Lounge Psychédélique (The Best Of Lounge & Exotica 1954-2022)
This curated collection spans nearly seven decades of exotica, lounge, Latin jazz, and space-age sounds—the music designed for the modern home, swimming pools, and tiki bars. Compiled from recordings between 1954 and 2022, it features both canonical artists and curious deep cuts, tracing how lounge evolved from retro-futuristic novelty into recognized craft. You'll find boogaloo grooves, merengue rhythms, free-floating orchestral arrangements, and that distinctly mid-century optimism filtered through psychedelic and world music influences. It's simultaneously nostalgic and oddly prescient—these records sound like how people wanted the future to feel. Perfect for background listening or deep-dive curiosity, this compilation celebrates lounge culture as genuine artistic expression, not mere kitsch. Two Piers' curation shows genuine knowledge.
Item Details+
| Genre | Jazz, Latin, Stage and Screen |
| Style | Boogaloo Latin Jazz Easy Listening Space-Age Merengue Exotica |
| Notes | Mint (NM or M-) Good Plus (VG+) Slight bend in cover. |
| Media | Near Mint (NM or M-) |
| Sleeve | Very Good Plus (VG+) |
| Label | Two Piers |
| Year | 2023 |
| Country | UK |
| Format | CD |
Tracklist+
Genre:
Jazz, Latin, Stage and Screen
Style:
Boogaloo, Latin Jazz, Easy Listening, Space-Age, Merengue, Exotica
Label:
Two Piers
Country:
UK
Year:
21 Jul 2023
1. Leonard Nimoy - Girls To Watch Girls Go By
2. Martin Denny - The Enchanted Isle
3. Yma Sumac - Gopher
4. The Bongolian - B-Boy Toga Party
5. Los Bitchos - The Link Is Aoubt To Die
6. Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - The Lonley Bull (El Solo Toro)
7. Michael Giacchino And His Nouvelle Modernica Orchestra - Sidereal Day: 3 (Instrumental)
8. Mel Tormé - Sushine Superman
9. Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66 - Mais Que Nada
10. Lalo Schifrin - Lalo's Bossa Nova
11. Quincy Jones - Black Orpheus (Manha De Carnaval)
12. Les Baxter, 101 Strings - Tropicando
13. Pizzicato Five - 皆笑った
14. Alain Goraguer - Les Hommes - Le Grande Co-existence
15. Hugo Montenegro And His Orchestra - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
16. Mort Garson, The Lords Of Percussion - Geisha Girl
17. Arthur Lyman - Quiet Village
18. Les Baxter and His Orchestra - Voodoo Dreams
19. Martin Denny - The Enchanted Sea
20. Ìxtahuele - Mareld 2021
21. Keith Mansfield - Morning Broadway
22. Mel Tormé - Comin' Home Baby
23. Dave Pike - Sweet Tater Pie
24. Jack Trombey - Underlay No 3
25. Alan Hawkshaw - Beat Me Till I'm Blue
26. Sheila (5) - Bang Bang
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