EXOTICA / LOUNGE / JAZZ/ ELECTRONICA / EROTICA etc CD

AUDIO LABORATORY (Fireworks SW) NEW 130:-
Ebbot Lundberg of Soundtrack of Our Lives experimental band!

JEGOG/DYNAMIC SOUND OF THE EARTH (JVC Japan) Ex/Vg 80:-
Fantastic recordings of this percussion ensamble playing on gigantic bamboo in Sangkar Agung, Bali.

ATTILIO MINEO - Man In Space With Sounds! CD (Subliminal Sounds SW Re) 125:-
Unik och legendarisk old school exotisk rymd electronica från 1960-talet! En av de raraste och mest eftersökta kult electronica skivorna någonsin. Bubblande pre-analog syntar bjuder på en resa till andra galaxer. Gå till Attilio Mineos sida.

V/A: Mongolian Song (World Music Library J) M-/Ex 60:-
Superior Japanes pressing. Amazing stuff.

NINO NARDINI: Jungle Obsession (re) M-/Ex 80:-
Released in 1971, under the blanket of library music anonymity, "Jungle Obsession" is one of those rare and precious records whose extraordinary personality is instantly recognised by the ear of the listener. Timeless. luminous. Its high time one of the greatest instrumental records of the 70s was rediscovered. A demanding effort, unfaltering coherent, bordering somewhere along solar exoticism and primitive psychedelics and entirely focused upon the beauty and mysteries of Kiplings Jungle Book in its hunt for a fascinating artistic El Dorado. Leading this musical expedition, we find two of library musics greats, the amazing Roger Roger (1911-1995) and Nino Nardini (1912-1994). These outstanding conductors, with already substantial careers behind them, also take the role of mad scientists in the legendary Ganaro Studio, the marvellous Jouy-en- Josas-based lab at the heart of which the two magicians have attempted some of the most wonderful musical experiences ever carried out in France. Going beyond dominant current music styles, they blend genres and dare unprecedented mixes with obvious success. "Jungle Obsession" is the undeniable proof, vibrating willingly to an audacious and minimal orchestration that highlights percussion, whilst a forest of luxurious chords wreathes through savage guitars assaults and an electronic sounding backdrop. Intoxicated by these subtle melodies, these feline rhythms and flagrant poetry, all that is left for us to do is to succumb to losing ourselves definitively in the heart of this savage, fantasy land which gives its most wonderful patents to this spicy and bewitching branch we call exotica.

ANDRÉ POPP: Delerium In Hi-Fi (Basta N re) M-/M- 80:-
In 1957, French bandleader André Popp and sound effects wizard Pierre Fantosme startled record buyers with this landmark of music altered by tape manipulation. Hallucinatory renditions of such classics as "Jalousie" and "La Paloma" were created by splicing, varying tape speeds, layering, tape
reversal, echo-lags and charts played backwards. The album was originally released in the US on Columbia Records under the title Delirium in Hi-Fi by Elsa Popping and Her Pixieland Band, and gained quite a reputation among music lovers, DJs, and hi-fi enthusiasts in the age before stereo. The LP has been long out-of-print, and highly sought by collectors. This is its first appearance on CD.

PSYCHICK TV AND WHITE STAINS: At Stockholm (Psychick Release SW 1990) Ex/M- 140:-
WHITE STAINS: Dreams Shall Flesh (Psychick Release SW 1991) Vg+++/Vg+++ 100:-
WHITE STAINS: Somewhat Lost Horizon (Psychick Release SW 1991) M/M 130:-
WHITE STAINS: Misantropotantra (Staaltape G 1992) M/M 100:-
GENESIS P ORRIDGE & WHITE STAINS: At Stockholm (Etherworld US 1995) M/M 100:-
V/A: 100 MICROGRAMS/250 MICROGRAMS (Silent Canada 1993) M-/Vg+++ 140:-
Rare comp celebrating LSD. Featuring White Stains.

