Father Of Exotica Goes Soft

"Martin Denny  was an American piano-player and composer best known as the "father of exotica." In a long career that saw him performing well into his 80s, he toured the world popularizing his brand of lounge music which included exotic percussion, imaginative rearrangements of popular songs, and original songs that celebrated Tiki culture.Denny's Firecracker is well known in Japan as the number which inspired Haruomi Hosono to establish Yellow Magic Orchestra. According to Hosono, one day in 1978, after a recording, he invited Ryuichi Sakamoto and Yukihiro Takahashi to his house and showed a memo which said "Cover and arrange Martin Denny's Firecracker into a chunky-electric disco, featuring synthesizers, to sell out four million copies around the world".In 1988, 808 State,a pioneering Acid House electronic group from Manchester, England cited Denny as an influence on their hit song "Pacific State". In November 2008, Graham Massey from 808 State held a tribute night to Martin Denny amongst other acts in London under the banner of 'Manchester Mondo'."-Wikipedia

music includes:

Martin Denny - The Enchanted Sea

(The Enchanted Sea, 1959)

unrelated chill

Soft Sounds And Gentle Movements - Sieben

(Soft Sounds And Gentle Movenments, 1974)

Peter Nero - Love

(tba)

Soul Flutes - Trust In Me

(CTI Records, 1968)

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