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Waitiki 7 Exotica Reborn In Studio and Live 2025

Playful, infectious, and irresistibly danceable, this album is anything but light. Beneath its sun-drenched surface lies a set of meticulously crafted compositions that at times recall the lush orchestrations of classic film scores or the bold, Technicolor themes of mid-20th-century television. Exotica Reborn marks The WAITIKI 7’s first studio recording since 2011, and their first live album at Honolulu’s legendary Halekulani since 1965. It captures that hypnotic, almost cinematic sound that makes this ensemble such a rare gem on today’s music scene.

The lineup is a world-spanning gathering of virtuosos: flutist and saxophonist Tim Mayer; Grammy-winning Latin jazz pianist Zaccai Curtis; violinist Helen Liu; vibraphonist Jim Benoit; drummer Abe Lagrimas Jr.; bassist and bandleader Randy Wong; and percussionist and master bird-caller Augie “Lopaka” Colón Jr. Joining them are the Galliard String Quartet, marimbist Mika Mimura, and, as a living thread to history, 97-year-old drummer Harold Chang,  who played on the original Exotica sessions in the 1950s and ’60s alongside Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman.

101 Tropicando (feat. Galliard String Quartet) (Studio).flac
102 Quiet Village (feat. Galliard String Quartet & Zaccai Curtis) (Studio).flac
103 Cave of Uldo (feat. Galliard String Quartet) (Studio).flac
104 Yellow Bird (feat. Harold Chang & Mika Mimura) (Studio).flac
105 Coronation (Live).flac
106 Similau (Live).flac
107 Lucero (Live).flac
108 Mapuana (Live).flac
109 Halekulani The House Befitting Heaven (Live).flac
110 Cave of the Tarpon (Live).flac
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