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Combustible Edison was a group founded in the early 1990s in Boston, Massachusetts, and was one of several lounge music acts that led a brief resurgence of interest in the genre during the mid-1990s. Unlike other bands with a more ironic take on the lounge scene, Combustible Edison took the music seriously and strove to add to what its members saw as a canon of works, such as those by Esquivel, Henry Mancini, and Martin Denny.
Originally formed around 1991 to serve as the musical accompaniment to a stage show entitled “The Tiki Wonder Hour,” the 12-piece “Combustible Edison Heliotropic Foxtrot Orchestra” slimmed down to its five core members, shortened its name, and put out a debut album, “I, Swinger,” on Sub Pop records. The band put out two more full-length discs - “Schizophonic!” and “The Impossible World” - and several singles. The band also recorded the soundtrack to the film Four Rooms, with music produced by Mark Mothersbaugh.
Experimental film maker Kenneth Anger claims that he was asked to direct a music video for Combustible Edison, but turned the request down after listening to a tape of the bands music.
Some of their music is featured on the soundtrack of the movie Four Rooms.
Originally formed around 1991 to serve as the musical accompaniment to a stage show entitled “The Tiki Wonder Hour,” the 12-piece “Combustible Edison Heliotropic Foxtrot Orchestra” slimmed down to its five core members, shortened its name, and put out a debut album, “I, Swinger,” on Sub Pop records. The band put out two more full-length discs - “Schizophonic!” and “The Impossible World” - and several singles. The band also recorded the soundtrack to the film Four Rooms, with music produced by Mark Mothersbaugh.
Experimental film maker Kenneth Anger claims that he was asked to direct a music video for Combustible Edison, but turned the request down after listening to a tape of the bands music.
Some of their music is featured on the soundtrack of the movie Four Rooms.
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la-brava wrote:
very cool
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smee85 wrote:
you might also like: Theatre Play Music by the Contemporary Noise Quartet
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microdisco wrote:
Ваш выход, леди и джентельмены!
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bochka69 wrote:
grooveeeeeeey behbay yeahh
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Gumbertovich wrote:
fantastic
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infant-tango wrote:
WHAT IS THE WROD NERD
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subrussian wrote:
gosh, I can't get enough of them XD
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avocatwp wrote:
This music is wonderful and amazing!
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shawnevans wrote:
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra were. Maybe the person didn't feel like writing all that.
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mathewjordan wrote:
one of my all time fav's. reminds me of my childhood.
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rodoxo wrote:
a perfect soundtrack
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alongwaltz wrote:
Henry Mancini isn't a band.
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filburtaj wrote:
Anyone else remember the "New Music for Better Living" show that used to be on WZBC? Exposed me to lots of great bands like Combustible Edison, Henry Mancini, and Esquivel. Fond memories prompted me to restore my grandfather's old Magnavox console stereo and start buying used records.
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dewflive wrote:
Luxuriamusic dot com still exists, now as a listener supported independent station. Some of the original DJs are still there, and many more new ones bring you the fruits of their obsessive record collecting. It's worth checking out for anyone who enjoys what I would call "forgotten" music and outsider music.
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WilliamAudette wrote:
Great stuff as always. I miss the old Luxuria Music dot com with Millionaire, Kaci Christian, and Tea and Sea. It exposed me to lounge music and many other genres I may never have discovered on my own. -- WAudette
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jujuki wrote:
Vachement bien !!
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Lfybz wrote:
за 4 комнаты им огромнейши
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ineem wrote:
Vertigogo in Four Rooms by Tarantino <3 is great! and the film-fantastic, funny, full of quentin's 'fucking' :D
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alphadraconis wrote:
fellini's movies sons: nino rota's music
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Sergiosan29 wrote:
very very nice music, amazing!!!
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