Oyvind Torvund The Exotica Vinyl LP 2019

1 Ritual 1
2 Starry Night
3 Wind Up Paradise Birds
4 Waking Up Again
5 Rainforest Morning
6 Rainbow Crystal
7 Jungle Alarm
8 Ritual 2
9 Cave
10 Out Of The Jungle

Commissioned by the Bit20 Ensemble and premiered at Oslo's Only Connect festival in May 2017, 'The Exotica Album' features the Ensemble conducted by Trond Madsen plus star guests Kjetil Moster on sax and Jorgen Traeen on electronics. Composer Oyvind Torvund's audaciously playful suite reimagines in collage form the chunky edifice of those Fifties and Sixties popular styles categorised variously as 'exotica' or 'lounge', together with a wealth of historical reference points, from early electronic composition to cartoon music.