El Baile Alemán
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El Baile Alemán is a 2000 album by Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto (Uwe Schmidt
Uwe Schmidt
Uwe Schmidt , is a German composer, musician and producer of electronic music. He is often regarded as the father of electrolatino, electrogospel and acitón music.- Career :...

). It is an album of Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...

 covers done in a Latin American
Latin American music
Latin American music, found within Central and South America, is a series of musical styles and genres that mixes influences from Spanish, African and indigenous sources, that has recently become very famous in the US.-Argentina:...

 style.

Although mostly note-for-note covers, some tracks add embellishments such as "cha-cha-chas". On the song "Autobahn" the radio transmission is from Latin Radio dial tuning.

The song "Home Computer" also has some lyrics from "It's More fun to Compute" from the album Computer World
Computer World
Computer World is the eighth studio album by the German electronic music band Kraftwerk, released in May 1981. The album deals with the themes of the rise of computers within society. Critics see this album as a peak in the career of Kraftwerk, along with Autobahn and Trans-Europe Express...

.

"Tour de France" was released as a remixed single, the release also including vocal and instrumental cover versions of "Expo 2000", which are not included on the album.

Removed from later pressings of the album (by request of the composers) was a version of "Radioactivity" which had appeared as the second track on the initial pressing of the album. A spoken 'Introduction' track was added ahead of the original album opener "Showroom Dummies".

Track listing

  1. "Introduction" (Senor Coconut y su Conjunto) - 1:15
  2. "Showroom Dummies" (Hütter
    Ralf Hütter
    Ralf Hütter is the lead singer, keyboardist, and reportedly leader of the electronic-music band Kraftwerk. Since the departure of Florian Schneider in 2008, he is also the group's sole remaining founding member....

    ) - 5:29
  3. "Trans-Europe Express
    Trans-Europe Express (song)
    "Trans-Europe Express" is the title track of Kraftwerk's 1977 album of the same name, and released as a single at the time, and reissued on CD in 1990. The music was written by Ralf Hütter, and the lyrics by Hütter and Florian Schneider. The track is ostensibly about the Trans Europ Express rail...

    " (Hütter
    Ralf Hütter
    Ralf Hütter is the lead singer, keyboardist, and reportedly leader of the electronic-music band Kraftwerk. Since the departure of Florian Schneider in 2008, he is also the group's sole remaining founding member....

    , Schult
    Emil Schult
    Emil Schult is a German painter, poet and musician.He is most famous for his collaborations with the electronic music band Kraftwerk. He has created most of their sleeve designs since 1973...

    ) - 5:59
  4. "The Robots
    The Robots
    "The Robots" is a single by the influential German electronic music pioneers, Kraftwerk, released in 1978. The single and its B-side, "Spacelab", both appeared on the band's seventh album, The Man-Machine...

    " (Bartos
    Karl Bartos
    Karl Bartos was, between 1975 and 1990, along with Wolfgang Flür, an electronic percussionist in the electronic-music group Kraftwerk. He was originally recruited to play on its US "Autobahn" tour...

    , Hütter
    Ralf Hütter
    Ralf Hütter is the lead singer, keyboardist, and reportedly leader of the electronic-music band Kraftwerk. Since the departure of Florian Schneider in 2008, he is also the group's sole remaining founding member....

    , Schneider
    Florian Schneider
    Florian Schneider-Esleben is one of the founding members of electronic music band Kraftwerk. He left the band in November 2008.-Career:...

    ) - 5:11
  5. "Neon Lights
    Neon Lights
    Neon Lights is a covers album by Simple Minds.-Background:After Our Secrets Are The Same was leaked by a DJ in Spain and Simple Minds were fired from EMI they went into partial retirement. Frontman Jim Kerr moved to Italy to start a hotel. There a number of young Italian artists came to Kerr for...

    " (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) - 4:56
  6. "Autobahn
    Autobahn (song)
    "Autobahn" is a song by German electronic band Kraftwerk, composed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider of the band, with Emil Schult collaborating on the lyrics. It is co-produced by Conny Plank, and was the band's first track to use sung lyrics...

    " (Hütter, Schneider, Schult) - 6:35
  7. "Home Computer" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) - 3:55
  8. "Tour de France
    Tour de France (song)
    "Tour de France" is a song by Kraftwerk. It was first issued in June 1983, peaking at #22 in the UK singles chart. It is notable for the use of sampled voices and mechanical sounds associated with cycling that were used to supplement a simple electro-percussion pattern – an approach Kraftwerk have...

    " (Bartos, Hütter, Schmidt, Schneider) - 4:36
  9. "The Man-Machine" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider) - 4:30
  10. "Musique Non-Stop" (Bartos, Hütter, Schneider, Schult) - 4:46

Singles

Tour de France (Multicolor Recordings / EFA | EFA 56007-6 / MCR 107.3):

Tour de France (Radio Edit & Album Version)/ EXPO2000/ EXPO2000 (Instrumental)

Tour de France / Showroom Dummies (Multicolor Recordings / New State Recordings | NSERCD001):

Tour de France (Radio Edit & "Good Grooves' 501 Vocal Mix" & Video)/ Showroom Dummies (Radio Edit)

Personnel

  • Jorge González – vocals
  • Lisa Carbon – background vocals
  • Atom Heart – keyboards, producer
  • Argenis Brito – vocals
  • Ricardito Tambo – shaker, MIDI
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