V/A: The Blue Lizard Cocktail Club presents Smooth & Wild Live from Vancouver's Waldorf Hotel (Blue Lizard Recordings) NEW 50:-
Aloha! I found a few copies of this great CD that came out circa 1997 and can now offer it for a bargain. These CD was sold at the Blue Lizard Cocktail Club that was held in the Waldorf Hotel's Polynesian Lounges and features some great live performances from there. Containing some great contemporary exotica! It also contains a drink umbrella and a coaster! "The Waldorf Hotel's divine Polynesian Lounges opened for biz in 1955 and were immediately shut down by the Liquor Control Bord, who objected to the "pornographic nature" of the original Leeteg paintings - naked Tahitian women frolicking on black velvet splendor. Well, owners Don and Patricia Mills wouldn't stand for it. After working so hard to make the Polynesian Room, the Tahitian Twilight Lounge, and the Menehune Mambo Hut the definitive tripartie of Tahitian taste - a perfect oasis for pleasure - they threw on their coats and headed downtown, to court justice. Luckily, the judge liked his Leetegs (and his liquor) and with only a minor adjustment (Leeteg's agent had to daub a lei over one lovely's lily) ruled the paintings "great art" and gave the Mills the go-ahead. These days the Puharic family keep the torch aloft thanks to them, the lounges has survived intact - from the Tikis to the tapa cloth - to play host to the Blue Lizard Cocktail Club."

V/A:  BOLLYWOOD STEEL GUITAR (SF US re) NEW 210:-
Bollywood Steel Guitar is the most comprehensive collection to date of Steel Guitar pop instrumental music from India. All 21 tracks featured here were Film hits from 1962-1986 and all the masters of the steel guitar sound from the period are represented: Van Shipley, Kazi Aniruddha, S. Hazarasingh, Sunil Ganguly, and Charanjit Singh. An entirely different approach that rocks, swings, and grooves through some of India's most beloved film tunes, the electric steel guitar as lead instrument transforms the already infectious melodies into a multitude of higher sound dimensions. This CD was compiled and carefully selected from rare LPs over several years by Stuart Ellis.

V/A: Choubi Choubi! Folk and Pop Sounds from Iraq (SF US re) M-/Ex 130:-
Meticulously selected from Iraqi cassettes and LPs found in Syria, Europe and the Iraqi neighborhoods of Detroit, Michigan, this unique collection of folk and pop styles displays a wealth of outstanding music that is exclusive to Iraq and has rarely been showcased abroad. There are many reasons why Iraqi music stands alone in the dynamic world of Arabic music: one example is the unbelievable rapid fire machine-gun rhythms fluttering atop the main tempo. This is the work of a unique nomadic hand drum called the Khishba –also known as the Zanbour (Arabic for wasp). A style prominently featured here is the infamous Iraqi CHOUBI -a driving rhythmic style that can include fiddles, double reeded instruments, percussion, bass, keyboards and oud over its signature beat. Other styles featured are the BASTA (an urban Baghdadi style), the BEZIKH, and the pulsating HECHA. Also heard is the MAWAL- a vocal improv that sets the tone of a song, regardless of the style. Additionally there are three cuts from Ja’afar Hassan’s 1970s record, "Let’s Sing Together". Being a folk-rock record, it’s a true anomaly for Iraq. Hassan was a mouthpiece for the Iraqi Socialist movement just a few years before Saddam Hussein. But most of the music in this collection was produced during the Saddam period– between the 1980s and 2002. Since the 2003 invasion and the wholesale disassembly of the country, classic tracks like these may already be part of a disappeared past.

V/A: Porn Groove (Sober & Gentle re) NEW 130:-
Vintage porn groove comp.

V/A: RADIO INDIA – The Eternal Dream of Sound 2 x CD (SF re) M-/M- 120:-
Surreal Bollywood sounds and what not.

