Various Artists - Total Exotica-As Dug By Lux And Ivy (2CD)

• The light and dark of exotica and easy listening, from ethereal Martin Denny-championed grooves to heavier jazz investigations into world music
• As dug by The Cramps’ Lux and Ivy
• Companion set to the successful ‘Pure Exotica’ of 2020

Featuring key players in the genre from Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman to Les Baxter and Eden Ahbez With jazz exponents Esquivel, Ahmed Abdul Malik, Yusef Lateef and Cal Tjader

Plus the incredible voices of Yma Sumac and Ethel Azama

And a host of obscure gems from The Markko Polo Adventurers, Bill Russo, Bianchi, Henri Rene and Jack Marshall

Includes the strange authentic instrumentation of Elisabeth Waldo and the luck strings of Henry Mancini

Remastered from the original sound sources with sleeve notes by MOJO magazine’s Dave Henderson