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Les Baxter and Hollywood exotica

Musician and producer Graham Massey joins Stuart to talk about the music of Les Baxter, a prolific composer of exotic records.

Musician and producer Graham Massey joins Stuart to talk about the music of Les Baxter; a prolific composer of exotica records.

Exotica was born out of the golden age of Hollywood and its romantic representation of the world. Fusing luscious string orchestras with gamelan rhythms, underwater echoes and primitive synthesisers, it provided the soundtrack to the moon landing, deep sea adventures and tropical explorations.

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Sat 1 Sep 2012 00:00
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Music Played

  • Jeff Kolar

    Start Up

    • Start Up/Shut Down.
    • Panospria.

  • Woodpecker Wooliams

    Magpie

    • The Bird School Of Being Human.
    • Robot Elephant Records.

  • 尝眉眉辫

    Faith In You

    • Distress Signal Code.
    • Musea.

  • Les Baxter

    Lunar Rhapsody

    • Music Out Of The Moon: Music Unusual Featuring The Theremin.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Les Baxter

    Dawn Under The Sea

    • Jewels Of The Sea.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Les Baxter

    Reverberasia

    • Skins!.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Les Baxter

    Monkey Dance Of Bali

    • The Fruit Of Dreams.
    • 脡濒.

  • Les Baxter

    The Dunwich Horror

    • The Dunwich Horror (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • American International Records.

  • Yma Sumac

    Medicine Man

    • Miracles.
    • London Records.

  • Frank Zappa

    Montana

    • Apostrophe' / Overnite Sensation.
    • Rykodisc.

  • Sun Ra Arkestra

    Love In Outer Space

    • The Night Of The Purple Moon.
    • Saturn Research.

  • Jeff Kolar

    Shut Down

    • Start Up/Shut Down.
    • Panospria.

Broadcast

  • Sat 1 Sep 2012 00:00
    麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 6 Music