Product Description

After the surprise success of Senor Coconut's debut album 'El Baile Aleman', which featured reworkings of Kraftwerk songs, German born Uwe Schmidt and friends have decided to takeon pop, rock and soul classics all performed in their unique electronic Latino style. The album features songs originally performed by the likes of Michael Jackson, The Doors, andElton John, and also includes Deep Purple covering single 'Smoke On The Water'.

Track Listing

1. Smoke on the Water
2. Negra Mi Chachacha
3. Riders on the Storm
4. Smooth Operator
5. El Rey de las Galletas
6. Oxygene (Part II)
7. Blue Eyes
8. Las Maracas de Machin
9. Beat It
10. Electrolatino
11. Humo En El Agua

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10278 in Music
• Released on: 2008-07-14
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
It's always nice to hear music that combines interesting ideas with a sense of humour and Fiesta Songs has plenty of both. Señor Coconut--aka prolific sonic chameleon Uwe Schmidt--has proved himself a master of tongue-in-cheek musical madness on many occasions. Schmidt's Señor Coconut persona has been his most popular project by far though. It's no surprise given the concept, which is the transformation of well-known songs into slightly cheesy, mildly exotic Latino lounge music.

After cha-cha-cha-ing a load of Kraftwerk classics on his previous El Baile Aleman (The German Dance) LP, he returns now with a more diverse collection than before, one that embraces a range of soul, pop and rock classics from the last 30 years. "Smoke on the Water", "Riders on the Storm", "Blue Eyes", "Smooth Operator" and "Beat It" all get the Coconut treatment and sit alongside a few original compositions. Some say he's a renegade genius, others that he's a tacky cover artist--most of us are too busy swaying and smiling to care. --Paul Sullivan

Customer Reviews

Cheeky Cha Cha Cha
I've been a fan of Senor coconut since he was featured on radio 5 about 18 months ago. He somehow manages to fuse serious latin beats into quite tongue in cheek songs.

There's not lot to this album, especially as the last track is the same as 'Smoke on the Water' but sung in spanish but 'Beat it' must be heard to be believed

I listen to this album not only to cheer me up but also to dance to. His Cha Cha Chas are bang on tempo and you could hardly fail to love this album.

Great party album
It's always nice to hear music that combines interesting ideas with a sense of humour and Fiesta Songs has plenty of both. Señor Coconut--aka prolific sonic chameleon Uwe Schmidt--has proved himself a master of tongue-in-cheek musical madness on many occasions. Schmidt's Señor Coconut persona has been his most popular project by far though. It's no surprise given the concept, which is the transformation of well-known songs into slightly cheesy, mildly exotic Latino lounge music.
After cha-cha-cha-ing a load of Kraftwerk classics on his previous El Baile Aleman (The German Dance) LP, he returns now with a more diverse collection than before, one that embraces a range of soul, pop and rock classics from the last 30 years. "Smoke on the Water", "Riders on the Storm", "Blue Eyes", "Smooth Operator" and "Beat It" all get the Coconut treatment and sit alongside a few original compositions. Some say he's a renegade genius, others that he's a tacky cover artist--most of us are too busy swaying and smiling to care.