About this episode

Dominic Davi interviews Skip Heller and Lena Marie Cardinale of Voodoo 5 about their unique approach to Exotica music and their new release.

xotica has come to Alternative Tentacles! Get your search engines ready, the references go deep with this one! Tsunami Bomb's Dominic Davi sits down with composer/guitarist Skip Heller (producer to/protege of Robert Drasnin, orchestrator for Elisabeth Waldo, bandleader for Yma Sumac) & vocalist Lena Marie Cardinale (an operatic Sumac acolyte and former El Vez Elvette) of Voodoo 5. In a genre where most bands are content to imitate old records, Voodoo 5 are making new ones – brave, bold, and unlike any exotica record you've ever heard. In preparation of their new 7" on Alternative Tentacles Records, "Moon Over Marin/ El Tecolote/ Fire Dance". Take a moment to step inside the world of Voodoo 5 and find out how this Exotica act came to cover Dead Kennedy's Moon Over Marin with guest vocals by the man himself, Jello Biafra! Order the 7": https://alternativetentacles.com/collections/pre-orders/products/moon-over-marin-el-tecolote-fire-dance For more music knowledge listen to Skip Heller on his radio show at https://www.kchungradio.org/stream Hear more from Voodoo 5 at https://skiphellersvoodoo5.bandcamp.com/album/the-exotic-sounds-of-skip-heller Follow them on instagram…

People in this episode

Host: Dominic Davi

Guests: Skip Heller, Lena Marie Cardinale

Topics covered

• Exotica music
• Voodoo 5
• interview
• music production
• cover songs

Keywords

• Voodoo 5
• Exotica
• Skip Heller
• Lena Marie Cardinale
• music interview
• Dead Kennedys
• Jello Biafra

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tsunami Bomb, Alternative Tentacles Records

Books & works: Moon Over Marin, El Tecolote, Fire Dance, The Exotic Sounds of Skip Heller

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