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Señor Coconut
El Baile Alemán
Transamericas - Cat No: TRANS1006
- updated:2026-08-14
Following LISA CARBON—a fictional artist created by Atom Heart in the ’90s who explored tropical and exotica sounds—came the project Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto, which delved into Latin sounds. Their second album, *El Baile Alemán*, released in 1999, reimagined the music of Kraftwerk—an icon of German music and techno—in a Latin style.
Track List
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A1. Introducción
1:15 -
A2. Showroom Dummies (Cha-Cha-Chá)
5:26 -
A3. Trans Europe Express (Cumbia)
5:56 -
A4. The Robots (Cha-Cha-Chá)
5:07 -
A5. Neon Lights (Cha-Cha-Chá)
4:52 -
B1. Autobahn (Cumbia Merengue)
6:32 -
B2. Homecomputer (Merengue)
3:51 -
B3. Tour De France (Merengue)
4:32 -
B4. The Man Machine (Baklán)
4:26 -
B5. Music Non Stop (Cumbia)
4:47

The show kicks off with “Introducción,” which quotes a speech by Pérez Prado, and features Venezuelan singer Argenis Brito—who is also active with Mambotur—as he performs a cumbia arrangement of “Showroom Dummies” (Cha-Cha-Chá) , and then transitions into a cumbia arrangement of “Trans Europe Express”—a track I’ve personally loved for many years. Jorge González, who was also the singer for Los Prisioneros—an iconic post-punk band that symbolized resistance against Chile’s military regime—and who was active at the time with Dandy Jack and Gonzalo Martinez, contributes to three tracks. Looking at the credits again, Lisa Carbon is listed as providing backing vocals on one track. The fusion of techno—which pursued mechanical, computer-generated music—with the polar opposites of cha-cha-cha, merengue, and cumbia, which are completely devoid of theory; humor and musical maturity. A masterpiece. A masterpiece. A masterpiece. (Original Japanese text by Saito)