Michael Giacchino - Maui Mallard In Cold Shadow Soundtrack (1996) + Game ROM

ARTIST`````Michael Giacchino

ALBUM`````Maui Mallard In Cold Shadow Soundtrack

GENRE`````Soundtrack, Tropical, Exotica, Kitsch, Video Games

YEAR````````1996

What?

...You are Maui Mallard, a hard-boiled, aloha-shirt-clad private dick...er...duck. You have been summoned to a tropical island to help the Muddrakes retrieve their stolen mojo idol, Shabuhm Shabuhm...

I am posting this for personal nostalgic reasons and because I found out today that many people are looking for it - all torrents died a long time ago. I couldn't find a single working link where the whole soundtrack is in one .rar file so I decided to post this little nerdy piece of video game soundtrack history. In short, this game is actually one of the best examples of classic, fetish 1990's detailed, high quality platform games with a few innovative twists. If you are into reading reviews of vintage games read this gamespot review. Also here is a youtube review with gameplay footage.

Besides the very detailed, moody graphics, smooth animation and catchy sounds the biggest highlight of the game was a perfect childish tropical, jazzy, kitschy, detective soundtrack composed by Michael Giacchino and orchestrated by Steve Duckworth. It was so memorable that people who played the game as kids in 1996 now clap in joy just by hearing the first drum rolls from the main menu.

It is interesting that this Donald Duck based detective-blindfolded-ninja tropical character and the entire eclectic aesthetic were created from scratch but it was all used just in this game - it is sad that Disney never turned this unique world into a TV series for kids *as they supposedly planned).

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This .rar file contains the whole mp3 soundtrack + the Snes9x emulator + the Maui Mallard ROM with a simple "How To Play" explanation if you don't know how to open ROMs. Enjoy.

El Guincho - Pop Negro (2010)

ARTIST`````El Guincho
ALBUM`````Pop Negro
GENRE`````Indie,

YEAR````````2010

EL GUINCHO | Bombay from MGdM | Marc Gómez del Moral on Vimeo

If you want their 2008 album Alegranza click here:)

Review:
If Pablo Diaz-Riexa’s second album under the name El Guincho doesn’t garner the same attention as the first (Alegranza) did when it arrived out of the blue two years previously, you can hardly blame him. Pop Negro is just as impressive as the debut was. It’s just that the indie landscape has shifted so much over that time span that someone blending all sorts of African, Latin, dance, and pop elements and influences into a whirling, glittery disco ball of sound isn’t exactly enough to stop the presses. In fact, since Diaz-Riexa doesn’t really break any new ground here, some may even dismiss the album as a retread. That would be a big mistake. While it’s true that the basic sonic template of Pop Negro is much the same as Alegranza, this time the songs are more focused and the overall feel is much punchier and direct. The songs seem less likely to spiral off in unpredictable directions.

THIS ALBUM IS REMOVED

Miles Corbin - Sounds from the Tiki Hut (2000)

ARTIST`````Miles Corbin
ALBUM`````Sounds from the Tiki Hut
GENRE`````Lounge, Easy, Nu Surf, Exotica, Kitsch

YEAR````````2000

What?
The laziest sound possible. A very interesting production mix: stripped down, retro soft synth beats entangled in classical Hawaiian/surf guitar melodies. All songs have thin basslines so the whole album is mostly in mid and high range (love those cheap, crisp snares) mostly sounding like some rare exotic vintage gem. A truly unpretentious record that takes you far, far away from the suffocating, confusing world of today's showy, charts aiming bands.

Miles Corbin is the bandleader guitarist of The Aqua Velvets whose music is featured in many Film and TV soundtracks. The whole crew seriously lacks promotion and support but after viewing their stunningly badly composed but charming website it seems they really don't give a flying fuck.

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V.A. The Cutest Party (2010)

ARTIST`````Various
ALBUM`````The Cutest Party
GENRE`````Kitsch, Exotica, Italo Disco, Electronic, Steel Funk
YEAR````````2010
Bleeding Panda Compilation

Info:
For the end of the summer – a collection of catchy, kitschy exotic tunes I enjoyed these last few months. Some are quite famous but there are a plentiful of great finds here. Enjoy @(+,+)@

