“THE SOUND OF TIKI” The ultimate word & music in Tiki Culture.
“THE SOUND OF TIKI”
“THE SOUND OF TIKI”: Well worth a cherished place in any library on pop American culture. This is the ultimate word in Tiki Culture music. A CD and small book that describes the birth of “exotic” music.
“The sound of Tiki” is the perfect companion piece to the other two very important books on Tiki culture written by the same author:
• “The Book of Tiki"
• ”Tiki Modern"
All are written and assembled by brilliant author Sven Kristen. The sage professor of urban archeology - the man who almost single handedly created and nurtured the west coast’s Tiki Culture underground movement from neighborhood tiki bar parties into a new world wide phenomenon.
These three pieces of literature and music map the magical journey of Hawaii-mania that swept America in the middle of the last century and ultimately erupted in an estatic orgasm of fantastic tropical ecstasy that ended in the Statehood of paradise as the 50th united state of America.
“Ended” did I say?
Sorry, it did not end. Far from it… it swings on. Just take a stroll through Kailua-Kona on a warm tropical night and witness the army of happy tourists still celebrating the joy of Tiki and Hawaii with tropical drinks, hula dancing, and Hawaiian music.