Around the World [PA] (CD - 2008)

Señor Coconut: Stephan Remmler, Argenis Brito, Louie Austen, Peter Rap (vocals); Assi Roar (electric guitar); Thomas Hass (saxophone); Achim Schröter (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Frank Wiesen, Urban Beyer (trumpet); Detlef Landeck (trombone, bass trombone); Norbert Krämer (marimba, percussion); Carsten Skov (marimba); Jean-Charles Vandermynsbrugge (upright bass); Peter Kibsgaard (percussion); Jorge Gonzalez.

Personnel: Atom (recorder, percussion).

Programmer: Atom.

Audio Mixer: Atom.

Senor Coconut is one in a dizzying array of pseudonyms adopted by the German-born, Chile-based post-techno experimentalist, Uwe Schmidt (aka Atom Heart). On AROUND THE WORLD, Schmidt presents a wry, humorous take on club and synth-pop classics done in a kitsch Latin-Exotica style. Befitting the album's title, AROUND THE WORLD serves as a kind of travelogue of global dance music, taking in musical destinations as far afield as lounge standards from Brazil ("Corcovado") and Cuba ("Que Rico El Mambo"), to globe-trotting club hits by France's Daft Punk ("Around the World") and Belgium's Telex ("Moskow Diskow"). minimize