbob:

evening Evan and everyone!
Avatar 6:58pm
Flash Strap:

Good evening explorers! Good evening Bob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
melinda:

hi evan and bob! and others!
Avatar 7:02pm
ndbob:

Heya Melinda!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
listener james from westwood:

Howdy, Evan and all! In time for Denny!
Avatar 7:02pm
Flash Strap:

Melinda, James! Hello friends
Avatar 7:03pm
ndbob:

Heya James!
Avatar 7:06pm
Carmichael:

Oh man, this is gonna be great!
Avatar 7:09pm
Flash Strap:

Hi carmichael!
Avatar 7:11pm
Flash Strap:

I love this one so much
  7:15pm
F.Will:

Hey! just stumbled upon your website last week, great stuff, thanks for hosting.
Avatar 7:28pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks Will, glad to have you among us
Avatar 7:32pm
Flash Strap:

Some good animal cries on this one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
melinda:

Yeah, great animal noises!
Avatar 7:34pm
Flash Strap:

Here's a great example of a classic Denny approach: Hawaiian, but with essentially no "actual" Hawaiian instrumentation
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
Little Danny:

Tuned in, Flash. Can't wait to see/hear your take on the Denny catalog!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
melinda:

I love the album cover of Hypnotique, it's hard to know what I'm looking at. Are those pillars or oversized exotic drinks?
Avatar 7:44pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Danny! Thanks for the vote of confidence

@Melinda: I think they're Japanese sashes? Oh, but one seems to be a huge bottle full of something pink, with a giant toy windmill coming out of it. It's a kooky cover
Avatar 7:47pm
Flash Strap:

I think Exotica 2 really has some extremely creative arrangements, it doesn't get the credit it deserves in that regard
Avatar 7:49pm
mauri:

uu exotica! Hey Flash. I like vol2 more.
Avatar 7:51pm
Flash Strap:

right with ya, Mauri, and welcome !
Avatar 7:58pm
ndbob:

excellent first hour Evan - catch the rest on the archive
Avatar 8:03pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks Bob!
Avatar 8:06pm
Flash Strap:

That was really a thrilling chirp section!
  8:07pm
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No love for Exotica vol 3?
Avatar 8:10pm
Flash Strap:

Exotica 3 came out in '59, and so we will hear selections from it once we've cleared 1958. I will say it is probably only third best of his four LPs from that year, but I have much love for it indeed
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:14pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...yerknow - fer yer den - ya can't can't any more Denny than Martin...
Avatar 8:18pm
Flash Strap:

Hiya Rabbit!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
melinda:

Interesting combination of sound effects.
Avatar 8:21pm
Flash Strap:

Yeah, this is a really good one I think
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:22pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...yep - it's Psych albums before Psych albums awlright...
Avatar 8:24pm
Flash Strap:

exactly
Avatar 8:24pm
Flash Strap:

Wechter is FIRE on the marimba there
Avatar 8:27pm
Flash Strap:

And Colon, laying down really wonderful percussion
Avatar 8:29pm
natoo:

Love Gene Rains's version of "cockfight"--really swings.
Avatar 8:30pm
Flash Strap:

Oh man, he actually did FIVE LPs in '59. Damn, man
Avatar 8:40pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Natoo! I agree- Gene Rains' exotica is really top notch stuff
Avatar 8:45pm
Flash Strap:

This one is so garish
Avatar 8:50pm
Flash Strap:

These are just such great moments of Exotica. This is such a crucial record

SO good oh man
Avatar 8:52pm
Flash Strap:

alright we're about to switch it up now
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:54pm
melinda:

The bird calls remind me of a time when heard what was probably a large bird but sounded like a human imitating a bird, coming from behind a row of trees next to a field near my house. It was weird.
Avatar 8:57pm
Flash Strap:

you ever hear that owl that sounds like someone imitating a horse's whinny?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58pm
melinda:

No, even weirder!
Avatar 9:00pm
Flash Strap:

birds are so weird, they have such amazing vocal capabilities
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14pm
Little Danny:

I had to pull out my own copy of vol. III to confirm what I'd heard you say. Was the "he has been copied and imitated by several other groups" quote a jab by Liberty Records at Arthur Lyman?
Avatar 9:16pm
Flash Strap:

I wonder. I know Denny and he reconciled, but he was definitely (a little unfairly, I think) resentful of Lyman's defection/subsequent direction
Avatar 9:18pm
Flash Strap:

Of course, there's no limit to other imitators as well. Tho that is the bedrock of Denny's career: imitation
Avatar 9:41pm
Flash Strap:

we're also skipping three LPs that came out between '60 and '61: Exotic Sounds From the Silver Screen, Exotic Sounds visit Broadway, and Romantica. Because they are boring. But I mention it to note how prolific the whole Denny machine was
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51pm
Little Danny:

"Song of the Bayou" is an all-time fave. Love the organ.
Avatar 9:52pm
Flash Strap:

Mine too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:53pm
Little Danny:

Hi all - please join me over here! wfmu.org...
Avatar 9:58pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks everyone for listening, hope I didn't bore you with all the cover notes! see you next week.
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