VA - Exotica, Exotic and Strange Music and Sounds from Many Cultures and Island Communities [2018]

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VA - Exotica, Exotic and Strange Music and Sounds from Many Cultures and Island Communities [2018]

This collection feels like opening a box of postcards from places you’ve never visited but somehow recognise. Exotica, Exotic and Strange Music and Sounds from Many Cultures and Island Communities gathers performances shaped by curiosity, atmosphere and imagination, drawing on island traditions, folk rituals and early studio experiments. The music doesn’t chase authenticity in a strict sense; instead, it captures the way listeners once dreamed about distant landscapes and unfamiliar rhythms.

Across the set, small ensembles create scenes with simple tools — hand drums, flutes, chimes, voices that rise and fall like weather. Some tracks lean toward ritual, others toward lounge fantasy, but all share a sense of openness. You hear musicians blending local traditions with borrowed ideas, turning everyday sounds into something gently surreal. The mood shifts from coastal calm to jungle‑themed drama, from slow twilight pieces to bright, percussive dances. (B)

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Track list

01 Jing Ying Ensemble - Chinese Village Song for Bamboo Flute 3:56

02 Joji Hirota - Amazon Rain Forest Dream 6:03

03 Caliche - Andean Flower Festival 3:16

04 Burning Bush - Israeli Chassidic Melody 10 3:02

05 Rymoko String Band - Papua New Guinea String Band 2:41

06 Joji Hirota - Samba Pacifica 6:17

07 Caliche - Mountain Lake Memories 3:23

08 Melodian Steel Band - Caribbean Euphoria 4:49

09 Morning Star Choir - Micronesian Morning Star Choir 3:03

10 Alain Presencer - Tibetan Song of the Night 2:48

11 English Guitar Quartet - Spanish Guitar Dance 3:53

12 Joji Hirota - Japanese Spring 6:23

13 Arabesque & Hassan Erraji - Turkish Longa 5:58

14 Austral Islands Choir - Polynesian Himene 2:36

15 Jing Ying Ensemble - Chinese Night Fishing Song 4:20

16 Roger Winfield - Winds from the East 4:03

17 Zomkyi & Tashi Tsering - Tibetan Nya Lam Pass 3:19

18 Caliche - Tiempo Nuevo 5:08

19 Singera String Band - Vanuatu String Band 2:42

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Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.

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