V/A: Radio Morocco (sf) NEW 199:-
Back in! It was the summer of 1983 in Morocco. The Polisario guerillas were operating in the Southern Sahara and the mood was tense in the Arab world. The Government of King Hassan was suspicious of anything out of the ordinary. Checkpoints were everywhere along the highways. Aids was the new disease. The American entertainment industry was grinding Michael Jackson's THRILLER into the world consciousness as US export culture supreme. Dr. J won his first and only NBA Championship ring. I knew all this from the small transistor radio I carried from Tangier to Marrakesh. I rented an apartment in Essouira on the Atlantic coast and began my swan dive into international radio collage. A songwriter by the name of Younes Megri had the number one hit during the summer of 1983 in Morocco. Radio Tangier International had the strongest signal in Northwest Africa. They played everything from Euro-pop to Be-bop to Heavy Rock to Moroccan folk trance. Less-powerful stations played berber folk music late into the night. This collection is 20 years old and has grinded into my skull as Moroccan export culture supreme. This is some of the greatest music ever known displayed here amidst snippets of news, commercials, radio noise and a host of otherworldly transmissions. Arabic music is HIGH ART. At its best, it transcends western music even as it utilizes it as a display of emotion and celebration. The Moroccans are deep contributors to the high art of Arabic music. May this disc download into your mind as an anti-virus. It worked for me. I don't even remember THRILLER by Michael Jackson.

V/A: Radio Palestine: Sounds of the Eastern Mediterranean (sf) NEW 199:-
From the traditional Nubian sounds of Southern Egypt to the cultured Arabic pop of Beirut, its all here in super-sonic collage: Cairo Orchestral/Greek Sartaki/Palestinian Folk/ Jewish and Euro-hybrid music styles/ Jordanian reverb guitar....all placed deep within the mirage of an 18 year-old time capsule of news, commercials, radio plays, UFO signals, Secret agent messages and chainsaw shortwave! Recorded in the summer of 1985 from Aswan to Jerusalem, this is a cerebral-smashing 65-minute listening experience soaked in raw beauty. If you don't like gettin' your ears pierced, then Clear the path NOW....the Radio Collage Revolution has been unleashed!

V/A: Radio Phnom Penh (SF re) M-/Vg++ 90:-
Cambodia's people, economy, and culture have been "re-mixed" perhaps more than any place on earth for the past 50 years. The name was even changed to Kampuchea and then back again to Cambodia. So it almost seems natural that modern Cambodian record companies have been re-mixing the old classic pop and rock tracks from the pre-Khmer Rouge era, overdubbing drum tracks, and sometimes all instruments leaving only the original vocal in tact. These re-mixes, designed to hold the interest of younger listeners, are the staple for current programming on Phnom Penh's FM radio stations as the AM flagship "National Radio of Cambodia" remains the only source regularly featuring the original master recordings. This brain-melting concoction of Radio transmissions is a combination of AM/FM samples from the airwaves of Phnom Penh. The older, classic Pop/Rock FM cuts are ALL re-mixed versions while the newer forms/other styles of Cambodian music collected here are not. All AM recordings are from the Original masters. Regardless of the debate between "original" and "re-mix", this is the most diverse assortment of Cambodian musical treasures you've NEVER heard. Flowing from traditional to Modern, from rock and pop to folk and hybrid, all excerpts are as unique as the best of what's been presented by other compilations of late. And it's sequenced here in the spirit of how it was captured: as radio programming designed to immediately transport you into the heart of Cambodia's Capital.

V/A: Radio Sumatra: The Indonesian FM Experience (sf) NEW 199:-
The music and production encountered here represents a cross-section of Sumatran FM radio and to a greater extent, what's happening now in Indonesian culture. From the signature sounds of Sumatra (Melayu, Minang Pop, the Batak ballad) to the widespread Indonesian phenomenon of Dangdut, this exclusive "FM only" Radio Collage will leave your skull shattered, wondering why it's taken so long to be turned-on to the modern pulse of the world's fourth largest country. Some of these selections come from Java and other parts of Indonesia via the FM airwaves of Sumatra's major cities. Islamic Folk, Gambus Rock, and gorgeous anomalies are also placed in the mix amidst brief news reports, advertisements, prayers, and karaoke call-in shows. Many of the station ID's could be mistaken for American or European networks and much of the music is highly influenced by western pop/rock/punk/metal/rap/etc. But beyond these obvious comparisons is an explosive musical kaleidoscope; still fresh, somewhat sincere and naive, and a bit resistant to the grasp of the world's cultural export Moguls. This is an essential listening experience. There is undeniable evidence here of how Indonesians have crafted some of the world's most thrilling popular music….yet the rest of this world somehow refuses to recognize it….that is, until now!

