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 Santiago de Chile-based producer and DJ Señor Coconut burst onto the international music scene with 'El Baile Alemán', an acclaimed Latin tribute to electronica pioneers Kraftwerk. His new album 'Around the World' drops November 18, and features Latin electronic and cha cha cha tributes to classic club hits by artists like Daft Punk, Prince and the Eurythmics. The new record features collaborations with pioneers of both electronic and Latin music. Mr. Coco had this to say about his new album.
On the Title:
 "With my Señor Coconut project, I receive[d] a whole lot of ideas from friends, fans, and other musicians. My friend and valued colleague, Original Hamster, once mentioned 'Around the World' by the French group Daft Punk and since then this track had been stuck in my head. But in parallel with this, Thomas Baxter, son of the legendary exotica musician and composer Les Baxter, asked me whether I would be interested in remixing one of his father's tracks ('Voodoo Dreams' is included on this album as a bonus track). While I was getting absorbed in Les Baxter and listening to him closely, I discovered an album of his entitled 'Round the World with Les Baxter.'
The theme of 'Around the World' began to take hold of me. It can certainly be said that 'Around the World' - whether interpreted by Les Baxter, Señor Coconut, or anyone else - always reflects only a subjective view of the world. The world of Les Baxter is just as incomplete as that of Señor Coconut, defined by the time and place of our respective existences. After the title of the Señor Coconut album had been decided on, it was of course clear that Daft Punk's 'Around the World' would have to be the leitmotif. The track therefore appears three times on the album: as introduction, interlude and finale."
On Eurythmics:
"The first prerequisite was that every track had to come from a different country. One track that had been in my thoughts for years was 'Sweet Dreams' by the British band Eurythmics. It is simply rhythmically and melodically a perfect cha-cha-cha."
On working with Stephan Remmler:
"I asked Stephan if he would be interested in singing and he agreed immediately. I think that hardly any other German track from the 80s was as emblematic or as German as 'Da Da Da.' [It] virtually crying out to be done as a cha-cha-cha."
On working with Perez Prado:
"The original by Perez Prado is quite simply THE Mambo track par excellence. There are Prado references on all the Señor Coconut albums and he is probably my most important source of inspiration. It is interesting that Perez Prado is in no way a representative of Latin American "standards" but is characterized much more by having continually rejected these standards (apart from those which he himself created)."
On Cocaine and merengue:
"Argenis Brito turned me on to the track. When I found myself short of up-tempo tracks, and it occurred to me that the original 'White Horse' track by the Danish combo Laid Back would be perfect as a merengue song, I knew that I simply HAD to cover it. 'White Horse' is in fact a reference to cocaine ('If you wanna ride, don't ride the white horse...'), a substance which is very popular in the merengue scene and is without doubt responsible for the nervousness of this rhythm." 
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