As it seems that it may take a bit of time to collect enough "new" tracks to complete the next volume of "Exotic Sounds of Quiet Village", I thought this would be an opportunity to share a couple of other collections that suggest that I might not be that weird after all. Or, at least, that there are others just as weird out there!
Klauhütte Bangzeit 200, also known as KB Zed or shortened as KBZ 200, was a team headed up by Canadian pianist, visual and sound artist Gordon 'El Gordo' Monahan. Beginning in 1991, Monahan began a series of 12- to 18-Hour Long Performance Art Presentations during which the three most popular and exemplary pieces of the Exotica Catalog were repeated, in the same order, either as live performances by different artists or groups, or by playing old vinyl records of each of them.
The songs in question were "Quiet Village" (Les Baxter),
"Tabu / Taboo" (Margarita Lecuona) and "Caravan" (Juan Tizol & Duke Ellington).
The performance events were referred to as "Irritainment in Sound".
A limited edition of 50 video tapes was released, in 1996, titled "Another Taboo Caravan Into Quiet Village - The KBZ 200 in Munich", of a performance in featuring Monahan, Alex Hacke, Bastiaan Maris, Eric Mingus, GenKen, Gordon W, Jim Sharpe, John Henry Nyenhuis, Larry Seven, Laura Kikauka, Maria Zastra, Mediamorph, Michael Evans, Roland Wolf, Sir Spinner Fine Vinyl, Stiletto Studios & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE. I've never seen it. You've never seen it. We'll never see it.
02. Robin Richmond - Taboo
03. Irv Cottler - Caravan
04. Len Stevens & His Orchestra - Quiet Village
05. The Aliis - Taboo
06. Sir Julian - Caravan
07. The Ensemble Of Seven - Quiet Village
08. The South Sea Serenaders - Taboo
09. Buddy Merrill - Caravan
10. Eddie Baxter - Quiet Village
11. The Flying Guitar - Taboo
12. Jack Anderson - Caravan
13. Vinnie Bell - Quiet Village
14. Tarragano & His Orchestra - Taboo
15. Billy Vaughn - Caravan
16. The Exotic Guitars - Quiet Village
17. Terry Snyder - Taboo
18. Dick Hyman - Caravan
19. The Clebanoff Strings - Quiet Village
20. Winifred Atwell - Taboo
21. Eddie Layton - Caravan
02. Douglas Gamley - Tabu
03. The Three Suns - Caravan
04. The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett - Quiet Village
05. Billy May - Tabu
06. Living Guitars - Caravan
07. Bill Justis - Quiet Village
08. Hal Schutz - Tabu
09. Marty Gold - Caravan
10. The Aliis - Quiet Village
11. The Ensemble of Seven - Tabu
12. Enoch Light - Caravan
13. Ferrante & Teicher - Quiet Village
14. Geri Galian - Tabu
15. Lloyd Burry - Caravan
16. Hawaiian Brass - Quiet Village
17. Orizaba - Tabu
18. Hal Mooney - Caravan
19. Al Bollington - Quiet Village
20. Al Hirt - Tabu
21. George Wright - Caravan
More soon!
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