Cocktail Nation 391 Taboo Island

Tune in Saturday nights at 18:00 EST Toronto time (6:00 pm) for a Sneak Preview of the week's show. Shake that martini, and relax in your bachelor pad as Koop Kooper takes us on a musical journey through that Exotica and Tiki world of the 50's and 60's.

This week, we introduce you to a cool exotica artist called Roland Remington and play a track from his new album Taboo Island, also there’s the passing of a legend of animation, and I have a cool book on femme fatales for you.

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Mike Bardash - Late In The Game
Wendy Pederson and Jim Gasior - Besame Mucho
Roland Remington - Martinique
Mr Ho’s Orchestrotica - Maracatune For Chalco
Robert Drasnin - Farewell To Tuvalu
Oscar Peterson - Triste
Les Baxter - Deep Night
Perry Beekman - But Not For Me
Chaino - Bongo Samba
New Morty Show - Destination Moon
Astrud Gilberto and Marty Paich - Vivo Sonhando
Tony Bennett - My Heart Stood Still
Acca Daiquiris - Witchcraft
Nat King Cole - I’m Shooting High

Cocktail Nation 377 U.N.C.L.E.

Tune in Saturday nights at 18:00 EDST Toronto time (6:00 pm) for a Sneak Preview of the week's show. Shake that martini, and relax in your bachelor pad as Koop Kooper takes us on a musical journey through that Exotica and Tiki world of the 50's and 60's.

This week, we're checking out the new Man from U.N.C.L.E. film, with our resident movie guru Kramer, and with special comments from Hollywood correspondent Drew Turney. 

Plus we explore the original franchise and the stars, with interviews with Robert Vaughan and David McCallum, and playing music from two soundtracks.

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Jetset Unlimited - The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Daniel Pemberton - Bugs, Beats, and Bow Ties
Daniel Pemberton - Out Of the Garage
Daniel Pemberton - His Name Is Solo
Roberta Flack and Eugene McDaniels - Comared To What
Hugo Montenegro - A Martini For Two
Hugo Montenegro - Illya
Andy Stroud & Nina Simone - Take Care Of Business For Me
Hugo Montenegro - Lament For A Trapped Spy
Daniel Pemberton - The Unfinished Kiss
Hugo Montenegro - There they go
Daniel Pemberton - We Have Location

If you missed it the first time, and this great spy-fi sound is just so cool, be sure to check out my post from last August on the making of the music for the film. Inspired by those 60's spy movies, good and bad, Daniel Pemberton gives us a peek behind the curtain.

http://thisislounge.blogspot.ca/2015/08/the-man-from-uncle-2015-making-of-music.html

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015) - The Making of the Music

No doubt, as a regular listener to This is Lounge, you would have recently heard the track, Bugs, Beats and Bowties by Daniel Pemberton in rotation every few hours. The song, in less than two minutes, is just one track that finds your mind transported back to that pre-psychedelic era, where men hide in the shadows, guns silently kill the bad guys, and beautiful women fawn over sexy spies, all in some exotic European locale.

Despite the mixed reviews of the film itself, the homage to 60's spy film music by Mr. Pemberton has been getting high marks from the music critics.

You may have heard Koop Kooper play the track My Name is Napoleon Solo on his Cocktail Nation Radio Show. (Scroll down to listen.)

Well, it seems Daniel took a trip back to the 60's, tracking down those obscure instruments responsible for some of those eerie and mysterious sounds used by everyone from John Barry to Piero Umliani.

I'd go on, but rather than have me go on about such an homage, let's watch Daniel himself take us through his journey back in time. The aforementioned Bugs, Beats and Bowties gets a special mention.




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