Senor Coconut and His Orchestra

Senor Coconut, also known as Uwe Schmidt, has been beloved in Moscow for a long time - for his covers of Kraftwerk songs and music videos about the life of rubber dolls. This time he brings to Moscow a brand new album 'Yellow Fever' created in his signature electrolatino style. The album, dedicated to interpretations of Yellow Magic Orchestra's music, with its Grammy-winning keyboardist Ryuichi Sakamoto, is remarkable for another reason. The Japanese electronic geniuses do not just serve as objects of interpretation, but are full-fledged participants in the creative process. Other guests include Schmidt's longtime friends Towa Tei and Bernd Friedman (with whom Uwe Schmidt performed in Moscow during his previous visit), as well as Mouse on Mars, Akufen, and Marina from Nouvelle Vague. Senor Coconut will arrive in Moscow with a stellar lineup: Uwe Schmidt, a live instrument big band, and the incomparable Venezuelan singer Argenis Brito, known for his techno-pop music variations of Kraftwerk's pioneers. Uwe Schmidt is a true virtuoso, a legend, and a sensation in contemporary electronic music, with a productivity and activity that is mind-blowing. Over the past ten years, he has undertaken numerous musical projects under various aliases (Atom Heart, Lassigue Bendthaus, Datacide, and Lisa Carbon Trio), released over a hundred records, and remixed tracks for key figures in modern music culture such as Air, Depeche Mode, Martin Gore, Cesaria Evora, and Towa Tei. His latest performance in Moscow was as part of the Flanger duo at the Club 'Sixteen Tons' (September 2005), receiving rave reviews. Uwe Schmidt started working with dance music, broadening the boundaries of dance standards and incorporating jazz and funk rhythms, as well as the psychedelia of the sixties. As is typical of Germans, he was interested in minimalism: minimal-hardcore, minimal-techno, minimal-trance, before diving into a full-blown multi-sound of atmospheric ambient and polyphony. Within the Atom Heart project, he collaborated with respected individuals like Paul Schultze, Haruomi Hosono, Bill Laswell, Peter Namlook, and Titsu Inoue. It was Namlook, the owner of the renowned FAX label, who helped Uwe establish his own record company, Rather Interesting, which became a true laboratory for further post-techno experiments. In 1996, his career soared like a helium balloon, and then he did something inexplicable. Abandoning everything, Uwe Schmidt moved to Santiago, Chile, where he still resides. His new works are released under the pseudonym 'Senor Coconut and His Orchestra'. In reality, the orchestra is still Uwe Schmidt with his minimalist home studio. His debut album 'El Gran Baile', released with the help of his old friend Towa Tei from Deee-Lite, received rave reviews from critics for good reason. The meticulous master turned 60s Latin American music and national melodies into an ironic mix of two cultures, an unimaginable retro-futurism. The next album 'El Baile Aleman' ('German Dance') featuring covers of Kraftwerk hits in fiery samba, rumba, and cha-cha-cha rhythms, achieved global success and earned praise from Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk's co-founder. He couldn't believe that such a feat could be accomplished by one person and not a live orchestra. This was followed by the album 'Fiesta Songs' (2003) - a collection of covers of world pop and rock hits from the golden era of music. Tracks by Deep Purple, The Doors, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Michael Jackson were delicately painted in exotic colors and set to Latin rhythms and orchestration by a 23-member virtual orchestra. Club 'Sixteen Tons', two concerts - June 24 and 25. 24.06. Starting at 23:00. 25.06. Starting at 22:00.