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	Señor Coconut Smoke on the Water Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music Taken from the 2003 album, 'Fiesta Songs'. The title track (original English version) is backed with two non-LP tracks, 'Smoke On The Water' (Sieg Uber Die Sonne Remix, & King Britt Funke Mix). New State Records.
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All Artists: Señor Coconut
Title: Smoke on the Water
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Release Date: 5/6/2003
Album Type: Single, Import
Genres: Dance & Electronic, International Music
Styles: South & Central America, Chile
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5050072400722

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Album Description

Taken from the 2003 album, 'Fiesta Songs'. The title track (original English version) is backed with two non-LP tracks, 'Smoke On The Water' (Sieg Uber Die Sonne Remix, & King Britt Funke Mix). New State Records.

CD Reviews

Señor Coconut Delivers A Trio Of Otherworldly Deep Purple Ad

Robert I. Hedges | 05/18/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Uwe Schmidt (who goes by many monikers including "Atom" and "Atom Heart") is a German musician, composer, and producer known for peculiar dabblings in Latin, electro, and heavy metal, frequently blending multiple genres in a single recording. Here he takes on a hard rock classic, "Smoke on the Water," made famous by Deep Purple after watching a casino burn down during a Frank Zappa concert in Switzerland. This is an iconic song that is hard for anyone but Deep Purple (Mark II, with Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore) to pull off.

By diverging totally from the stylistic trappings of the original, Señor Coconut manages a completely new take on the classic. It isn't at all derivative, but is amusing and lighthearted, and is much to my liking. The CD contains three different versions of the song, of which my clear favorite is the "Single Version" which is great and salsa-tinged. The other two versions are far more representative of Schmidt's electro-dance roots. The "King Britt Funke Mix" at over ten minutes is a bit excessive even for dedicated fans of the root material such as myself, while the "Sieg Über Die Sonne Remix" is a less unruly dance cover that's still weird, but modestly enjoyable.

This is a unique CD, and I recommend it to fans of electro, dance, Latin, or rock music for it's most unusual take on a great song."