Tracklist:
01 Fred Weinberg - Aum Mau Mau (1970)
02 Goto80 - Papaya Coconut / Dr. Alban Cover (2001)
03 Tipsy - El Bombo Atomico (1997)
04 Coconot - Tao (2008)
05 Little Tempo - Dance Killer (2008)
06 Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer (2009)
07 Bernie Krause & Human Remains - Ape No Mountain High Enough (1988)
08 Oleg Kostrov - Fog Spread Over Lebanon (2003)
09 Billy Larkin & the Delegates - Pygmy (1964)
10 Plantlife - Love Me Till It Hurst (2005)
11 Dutch Rhythm and Steel Band - Funky Limbo (1978)
12 Gay Flamingoes Steel Band - Caterpilla (2002)
13 Bibio - Jealous Of Roses (2009)
14 Leila - The Exotics (2008)
15 Yma Sumac - Goomba Boomba (1955)
16 Morton Gould - Tropical (1964)
17 Methusalem - Robotism (1977)
18 Alexander Robotnick - C'est La Vie (1987)
19 Luciano - Africa Sweat (2009)
20 Hot Chip - Transmission (Joy Division Cover) (2009)
21 Tullio De Piscopo - Primavera (Stop Bajon) (1982)
22 Frank Ricotti - Bikini (1981)
23 Little Tempo - Tropical Rock (2008)
24 Senor Coconut - Around The World Intro / Daft Punk Cover (2008)
25 Michael Lloyd & Le Disc - Johnny's Mambo (1999)
26 Tommy Seebach - Alperosen (1975)

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For after-party I recommend this flawless tropical affair:P

El Guincho - Alegranza (2008)

ARTIST`````El Guincho
ALBUM`````Alegranza
GENRE`````Indie pop, Tropicalia, Exotic, Spanish

YEAR````````2008

El Guincho's debut album Alegranza is as bright as the feathers of the parrot, as sparkly as the fireworks, and as warm as the palm trees that adorn the cover. The music flows like melted butter, twists and turns like a mountain highway, and shimmers like the sun on a scorching summer day. The Spanish producer/singer throws a whole mess of ingredients into the mix, including various strains of world music (like Afro-pop, tango, Spanish folk music), indie pop, techno, and post-rock and sends it spinning into a blurred, whirling rush of sound that never falters. El Guincho uses samples, found sounds, chopped and looped instruments, and his own plaintively sweet vocals to make Alegranza; much like Panda Bear did with Person Pitch, he's created a world and sound of his own here. There are reference points both new (the trance-y, repetitive drive of Stereolab, the off-kilter, child-like soundscapes of High Places, and the hi-tech folk of Animal Collective) and old (tracks like "Kalise" sound like a modern, warped update of a classic Latin dance band record (Beny Moré or Perez Prado) and elsewhere there are samples of schoolyard chants, folk songs, and lounge ballads) but really you'd be hard pressed to find an album that mixes and matches sounds and cultures so effortlessly. Entertainingly, too, as every song on the album sounds like an excerpt from the wildest, most joyful party of the year. Finding a song more suited to cavorting about merrily than "Costa Paraiso" or "Prez Lagarto" would be a task, staying in a bad mood with "Palmitos Park" or "Fata Morgana" sailing past near impossible. The only tiny fault of the album is that there are few dynamic shifts to be found; it starts off sounding like a Technicolor blast of happiness and very rarely (until "Polca Mazurca" ends the record on a soothing-in-comparison note) changes either tempo or mood. It's also not a record for world music purists, ideologue indie rockers or by-the-book dance music enthusiasts; you have to be a fan of the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup approach to music ("Hey, you got Afro Pop in my Indie Rock!" "You got Spanish Folk in my Lo Fi soundscape") to appreciate El Guincho's sound. If you are one of these lucky listeners, Alegranza is pure candy.

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If you want the excellent 2010 album Pop Negro click here:)

V.A. - SHIT! WE GOT PARADISE - COMPILATION BY VALENTIN (2007)

FEEL THE UKULELE!

Selection of my favourite old kitch hawaiian tunes. Some of these songs were recorded on vinyl around 1910 so expect that lovely glitchy waikiki-ukulele-love-makin' sound:)

Pay special attention to the (independently recorded) two last radio show tracks (16 & 17). This great radio show explains how hawaiian music vanished when it was discovered by raging american music industry. A must have.

Tracks:
01 Hawaii Calls Compilation - Introduction
02 Alfred Aholo Apaka - Song Of The Islands ( Na Lei O Ha
03 Kanui And Lula - Oua Oua
04 Nina Keali'iwahamana & Benny Kalama - E Lili'u E
05 Danny Kuaana - Mauna Kea
06 Hawaiian Cumquats - Untitled Song
07 Hawaiian Cumquats - The Pick of the Crop
08 Andy Iona & His Islanders - Hola E Pae
09 Andy Iona & his Islanders - Vana Vana
10 Lani McIntire - Hula Blues
11 Andy Iona - Hooheno Keia No Beauty
12 Jules Ah See - Sand
13 Lani McIntire's Hawaiians - Maika'i Wale No Kauai
14 Basil Henriques And The Waikiki Islanders - The Shadow Of Your Smile
15 Benny Kalama - Nani Waimea
16 Hawaii Why - Oh! 1
17 Hawaii Why - Oh! 2

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* This is not an official compilation.
* This compilation is made and uploaded by me.
* This is pure and utter piracy.
* Cover design is done by me.