{"product_id":"senor-coconut-el-baile-aleman","title":"Senor Coconut - El Baile Alemán","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTransamericas reissues Atom™’s Kraftwerk-goes-chachachá classic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter 25 years out of print, El Baile Alemán - the cult album by Señor Coconut (one of Atom™’s many aliases) - returns on vinyl via Transamericas. What began as a half-joke (“The only way I’d cover Kraftwerk is as chachachá or death metal…”) became a fever-born epiphany: Kraftwerk’s electronic minimalism recast through a tropical imagination — where chachachá, mambo, and cumbia intertwine with glitch, breakbeats, and distressed samples. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong before reggaeton and trap filled stadiums and playlists, Señor Coconut was already mapping the fault lines between Latin rhythm and electronic form. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally released in Japan in 2000, \u003cem\u003eEl Baile Alemán\u003c\/em\u003e caught the ear of Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider, who unexpectedly championed the project. This reissue has been cut from Atom™’s 2022 remasters, preserving the album’s detail for a new generation of listeners. In the second half of 2026, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTransamericas will also reissue El Gran Baile (1997), his first outing — a rawer but equally idiosyncratic fusion of what Atom™ was going to frame as electrolatino. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transamericas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57841195778431,"sku":"TRANS1006","price":29.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0286\/2825\/4773\/files\/b9b503a3-40c7-8cac-ea8c-20246a7a3994.webp?v=1782472415","url":"https:\/\/vinilo.co.uk\/products\/senor-coconut-el-baile-aleman","provider":"Vinilo Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}