Program 698: Avant-Garde Exotica
KALW Broadcast Date: May 29, 2022 | Host: Ed Herrmann
On June 6 the Norwegian composer Øyvind Torvund visits the Bay Area as the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players perform The Exotica Album, Torvund’s sophisticated parody/tribute combining elements of “exotic lounge music” from the 1950s with early electronic modernism. In anticipation of this momentous event Ed Herrmann presents music by Øyvind Torvund along with highlights from the exotica pioneers that inspired him, including Les Baxter and Martin Denny. In addition to excerpts from The Exotica Album, performed by BIT20 Ensemble, we’ll hear Torvund’s untitled school performed by Yarn/Wire; and a live recording from the 2012 Other Minds Festival of Torvund’s Neon Forest Space, played by the Norwegian ensemble asamisimasa. The program also includes Hans Reichel playing his daxophone, Bart Hopkin playing exotic instruments of his own invention, the Ensemble Modern playing Mauricio Kagel’s version of exotica, and selections by Tom Djll, Spike Jones, Korla Pandit, and Edvard Grieg.
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Title: Ritual 1
Composer: Øyvind Torvund
Performers: BIT20 Ensemble
Recording Title: The Exotica Album
Record Label: Hubro
Catalog Number: HUBROCD2580
Title: Voodoo Dreams
Composer: Les Baxter
Performer: Les Baxter
Recording Title: Mondo Exotica
Record Label: Capitol
Catalog Number: D 112326
Title: Jungle Alarm
Composer: Øyvind Torvund
Performers: BIT20 Ensemble
Recording Title: The Exotica Album
Record Label: Hubro
Catalog Number: HUBROCD2580
Title: Swamp Fire
Composer: Harold Mooney
Performer: Martin Denny
Recording Title: Mondo Exotica
Record Label: Capitol
Catalog Number: D 112326
Title: Waking Up Again
Composer: Øyvind Torvund
Performers: BIT20 Ensemble
Recording Title: The Exotica Album
Record Label: Hubro
Catalog Number: HUBROCD2580
Title: TV Show Opening
Composer: Korla Pandit
Performer: Korla Pandit
Recording Title: Remembering Korla Pandit
Record Label: Dejavu Record Company
Catalog Number: DJV-002-2
Title: Trance Dance
Composer: Korla Pandit
Performer: Korla Pandit
Recording Title: Exotica 2000
Record Label: Sympathy for the Record Industry
Catalog Number: SFTRI 387
Title: Quiet Village
Composer: Les Baxter
Performer: Martin Denny
Recording Title: Mondo Exotica
Record Label: Capitol
Catalog Number: D 112326
Title: Out of the Jungle
Composer: Øyvind Torvund
Performers: BIT20 Ensemble
Recording Title: The Exotica Album
Record Label: Hubro
Catalog Number: HUBROCD2580
Title: untitled school nos. 1 – 5
Composer: Øyvind Torvund
Performers: Yarn/Wire
Recording Title: Currents Vol. 2
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Title: Neon Forest Space
Composer: Øyvind Torvund
Performers: asamisimasa
Recording Title: live performance Other Minds Festival March 1, 2012
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Title: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Composer: Edvard Grieg
Performers: Woody Phillips
Recording Title: Toolbox Classics
Record Label: Gourd Music
Catalog Number: GM 127
Title: Story 16
Composer: Tom Djll
Performers: Tom Djll
Recording Title: SHADDAP Lost Stories Attributed to John Cage (book)
Record Label: Soul on Rice Productions
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Title: Hawaiian War Chant
Composer: Freed/Noble/Leleiohaku
Performers: Spike Jones & His City Slickers
Recording Title: Musical Depreciation
Record Label: ASV
Catalog Number: CD AJA 5189
Title: various titles
Composer: Bart Hopkin / traditional
Performers: Bart Hopkin
Recording Title: Istrumentarium Hopkinis
Record Label: Experimental Musical Instruments
Catalog Number: EXP 0017
Title: various titles
Composer: Hans Reichel
Performers: Hans Reichel
Recording Title: Lower Lurum
Record Label: Rastascan Records
Catalog Number: BRD-016
Title: Exotica
Composer: Mauricio Kagel
Performers: Ensemble Modern
Recording Title: Mauricio Kagel: Exotica
Record Label: Koch Schwann
Catalog Number: 3-1391-2
Title: Starry Night
Composer: Øyvind Torvund
Performers: BIT20 Ensemble
Recording Title: The Exotica Album
Record Label: Hubro
Catalog Number: HUBROCD2580
Title: Babalu
Composer: Margarita Lecuona
Performers: Yma Sumac
Recording Title: Mondo Exotica
Record Label: Capitol
Catalog Number: D 112326
