What’s Your Niche? – Episode August 22, 2024

THIS AIN'T BIKINI BOTTOM! Join Syf Sloane for a very special episode of What's Your Niche? While Ben is away soaking up rays on holiday, let's soak up some sun of our own - tropical style. Syf has a deep love for the exotica music of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Today, she becomes your guide to the world of exotica, the heavy-hitters, the trailblazers, it's origins, it's influences, and, of course, it's failings. Immerse yourself in a world of smoky lounges, white sand beaches, Broadway stages, and navy ships docking at distant ports of call. Kick back, relax, learn a little, and start your day with a taste of yesteryear's imagined nostalgia!

Tracklist

  • Quiet Village (1957)
    Martin Denny • Exotica
  • Quiet Village (1959)
    Martin Denny • Quiet Village
  • Quiet Village (1969)
    Martin Denny • Exotic Moog
  • Quiet Village
    Les Baxter • Ritual of the Savage
  • Quiet Village
    The Ritchie Family • African Queens
  • African Queens
    The Ritchie Family • African Queens
  • Out Of This World
    Les Baxter • Caribbean Moonlight
  • Panman
    Len • A Tribute To The Mighty Sparrow (Len "Boogsie" Sharpe on the PHI)
  • Jack Parlance
    Mighty Sparrow • Orinthology Vol. 3 - Singles, B-Sides & rarities, 1955-1963
  • Jack Parlance
    Van Dyke Parks • Discover America
  • Xtabay
    Yma Sumac • Voice of the Xtabay
  • Baile de Venado (Deer Dance): A-D) Zoned Para el Baile del Venado
    A. Sicaltos and F. Alvarado • Music of the Maya-Quiches of Guatemala: The Rabinal Achi and Baile de las Canastas
  • Jungle Mating Call
    Chaino • Jungle Mating Rhythms
  • Animal Dance Song
    Mbuti Singers • Smithsonian Folkways World Music Collection 1997
  • Jungle Crazy Maze Bongo
    Chaino • Jungle Mating Rhythms
  • Spooky Drums No. 1
    Baby Dodds • Footnotes to Jazz, Vol. 1: Baby Dodds Talking and Drum Solos
  • Warm Night Wind
    Robert Drasnin • Voodoo!: Exotic Music from Polynesia and the Far East
  • Se Kreyol Nou Ye
    Boukman Eksperyans • Vodou Adjae
  • Voodoo Priestess - Remastered
    Screamin' Jay Hawkins • Are You One Of Jay's Kids? The Complete Bizarre Sessions 1990-1994
  • I Put A Spell On You
    Screamin' Jay Hawkins • Saga All Stars" I Put A Spell On You / The Singles 1954-1957
  • My Isle of Golden Dreams
    Martin Denny • The Enchanted Sea
  • Margaritaville
    Jimmy Buffett • Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes
  • Eden's Island
    Eden Ahbez • Eden's Island
  • Bali Ha'i
    South Pacific Original Film Cast • South Pacific (Original Soundtrack Recording)
  • Radio Hula - Live
    Ledward Ka'apana • Led Live
  • Dancing In Your Rain - Live
    Cyril Pahinui • Hi'ilawe (Live)
  • Tahiti Nui
    Bill Sevesi • The Magic Steel Guitar of Bill Sevesi
  • Tiger Shark
    Bill Sevesi & His Islanders • 25 Hawaiian Favourites
  • Beautiful Queensland
    Tex Morton & His Rough Riders, featuring Sister Dorrie • I'll Be Hanged If They're Gonna Hang Me!
  • Hawaiian Love
    Bill Wolfgramme & His Islanders • Tomi Tomi
  • Tomi Tomi
    Kanui & Lula • Exotic Sounds of Hawaii
  • Isle of Enchantment
    Arthur Lyman • Isle of Enchantment
  • Bali Ha'i
    Tak Shindo • Brass and Bamboo
  • High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
    Tak Shindo • Far East Goes Western
  • High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
    Tex Ritter • Capitol Collectors Series
  • Memory Of Your Smile
    Ray Holman • In Touch
  • Sophisticated
    Dominic Frontiere and His Orchestra • Love Eyes
  • In An Eighteenth-Century Drawing Room
    Raymond Scott • Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights
  • Piano Sonata No. 16 in C, k. 545 "Sonata Facile": 1. Allegro
    Andras Schiff • Mozart: The Piano Sonatas
  • Firecracker
    Martin Denny • Quiet Village
  • Firecracker
    Yellow Magic Orchestra • YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
  • I'm Real
    Jennifer Lopez • J.Lo
  • Cosmic Surfin'
    Yellow Magic Orchestra • YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA
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