Artist: Senor Coconut
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
El Baile Aleman
Year: 2000
Tracks: 11
Gran Baile Con
Year: 1997
Tracks: 10
For an absurdly comic idea, Señor Coconut proved to have more than than a single preeminence at their -- or perchance his -- disposal, managing two albums and even planning a U.S. tour. German DJ and manufacturer Uwe Schmidt (aka Atom Heart) had released dance music in his mother country under a number of different aliases during the first half of the nineties. But he'd become blase with the European music scene and in 1996 transferred his base of operations to Chile in order to begin exploring the possibilities of Latin music, which was, he said, "a pretty much undiscovered planet to me. It unveils dozens of interesting musical worlds to me." Adopting the ridiculous Señor Coconut soubriquet, he number 1 cooked up El Gran Baile, a distinctly Latin-flavored groove-a-thon, and did a remix for old Deee-Lite turntablist Towa Tei. Then he began to excogitate the possibilities of a German-Latin fusion, and plant his material in the unlikeliest of places -- the sterling hits of man-machine band Kraftwerk, best-known for their very cold-blooded, unemotional approach to euphony -- the very paired of Latin rage. The answer was El Baile Alemán. Although credited to Señor Coconut y Su Conjunto, it was strictly the work of Schmidt and trey vocalists, world Health Organization took the Kraftwerk machine ideal and tipped it on its head, putt in programmed cumbia, merengue, and salsa rhythms to feel the Teutonic brood. Released as a one-off in 2000, it received a fair amount of critical hail in the U.S., more than Schmidt had received for whatsoever of his other work. In March 2001, Señor Coconut -- now a actual eight-piece band -- was position to undertake a short headlining tour in North America, simply visa problems for some of the Chilean musicians forced a cancellation. Two years by and by, however, the band released Feast Songs, which was followed up in 2005 with Coconut FM, a collection of Latin club tunes. Their following album, Yellowed Fever, which not only when covered songs by Yellow Magic Orchestra simply included all threesome members as well as former guest artists, came out in 2006.
