Post #12387 by Trader_Rick on Thu, Oct 31, 2002 2:19 AM

Glad to see that surf was mentioned. I would like to add one PHENOMENAL group that is all too often overlooked. That group is Tipsy. Their first album, "Trip TeaseL The Seductive Sounds of Tipsy," is composed almost exclusively of samples of old lounge records. The result is a half lounge, half down tempo electronica cocktail that is it at once retro yet timeless. This is an album that I have had since it first came out in 1996 and I have NEVER gotten tired of it. There have even been entire days when I have listened to nothing but this album. There have been other attempts to fuse the sounds of vintage lounge and modern electronica (such as Dimitri from Paris's "Sacre Francais," Luke Vibert & BJ Cole's "Stop the Panic," and the two volume s of Electro-Lounge from the Right Stuff) but Tipsy's debut album is infinitely more enjoyable than all of them. Even if you hate electronica, you will love this album!

One final thing, this isn't really specifically tiki as it is more just generally lounge, but it fits right in with a tiki bar, Vegas lounge, or a space station orbitting the earth.