Aroundthe
Worldwith
SeñorCoconut
DreamsAre
SEÑOR COCONUT
feat. LOUIE AUSTEN
"Dreams Are My Reality"
Uwe Schmidt
Señor Coconut
(aka Atom™)
The Connection Between
CHILE • JAPAN • GERMANY • BRAZIL
Worldwith
SeñorCoconut
DreamsAre
MyReality
SEÑOR COCONUT
feat. LOUIE AUSTEN
"Dreams Are My Reality"
Uwe SchmidtSeñor Coconut
(aka Atom™)
The man of a thousand aliases was born 27 august 1968 in Frankfurt, West Germany.
In 1994, Schmidt started his own label, Rather Interesting with the aim of developing music that doesn't follow the "traditional paths of electronic music".In 1996 he decided to move to Santiago, Chile to explore Latin music. He quickly adopted the intentionally ridiculous Señor Coconut moniker, and soon released El Gran Baile, finding time afterwards to do a little remix work for Towa Tei, formerly of the multi-national Deee-Lite.His next release, in 2000, was the Latin-Kraftwerk fusion of El Baile Alemán. The album featured several Kraftwerk classics reworked with Latin instrumentation and rhythm. El Baile Alemán was intended as a salute to, and a parody of Kraftwerk as evidenced by the intro to "Autobahn" which featured the sound of a car that wouldn't start.The album was credited to Señor Coconut y Su Conjunto, but the album was entirely the work of Schmidt on synthesizers and samplers, with the aid of three vocalists. It received just enough critical acclaim in the U.S. for Schmidt to put together a short headlining tour. In March, 2001, Señor Coconut, complete with a seven-piece backing band, set off for North America, but visa problems with some of the Chilean musicians forced Schmidt to cancel the tour.*
In 1994, Schmidt started his own label, Rather Interesting with the aim of developing music that doesn't follow the "traditional paths of electronic music".In 1996 he decided to move to Santiago, Chile to explore Latin music. He quickly adopted the intentionally ridiculous Señor Coconut moniker, and soon released El Gran Baile, finding time afterwards to do a little remix work for Towa Tei, formerly of the multi-national Deee-Lite.His next release, in 2000, was the Latin-Kraftwerk fusion of El Baile Alemán. The album featured several Kraftwerk classics reworked with Latin instrumentation and rhythm. El Baile Alemán was intended as a salute to, and a parody of Kraftwerk as evidenced by the intro to "Autobahn" which featured the sound of a car that wouldn't start.The album was credited to Señor Coconut y Su Conjunto, but the album was entirely the work of Schmidt on synthesizers and samplers, with the aid of three vocalists. It received just enough critical acclaim in the U.S. for Schmidt to put together a short headlining tour. In March, 2001, Señor Coconut, complete with a seven-piece backing band, set off for North America, but visa problems with some of the Chilean musicians forced Schmidt to cancel the tour.*
The Connection BetweenCHILE • JAPAN • GERMANY • BRAZIL
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7 comments:
La escena electrónica Chileno-Alemana sigue dando que hablar...una pequeña vanguardia de exportación, sin mucha repercusión en el medio nacional.
En general,la cosa electrónica se torno un tanto elitista,con fiestas de entradas caras.
Habra que ver como sigue el baile...
Ig.
Señor Coconut es de esos verdaderos ciudadanos del mundo.
A.
Estuvo en Chile. Dio un par de entrevistas e hizo 2 presentaciones. Como de costumbre, estuve "a punto de ir", pero...
Por lo que sé dejó buenos amigos y la promesa de volver. A ver si ahora acertamos
Cl
Los informes aquí dicen que reside o residió muchos años en Chile.
A.
Alemanes y chilenos han vivido a uno y otro lado, por largas temporadas. Hay que recordar a Villalobos , Carlos Vogel, la Chica Paula etc. que han traído a sus amigos.
Ig.
¡Guau!, si que estamos informados. Lo que si ya me parece seguro, es la conexión que Ig. menciono antes(tiempo atrás) entre Japón & Santiago. Señor Coconut es la conexión con la “YMO,” con ese tema que puse en mi comercial de cerveza “Rydeen.” y ahora en su nuevo CD con el tema "Corcovado."-De eso quería comentar.
Saludos,
A.
El tema y video estan muy bien.. un pop bastante sofisticado.
Claudio es el que ha estado más cerca de la escena electrónica local, tiene que tener algunos datitos más..
Ig.
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