Rayon Hula

by Mike Cooper

Rayon Hula cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: Cabin
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 41:11
  • Community rating: 3.41/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A deeply surreal, heavily atmospheric reimagining of Hawaiian music and tropical Exotica. The experimental slide-guitarist utilizes complex looping pedals and oceanic field recordings to craft a bizarre, psychedelic ambient landscape that completely subverts traditional island aesthetics.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Mele Manu & Ho'okani Pila (8:04)
  2. Musa Shiya (2:58)
  3. Kokoke Nalu (3:38)
  4. Rayon Hula (2:14)
  5. Ho'omanau Nui (1:57)
  6. Paumalu (Sunset Beach) (6:25)
  7. Typhoon Lagoon (3:08)
  8. Mika Ohe (2:59)
  9. Caught Inside (For Daniel Duane) (2:56)
  10. The New Urban Slide & The Tiki Bar Is Closed (6:52)

Credits

  • Mike Cooper - primary artist, guitar, lap steel guitar, electronics

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