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New Dionysus Releases – Alika Lyman Group LP and Skip Heller 78RPM!


Dionysus Records proudly announces our first new releases of 2016; The Alika Lyman Group “Leis of Jazz Vol 2” and Heller’s Hot Five “I Hate You” 10″ 78 RPM. Both releases are available in our online mail order cart (individual links below) or via retail via our distributor, ILD.

Purchase The Alika Lyman Group “Leis of Jazz” LP at this link
Purchase Heller’s Hot Five 78 RPM at this link

Leis of Jazz LP cover
Leis of Jazz LP cover
Heller's Hot Five 78 label
Heller’s Hot Five 78 label
Marty Lush opens the Alika Lyman Group LP at Wacko
Marty Lush opens the Alika Lyman Group LP at Wacko
The Alika Lyman Group LP
The Alika Lyman Group LP
Lee Joseph and Skip Heller at La Luz de Jesus
Lee Joseph and Skip Heller at La Luz de Jesus
Skip Heller and his 78!
Skip Heller and his 78!

 

From Hawaii, The Alika Lyman Group delivers a heartfelt tribute to Alika’s Great Uncle, Arthur Lyman. This album spans the gamut of vintage combo jazz and classic Exotica, featuring original compositions and Hawaiian standards with instrumentation featuring vibes, stand-up bass, percussion and guitar!

ALG vibest, Marty Lush has strived to make the album jacket of Leis of Jazz Vol 2 as close to the original Leis of Jazz as possible including an exact repro of the Hi-Fi Records “Stereophonic Hi-Fi” sticker, and label that bears striking resemblance to the silver and black HIFI Records labels of the late ’50s! The first pressing is on purple orchard vinyl and the album comes with a free digital download!

Dionysus Records has released it’s first 78 RPM! Roots/exotica/rockabilly master Skip Heller returns to the imprint with Heller’s Hot 5, including Dionysus Records head honcho Lee Joseph on acoustic bass, delivering three smoking, blues-drenched tunes, recorded and cut live to mono tape by former Big Sandy and the Fly Rite Trio’s bassman, Wally Hersom, on all tube powered analog gear. This platter that matters is a limited edition vinyl microgroove 78, playable on anything that plays 78, including jukeboxes and the sound flying off this thing is super hi-fi! The release comes with a download card which includes bonus tracks- a digital version of down songs can be purchased from iTunes, Amazon, etc.
March 11, 2016by Dionysus Records
DJ Lee

6/27: DJ Lee returns to Tonga Hut Palm Springs

Friday, June 27,  DJ Lee spins Exotica, Lounge, Soul, Swinging ’60s plus more Mid Century Delights at Tonga Hut, Palm Springs – 254 N. Palm Canyon Drive, 94462 – 7 pm- 12 midnight or later!

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June 20, 2014by Dionysus Records
Creepxotica, exotica, Free Event, San Diego, The Creepy Creeps

4/7: Creepxotica at Bali Hai San Diego – a FREE Special Event

Creepxotica

Come out and get creepy with Creepxotica at the San Diego Bali Hai Monthly Monday Meetup group. They are throwing a party to celebrate our first year of meetups. You know you’ve been wanting to come down and meet with them, now here is the one meetup you don’t want to miss. They will be taking over the South Pacific room downstairs for this special event. There will have full bar and food service available for us this evening.

Doors open at 6:00pm and show starts at 7:30pm, first come first serve. A small donation for the band is all they ask.

Bali Hai Restaurant 2230 Shelter Island Dr, San Diego, CA 92106

This is an RSVP event, so post your RSVP on the Monthly Meetup’s Facebook invite page

 

March 28, 2014by Dionysus Records
DJ Lee, exotica, Lounge Music, Palm Springs

3/28: DJ Lee at Tonga Hut Palm Springs

On Friday, 3/28, I will be returning to Tonga Hut Palm Springs, 254 North Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262, to spin a set of vintage and contemporary Exotica, kicking it up-tempo with some swinging ’60s for the final hour.  I start at 7 PM and lay down the sound until Midnight. If you are in the area and haven’t checked out the new restaurant/bar, please do, they did a tikitastic job on the layout and decor. Two thumbs up to the food, drinks, and service!

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March 26, 2014by Dionysus Records
Dionysus bands, Dionysus Records, DJ Lee, exotica

4/3: An afternoon of Noir and Exotica on OUSD, LuxuriaMusic.com

Tune in to LuxuriaMusic.com for the first Over Under Sideways Down of  April! This special Noir and Exotica episode features a 1/2 hour guest segment from Dionysus Records recording artist Jimmy Vargas of  Jimmy Vargas and the Black Dahlias from Australia – along with a stack of exotica vinyl from show host Lee Joseph. Find the show at LuxuriaMusic.com at 3-5 PM, Pacific Time!

OUSDApril3

April 2, 2013by Dionysus Records
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New Dionysus Releases by Jerry Sun and Creepxotica!

These new Dionysus releases will be available in advance of street date at Surf Guitar 101, Tiki Oasis 11 and the Dionysus Records cart

 

Creepxotica four-song 7″
Creepxotica: {Kreep-za-ti-ka}, noun or adjective; having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear combined with the relaxing exotic sounds of the South-Pacific. Creepxotica takes you on an exotic ride through time to the sun bleached sands of the Mexican Riviera, and to the cool ocean waters of the Polynesian Islands. The soothing sounds of the vibes will calm your savage soul, while the reverberating guitar will hearken a time of lazy Saturday afternoons. The percussive musings will melt your inhibitions, as low, melodious, bass driven tones will cool your head. So sit back and relax as you embark on a Tiki paradise with the new lounge sensation from Dionysus Records, Creepxotica!

(Shhh – don’t tell anyone that Creepxotica is actually garage punk surf pranksters – The Creepy Creeps. This limited edition four-song red vinyl 7″ comes with a digital download code – it’s got a big hole too! Click to purchase

The Exotic Sounds of Jerry Sun LP
Numbered edition of 500, red vinyl LP with digital download code
We’ve exotica expert Jeff Chenault to thank for this one!  Avid listeners of Exotica music will undoubtedly be familiar with the primitive sounds of Les Baxter, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman and Robert Drasnin but very few people today have ever heard of Jerry Sun, a professional vibe player whose versatility and unique blending of jazz and tropical melodies would often compare him to Arthur Lyman. Jerry was a big fan of Denny, and Lyman and would often visit them while in Hawaii or when they would tour stateside.  While Exotica was his forte, his biggest influence would come from the Latin-Jazz sound of Cal Tjader. Click to purchase

This album was recorded in 1962 at Audio Recording studios by famous Northwest recording engineer Kearney Barton who recorded The Sonics, The Wailers and The Kingsmen (the hit version of “Louie Louie”.)  Somehow five reels of Jerry’s music ended up in the hands of record store in Tacoma. This album is one of those tapes, unreleased until now! These recordings have been transferred and edited entirely in the ANALOG realm – no digital processing was used in the preparation or cutting of this record.

August 8, 2011by Dionysus Records

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