The Breeze and I is now available here (as usual in the highest possible LAME-MP3 encoding), at CD-Baby, Amazon MP3 and at iTunes. Tell me how you like the overall sound, if you may. And if you’d prefer another format for download please tell me, too.
You can now buy various prints of this at artflakes.
Watching now!
Contemplating a review of this fine product :)
Here’s the trailer:
Teaser DVD of Tiki – Vol. 1, Paradise Lost from Jochen Hirschfeld on Vimeo.
This melodramatic piece came together with Stratocaster/echo sound and strings and all kinds of theatrical stuff. This is the first mix in that video. The 2012 mix is the one for sale here and in various download stores. Buy right here in my online store!
Update!
Now also available at the iTunes Store (also August 1st scheduled at CD-Baby)
You know I started a little series of versions of Exotica classics when I released The Enchanted Sea. So coming soon to an online store near you is the next rendition I recorded – Tabu (or Taboo as it is also known). The recording is mastered, the artwork is ready, the license is paid
Update:
It’s already available over at cdBaby.com!
Update II:
Also available at the iTunes Store.
First up: The Beach Boys ‘Smile’ album and box set will be released by Capitol Records on Tuesday, November 1st…(yours truly wrote the liner notes)… that morning, be sure to tune in to the CBS Early Show for a segment about the album that’ll feature some incredible and never-before-seen performance, studio and conceptual footage of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys during the time ‘Smile’ was recorded in 1966.
Now….Join me Saturday, October 22nd for a night of live, swirling-organ-sound ’60s garage punk fuzz, dynamite gal lead singers and some badass cats with The Love Me Nots, The Wooly Bandits, Magic Christian (featuring Cyril Jordan of The Flamin’ Groovies) + Mod Dylan. I’ll be spinnin’ sounds right out of the ‘Riot on Sunset Strip’ book, including some of thee most hardcore Soul and R&B from pre-1969 Los Angeles, heavy dollops of Psych, ’60s Garage, Soundtracks, Folk-Rock and some burnin’ ’50s stuff to boot… all locally-derived record-makers! Dancing ’til 3. The Bullet at El Cid Restaurant (the historic El Cid Flamenco Theater in Silver Lake), 4212 W. Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90029 (323) 668-0318 $12, 21 and up.Note: For those who’ll be in Hollywood, Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Echo Park or Downtown earlier, stop by The Echo (1822 W. Sunset) between 5 p.m. and 9, Magic Christian and another combo they’re touring with will be playing, and I’m DJing that event, too, for longer; I’ll be playing all instrumental Easy Listening versions of Go Go ’60s hits, for you earlybird-drinking Loungeheads.plus Friday, October 21st, The Nashville Ramblers are on the West Coast this weekend as well, and will be playing a big set in San Diego on Friday, October 21st at The Til’ Two Club… then on Saturday night the 22nd… same night as The Bullet, take your pick… The Nashville Ramblers will be opening for The Muffs at The Crave Lounge in Ventura. a Wild Weekend indeed!Dig the YouTube: http://youtu.be/cyNg867AGng
My mysterious sounding, reverb guitar version of the Exotica instrumental hit, originally recorded by The Islanders in 1958.
The Enchanted Sea at iTunes
The Enchanted Sea at Amazon
The Enchanted Sea at CD Baby
Special book available for Brian Wilson fans. Here’s a quote from Facebook:
Genesis Publications Launch Limited Edition That Lucky Old Sun featuring unique collaboration between Brian Wilson and Sir Peter Blake
London, 17 June 2009 – Genesis Publications, the world’s leading publisher of signed and numbered limited edition books and fine art prints, today announces the launch of That Lucky Old Sun, an extraordinary book and print set that is the culmination of a unique collaboration between one of popular music’s most revered figures, Brian Wilson, and one of today’s greatest British artists, Sir Peter Blake.
As Brian prepares to tour Europe and North America in 2009, this fine art boxed book and print set will launch with just 1,000 copies available worldwide. Described by Brian as ‘a spiritual record’, it includes 12 exclusive new prints created by Peter, presented as numbered, fine art serigraphs.