Señor Coconut is world music's best-known novelty act. The German-born, Chile-based DJ and producer has managed to forge a career blending electronic music classics by the likes of Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra with Latin rhythms. The results are aimed at making you grin while you dance.
Señor Coconut, otherwise known as Uwe Schmidt, developed this genre-defying blend after being part of the Frankfurt techno scene across the 1990s. There, the atmosphere was so serious and the people po-faced that he decided to add a dash of sun and fun to the sound. While this was effective in transforming German electro-pioneers Kraftwerk from their chilled Teutonic roots into a summer holiday soundtrack...