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	<title>The &#039;Thinking Deeply About Exotica, Lounge, Tiki, &#38; Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music&#039; Blog &#187; Stylistic Background of WAITIKI tunes</title>
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	<description>With Randy Wong, Founder of WAITIKI International and The WAITIKI 7</description>
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		<title>The Dancing WAITIKI Masters</title>
		<link>http://randywong.net/exotica/2008/07/12/the-dancing-waitiki-masters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Describe how you perceive difference between WAITIKI’s live and recorded output, particularly in comparison to that of Martin Denny.  One incredible difference, I think, between WAITIKI’s live performances and recordings is the type of improvisation we do within the arrangements. Improvisation on our albums is predominantly jazz-influenced (by which I mean a solo melodic instrument [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WAITIKI and Postmodernism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Professah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Charred Mammal Flesh: Exotic Music for BBQ]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One way to view WAITIKI is that it is an approach to classic exotica that highlights the postmodernist tendencies of the classic exotica era.Original works and recordings by Les Baxter and Martin Denny often exhibit the following characteristics: Include quotes (harmonic, melodic, or textural) from landmarks of orchestral literature or specific composers’ styles Rhythms of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The influence of Maurice Ravel in Exotica &#8230; and &#8220;L&#8217;ours Chinois&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to two successful performances (including the world premiere) of L&#8217;Ours Chinois, I&#8217;ve had a number of inquiries as to what the specific influences of composer Maurice Ravel are, in regards to the formation of exotica — and particularly, my piece &#8220;L&#8217;ours Chinois.&#8221; Without a doubt, one of the easiest ways to answer this question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diagramming the Cave of Uldo &#8220;ALO-HOP&#8221; beat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Professah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8216;Alo-hop&#8217; Beat: What is it? And where did it come from? These are questions that have been plaguing Okonkuluku University students for decades. Lucky for you, dear reader, today&#8217;s lecture is a diagram of the beat and its origins. Sacred &#038; Secular Dance Music of the Ancient &#038; Modern Worlds The &#8216;Alo-hop&#8217; Beat has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Sweet Pikake Serenade&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Professah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Sweet Pikake Serenade&#8221; is the closing tune on the WAITIKI album, an original that I wrote in memory of exotica’s great vibraphonist, Mr. Arthur Lyman.I did consciously write this song with Mr. Lyman in mind; I tried to imagine myself as a keiki again, watching him play solo vibraphone at Waialae Country Club. And so [...]]]></description>
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