V/A: RADIO THAILAND: Transmissions from the Tropical Kingdom (SF US re) NEW 235:-
This 2-CD set is an exhaustive collection of Thai Radio transmissions recorded over a 15-year period from 1989 to 2004. These 23 collage tracks have been assembled and distilled from dozens of cassette and minidisc recordings captured on location from the capital of Bangkok to Chaing Mai and Isan Province in the north to Hat Yai in the south. The Music presented here is relentlessly mystifying and seductive: Molam, Luk Thung, Kantrum, folk and pop, classic Thai guitar Rock, antique ballads, novelty tunes, traditional ceremonial music and other miscellaneous styles rarely heard outside the Kingdom. Also featured are various commercials, DJ’s, radio ID’s, news reports, mysterious folk radio, language lessons, sacred chants, bumper cues and plenty of audio anomalies only the sheer genius of Thai Radio can supply. Tune-in to the amazing audio experience of Thailand’s Tropical Kingdom.

V/A: THAI BEAT A GO-GO “Wild and Rockin' 60s Sounds from the Land of Smile!” (Subliminal Sounds) NEW 125:-
If you dug the Cambodian Rocks comps, you’ll go crazy over the new Thai Beat A Go-Go series! Incredible and ultra rare recordings from Thailand in the 1960s. Records with Thai 60s rock bands are incredible hard, if not impossible, to find as there is no Thai tradition of saving native artifacts from the 1960s. There is a lot of work and effort behind these comps and they have taken a long time to compile. The amazing Thai Beat A Go Go vol 1, which concentrates on red hot Thai curry rock n roll, includes cosmic instro surf bands, mad garage/beat bands, mystic go-go organ/wild guitar rave-ups, exotic female singers, extreme sensuality and emotions, surreal and groovy, all with a totally otherworldly Thai flavor. Experience the blossoming Bangkok night club scene with the exotic bar and lounge go-go bands! These recordings have a sound that's completely inexplicable despite the use of standard rock instrumentation and song structures combining a fascinating and primal version of rock n roll, surf, r 'n' b- sometimes all in one song. Two more outstanding volumes in this series will follow soon!

V/A: THAI BEAT A GO-GO VOL 2 "Groovy 60's Sounds from the Land of Smile! (Subliminal Sounds) NEW 125 SEK
If you dug volume 1 of Thai Beat A Go-Go, you'll go crazy over the new release in the Thai Beat A Go-Go series! Incredible and ultra rare recordings from Thailand in the 1960s. The amazing Thai Beat A Go Go vol 2, concentrates on exotic female pop and rock vocal numbers, beat, a go-go, psych and some very weird tracks, extreme sensuality and emotions, surreal and groovy, all with a totally otherworldly Thai flavor. Experience the blossoming Bangkok night club scene with the exotic bar and lounge go-go bands! There is a lot of work and effort behind these comps and they have taken a long time to compile. Records with Thai 60s-70s rock/pop a-go-go bands are incredible hard, if not impossible, to find as there is no Thai tradition of saving native artifacts from the 1960s. One more outstanding volume in this series will follow soon!

V/A: Thai Beat A Go Go Vol 3 " Groovy Sounds from the-Land of Smile" (SUBCD18) NEW 125:-
If you dug volume 1 and 2 of Thai Beat A Go-Go, you'll go crazy over this new release in the Thai Beat A Go-Go series! Incredible and ultra rare recordings from Thailand in the late 1960s to early 70s. The amazing Thai Beat A Go Go vol 3, concentrates on Thai funk, exotic female pop, go-go and rock n roll, amazing moog blasters and of course some very weird tracks, extreme sensuality and emotions, surreal and groovy, all with a totally otherworldly Thai flavor. Experience the blossoming Bangkok night club scene with the exotic bar and lounge go-go bands! There is a lot of work and effort behind these comps and they have taken a long time to compile. Records with Thai 60s-70s funk/soul/rock/pop a-go-go bands are incredible hard, if not impossible, to find as there is no Thai tradition of saving native artifacts from the 1960-70s. This is the final volume in this series.