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Download # Mondo Exotica: Sounds, Visions, Obsessions of the Cocktail Generation PDF by * Francesco Adinolfi eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Mondo Exotica: Sounds, Visions, Obsessions of the Cocktail Generation I really wanted to love this book, but I love lounge music in all its many incarnations: space age pop, exotica, spy music, crime jazz, etc. I was hoping this would be a nice companion to the two other books on the genre. Unfortunately, it only half lived up to the promise.It just gets too many facts wrong. Big ones and little ones. The author totally buys into the "myths" of Korla Pandit, Chaino and others without finding their true stories. Biographies of other artists are oddly brief.In addit
| Title | : | Mondo Exotica: Sounds, Visions, Obsessions of the Cocktail Generation |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.74 (903 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0822341565 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
I really wanted to love this book, but I love lounge music in all its many incarnations: space age pop, exotica, spy music, crime jazz, etc. I was hoping this would be a nice companion to the two other books on the genre. Unfortunately, it only half lived up to the promise.It just gets too many facts wrong. Big ones and little ones. The author totally buys into the "myths" of Korla Pandit, Chaino and others without finding their true stories. Biographies of other artists are oddly brief.In addition, the author ignores the music scene in England, France, and South America. How can one write a book abo. Seriously Mondo! Francesco Adinolfi certainly knows his subject, as "Mondo Exotica" is an exhaustive musicological examination of the history and social aspects of Exotica and Lounge music. This book is not for those with only casual interest in the subject, and it can be quite a challenging read.For those of us who share Adinolfi's obsession with the cocktail generation, however, it offers a lot of pertinent information and analysis. My only complaint is that a for a genre filled with such fascinating visual components the lack of any photographs whatsoever diminishes its appea
In this encyclopedic account of films, books, TV programs, mixed drinks, and above all music, he balances a respect for exotica’s artistic innovations with a critical assessment of what its popularity says about postwar society in the United States and Europe, and what its revival implies today.Adinolfi interviewed a number of exotica greats, and Mondo Exotica incorporates material from his interviews with Martin Denny, Esquivel, the Italian film composers Piero Piccioni and Piero Umiliani, and others. Mondo Exotica includes a discography of albums, compilations, and remixes.. Adinolfi describes how American bachelors and suburbanites embraced the Polynesian god Tiki as a symbol of escape and sexual liberation; how Les Baxter’s album Ritual of the Savage (1951) ushered in the exotica music craze; and how Martin Denny’s Exotica built on that craze, hitting number one in 1957. Tiki torches, cocktails, la dolce vita, and the music that popularized them—Mondo Exotica offers a behind-the-scenes look at the sounds and obsessions of the Space Age and Cold War period as well as the renewed interest in them evident in contemporary music and design. He explores exotica’s many sub-genres, including mood music, crime jazz
“Crammed with facts about sounds, composers, their histories, reminiscences and a whole lot more, Adinolfi has more than done his research, which , in such a odd, diverse, and obscure field of music, has to be applauded. A very worthy edition to any bachelor pad.” - Jonny Trunk, Record Collector
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