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Exotica began here in this historic 1950 meeting between the Peruvian "princess" Yma Sumac and Hollywood arranger Les Baxter. Neither Inca royalty nor a Bronx girl named Amy Camus as counter-legend had it, Sumac was raised an upper middle class Peruvian, but gifted with an uncanny multi-octave range. With such a powerful instrument at his disposable, the imaginatively resourceful Baxter proceeded to patch together musical bits and pieces from around the globe--gamelon orchestra, all manner of modal scales, ethnic percussion, impressionistic strings--into a fantasy concoction that has stayed surprisingly fresh after a half a century.
There probably isn't anything here that wasn't first heard in Rimsky-Korsakov or Debussy, not to mention Max Steiner whose path-finding score for KING KONG remains the talisman for pop musical journeys to the unknown. Still, Baxter is a skillful orchestrator, especially of strings, and Sumac herself never falters in her tricky wordless improvisations. It was super kitschy stuff at the time and remains so, but retains a certain musical integrity, even timelessness, much like the stone god that hovers scowling above our ersatz princess on the famous album cover.
2 LPS on 1 CD: VOICE OF THE XTABAY (1950)/INCA TAQUL.
Personnel includes: Yma Sumac (vocals); Les Baxter, Moises Vivanco (arranger, conductor).
Personnel: Yma Sumac (vocals).
Unknown Contributor Role: Yma Sumac.
Arrangers: Les Baxter; Moisés Vivanco.Q (10/95, p.148) - 3 Stars - Good - "...fascinating from first to last..." Voice Of The Xtabay Music Yma Sumac Voice Of The Xtabay Songs | 1. | Taita Inty :: Virgin Of The Sun God | |
| 2. | Ataypura :: High Andes | |
| 3. | Accla Taqui :: Chant Of The Chosen Maidens | |
| 4. | Tumpa - (Earthquake Mix) :: Earthquake - (Earthquake Mix) | |
| 5. | Choladas :: Dance Of The Moon Festival | |
| 6. | Wayra :: Dance Of The Winds | |
| 7. | Monos - (Monkeys in the Jungle Mix) :: Monkeys - (Monkeys in the Jungle Mix) | |
| 8. | Xtabay :: Lure Of The Unknown Love | |
| 9. | K'arawi :: Planting Song | |
| 10. | Cumbe-Maita :: Calls Of The Andes | |
| 11. | Wak'al :: Cry | |
| 12. | Incacho :: Royal Anthem | |
| 13. | Chuncho :: The Forest Creatures | |
| 14. | Llulla Mak'ta :: Andean Don Juan | |
| 15. | Malaya! :: My Destiny | |
| 16. | Ripui :: Farewell | |
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