If you have a coconut shell and access to a Theremin, then you’re one step towards being a part of Sawaii-Fi.
What is Sawaii-Fi?
Sawaii-Fi is where Hawaiian and Science Fiction music meet, and it is used in many other art forms as well. It is a fusion genre, which takes its influences predominantly, although not limited to, music and films from the mid twentieth century. The ideals and wonders of Hawaii and the hula girls during its franchised frenzy bring the element of paradise to its many mediums. The fears and mysteries of Science Fiction during the ‘Red Scare’ frenzy bring horror to its mediums.
Sawaii-Fi’s origins.
The musical style of Sawaii-Fi evolved from linking the not too dissimilar glissando way of performing its instruments: the Slide Guitar and the Theremin. Its musical form was the starting point for the genre, although early forms of Sawaii-Fi have been known to exist. From then on, music, film, art and writing became popular methods of expressing the marriage of two victims of spoof, out dated genres.
Sawaii-Fi in story form.
In terms of story telling, Sawaii-Fi tends to battle between two divergent themes: paradise under threat from tyrannical outsiders, (Hawaii invaded by extraterrestrial life) or oppressive invaders reformed through the seductive lure of paradise (extraterrestrial monsters co-exist harmoniously with local villagers).
Sawaii-Fi’s influences.
The most successful attempts at this genre are influenced by the more lowbrow variety of its predecessors. Since mainstream cinema’s recent surge of ‘remakes’ and genre rehashes, Sawaii-Fi fell into the neo-kitsch subculture with ease.
Written by Danny Hahn
Below is the third musical improvisation of the fusion genre created at the NeoKitsch music studio. Keep coming back if you want to hear more music from Sawaii-Fi.
Sawaii-Fi music with continuos pitch instruments from NeoKitsch on Vimeo
Music by Danny Hahn
Drawings by Linlen.
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