![]() ![]() On another topic, stereo, it's also worth noting that the Orchestrotica's Megaband eschews the stereo/audio aspects of his recorded music when performing it, so that audiences can really take in the full magic of his arranging and musical skills without distraction. As such, I tend to believe these recordings probably capture and showcase the truest intent of his musical mind. In short, Esquivel was able to take a lot more liberty and "stretch out" during this period, from a musical perspective. to sell records) and had larger musician compliments than we do. Many of these songs and their arrangements were intended for the studio only (i.e. We use 22 musicians in our ensemble, primarily performing selections from his RCA Hi-Fi/Living Stereo albums. I really enjoy what Esquivel did with his largest instrumentations, and as you move into the late 1960s and 70s, the music and sound changes significantly, getting a bit more kitsch to my ears and a lot less interesting. ![]() To me, this is his best artistic output as an orchestrator, and so as a performing ensemble, the Megaband focuses on this period of his work. One of the things I've talked about a lot in our radio and podcast interviews over the year is our specific focus on transcribing his recordings from the late 1950s and early 1960s. ![]() Yes, I missed the Esquivel revival in the 1990s (there was one).Īnd yes, I missed meeting him by about two years (my discovery of his music was in Keene, NH in 2004).įans often ask me about Esquivel and the Orchestrotica's connection to his music, so I put together a list of articles and links about Esquivel around the web (below). A 2011 Downbeat Rising Star Big Band with "incredible arrangements, musicianship, and artistic direction," the group has toured in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Mexico and received international acclaim for its Exotica for Modern Living series of recordings, one of which plays in over 7,000 Starbucks stores worldwide. Ho (Brian O'Neill), a "percussion master and musical polymath" according to the Boston Phoenix, The Megband stirs up a sonic cocktail using six brass players, four woodwinds (covering 12 instruments), slide guitar, guitar, four singers, Hammond B3 organ, accordion, bass, drums, two percussionists, and Mr. Featuring the music of Strayhorn, Porter, Lecuona, and others, the show exposes listeners to the wild, zany mind of Mexico’s king of space-age bachelor pad music. Via meticulous transcriptions from the original mid-century hi-fi recordings, the band has recreated this masterful musician’s lost arrangements of the Hollywood, easy-latin, crime-jazz, and space-age bachelor pad sounds of the 1950s and 1960s. Ho’s Orchestroticain its “Esquivel Megaband” formationis the world’s only way to experience the lost space-age pop music of Esquivel, live. ![]() "The perfect soundtrack for your space-age bachelor pad…" WNYC Stereolab’s Dots and Loops is featured on our list of the Top 50 Electronic Albums of the ’90s.Sonorama: Stereo Sounds from a Space-Age Lounge We’re Not Adult Orientated (Neu Wave Live) Space Age Batchelor Pad Music (Mellow) (Sean O’Hagan)Ĩ. Stereolab The Groop Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music tracklist:Ģ. Both albums will be released on clear vinyl, and this marks the first time either album has been reissued on vinyl in 10 years. Last month, the band reissued their trio of Switched On compilations on vinyl via their Duophonic UHF label, and on November 9, Too Pure/ Beggars Arkive will release two more early Stereolab albums on vinyl: 1992’s Peng! and 1993’s The Groop Played Space Age Bachelor Pad Music. More items in the Stereolab catalog are being reissued. ![]()
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