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Steven Kramer. James Chance and the Contortions (initially known simply as Contortions, a spin-off group is called James White and the Blacks) was a musical group led by saxophonist and vocalist James Chance, formed in 1977. They were a central act of New York City's downtown no wave music scene in the late 1970s, and were featured on the ...
Lounge music. Lounge music is a type of easy listening music popular in the 1950s and 1960s. It may be meant to evoke in the listeners the feeling of being in a place, usually with a tranquil theme, such as a jungle, an island paradise or outer space. [1] The range of lounge music encompasses beautiful music –influenced instrumentals, modern ...
space age pop [1] Label. Capitol. Ultra-Lounge is a series of compilation CDs released by Capitol Records, featuring music predominantly from the 1950s and 1960s in genres such as exotica, space age pop, mambo, television theme songs, and lounge. Many of the volumes have since been made available for purchase via digital download.
A live review by Los Angeles Times critic Chuck Crisafulli noted that the album "perfectly duplicates the '50s cool and hi-fi exotica of such lounge icons as Martin Denny", [5] while Trouser Press said, "I, Swinger is a faithful replication of bargain-bin exotica, right down to a sleeve festooned with cocktail recipes and calculatedly dated hep ...
Rough Guides. [6] Aloha from Hawaii via Satellite is a live album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Records in February 1973. The album consists of recordings from Presley's January 1973 concert of the same name. It peaked at number one on the Billboard chart in the spring of the same year.
Space age pop. Space age pop or bachelor pad music is a subgenre of easy listening or lounge music associated with American and Mexican composers, songwriters, and bandleaders in the Space Age of the 1950s and 1960s. [ 1] It drew on contemporary fascination with technology, outer space, and "exotic" locations, exploiting new audio technology ...
Composer Michael Giacchino is releasing an album of Exotica-style covers of his scores for “Lost,” “Speed Racer,” the 2009 film “Star Trek,” Pixar’s “Up,” “Ratatouille” and ...
Moreover, publications including Billboard, [2] Bustle, [3] and Stereogum have all conceived listicles ranking the best new versions of songs written by the band. [4] These covers encompass several languages, such as Chinese ("Yellow" by Katherine Ho ), [5] French ("The Scientist" by Diane Tell ), [6] and Hindi ("Paradise" by Anmol Malik ), [7 ...