Uwe Schmidt (aka Señor Coconut, also known as
Atom Heart or
Atom™; born in Frankfurt, Germany) is a German DJ and producer of electronic music. By 1996 he was thoroughly bored by European dance music and moved to Santiago, Chile to explore Latin music. He quickly adopted the intentionally ridiculous Señor Coconut moniker, and soon released
El Gran Baile, finding time afterwards to do a little remix work for
Towa Tei, formerly of the multi-national
Deee-Lite. His next release, in 2000, was the delightful Latin-
Kraftwerk fusion of
El Baile Alemán. The album featured several
Kraftwerk …
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