Blog favourite German from Chile, Señor Coconut aka Uwe Schmidt and his orchestra has the latest installment to their series of latin pop covers.

I know the excitement fades after 3 albums and BBC even wonders if it’s time for Coconut to retire, the idea is barely new but it’s terribly infectious and successful plus you can’t be critical when it’s summer and it’s over 30C when all you wanna do is to hear some good spirited tunes and singalong.

We see the orchestra in top shape once again as Coconut veteran Argenis Brito sings on most of the tunes while Louie Austen sings on two. We even see a duet on Prince’s Kiss. Tunes like Telex’ Moscow Discow, Les Baxter’s Voodoo Dreams which kickstarted the series as well. There was a comment about Baxter not getting enough reference so it’s a welcoming occassion. Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams, and the 80s German hit “Da Da Da” gets covered (with Stephan Remmler on the vocals)

What I picked for you is Replicant Rumba Rockers‘ “La Vida es Llena de Cables” (which I assume is Schmidt and fellow musician Bernd Friedman which also make up Flanger) and the merenguified version of “White Horse”. Not as good as the “Yellow Fever” album but that’s simply because songs like “Yellow Magic” and “Rydeen” can’t be matched.

Señor Coconut - Around the world (Interlude)
Señor Coconut - White horse
Señor Coconut - La Vida es llena de cables