Senor Coconut

[Msterbeau]

Senor Coconut do an album of paradies/covers of some of Kraftwerks greatest stuff. I knew *about* them but never heard anything until last night. Holy shit!! It's awesome. What's so great you ask?

Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senor_Coconut

Then this:

No longer a Japanese-only release; features one track ("Radioactivity") not found on US version on Emperor Norton. An incredible release by Senor Coconut (aka Atom Heart), whose previous album was on Rather Interesting; file under simulation. Tracks include: "Neonlights (chachacha)", "Trans Europe Express (cumbia)", "Tour De France (merengue)", "Man Machine (baklan a la prado)", "Radioactivity (rhumba)", "Autobahn (drum 'n' cumbia)", "Numbers (mambo)", "Sex Object (salsa)", "The Robots (salsa)", "Pocket Calculator (merengue)", "Showroom Dummies (chachacha)", "Music Non Stop (cumbia)". "When Kraftwerk came out of cryogenic storage in the late90s to play a few shows, I wasn't one of the privileged who actually got to see them, but I did read a number of reviews of these concerts, and I swear that in at least three of them the reviewer said that people in the crowd were crying when the group hit the stage, tears of joy, and oddly enough that doesn't surprise me at all. If that doesn't surprise you either, then this CD might be for you. While it looks like we might have to wait another decade for an actual brand new Kraftwerk album, Atom Heart (Rather Interesting records, aka Lisa Carbon aka Lassigue Bendthaus aka LB) tops last years Pop Artificelle record by a long shot, an entire record of Kraftwerk tunes seamlessly reconfigured as cha chas, meringues, rumbas, etc. Their songs actually lend themselves quite well to this treatment, and unlike records by dozens of artists out there these days who crank out shamelessly inferior Ralf and Florian-styled product, you'll probably find yourself playing this a lot more than once, at least to see your friends jaws drop when they hear "Radioactivity" done with trumpets and marimbas..." -- Billy Kiely."The tingle of torrid trumpets...the simmering of sensuous saxes...the clicks of the claves and the magic of the maracas...and underneath it all the buoyant beatings of the drums and the tom toms. Here is great sound and great music - A tribute to all great dancers..."

And then go find some.

[Paper Hearts]

I saw the guys from Kraftwek spin at Motor Lounge, years ago. My friend Chris, who lived on Caniff, at the time, asked them for their autographs and they responded with 'are you kidding me? You live in this place? We want your autograph!'

I know, fuck me dead, great story.

[Msterbeau]

Did he give it?

[Paper Hearts]

Did he give it?

Yes he did!