pataphysical short circuits.

if you enjoyed my last post about raphael, then yr gonna be psyched. this is much like the latter half of music to disappear in ~ ghostly tribal dream dances heavy on the exotica vibes.

ps the first two minutes are garbage, sit through them & you'll be rewarded. actually, anytime kutira sings it's pretty bad, but thankfully it's pretty minimal & she lets raphael jam on the one.

pps this is the 375th post in the two & a half years that spookcity has been operating. wow, that's kinda crazy to think about. anyway, thanks for coming here amigos!

a lonely day in selma, alabama.

the follow up to that pacific album i posted a while ago. i love this & anything hosono touches. not as immediate as pacific is, it'll definitely grow on you.

ps if you didn't already, download pacific now!!!!

dance of days.

exotica lite from robert drasnin which came out in 59'. nothing too mind blowing, but a very nice listen.

cosmic surfin'.

just had to share this gem of a jam. haruomi hosono, shigeru suzuki & tatsuro yamashita go hard on this one. lounge-y exotica-esque ocean jams made for that one time when thurston howell ran the casino. download this for the version of cosmic surfin' that predates yellow magic orchestra.

the age of the shrug vol.1

hullo hullo hullo! a quick interruption to post something my brother & i have done together. a mixtape of exotica, funk, soul, jazz, kosmische synths, & heavy psych rock. if you were a fan of my young person's guide to mountaineering mix, then you'll dig this amigos!

much love to my comrade for steering this ship through some heady waters. yr dedication & selection never ceases to impress & inspire me. keep on fighting the good fight.

love,
seymour

city in flames.

absolutely gorgeous dreamy library style drum tracks recorded by a bunch of high school girls with a median age of 14 back in the late seventies. if you have any interest in exotica, library as played by umiliani, or just music you could play at a party while imbibing libations & sitting amongst the clouds, then this is right up yr alley amigos!

lending a helping hand.

another exotica classique i got from good ol' flash. stanley wilson, while not on par with denny or lyman, is still a fella worth a whole lotta yr admiration. keep on fighting the good fight amigo.

when yes means no.

walter rizzati is an underappreciated genius of easy listening giallo jazz soundtracks to b grade italian films. if you like morricone, ferrio, marchetti, or piccioni, then get this now.

quiet village on the seine.

my favorite frenchman making an exotica album. pretty fucking legit if you ask me. can't find this anywhere else in the wastelands, so get it while the going is good.

walking through the set of a giallo thriller.

another thing you should know is gialli is my favorite genre of film, & the soundtracks for them are fucking legit. gianni ferrio is my favorite composer, & this is one of my favorite albums from that cat. real smooth sweet jams that make you feel like yr hanging out in Rome running down a dark alley one moment & then cruising around on a boat with the sun shining on yr face the next. this is the fucking jam y'all.