Uwe Schmidt
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Uwe Schmidt is a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
composer, musician and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
of electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
. He is often regarded as the father of electrolatino, electrogospel and acitón (acid-reggaeton) music.
Career
Schmidt was born in Frankfurt am Main, West GermanyWest Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
. During the early 1990s, he produced dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
under a number of monikers including Atom Heart. In 1994, Schmidt started his own label, Rather Interesting, with the aim of developing music that doesn't follow the "traditional paths of electronic music".
In 1996 he invented the Señor Coconut moniker, and released the album El Gran Baile in 1997, right after he had moved to Santiago, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, in order to detach from the European music scene.
His next release, in 2000, was El Baile Alemán
El Baile Alemán
El Baile Alemán is a 2000 album by Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto . It is an album of Kraftwerk covers done in a Latin American style.Although mostly note-for-note covers, some tracks add embellishments such as "cha-cha-chas"...
, which featured several Kraftwerk classics reworked with Latin instrumentation and rhythms.
He has often stated Latin American, and particularly Brazilian, music as a big influence.
The album was credited to Señor Coconut y Su Conjunto, but the album was entirely the work of Schmidt on synthesizer
Synthesizer
A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
s and samplers
Sampler (musical instrument)
A sampler is an electronic musical instrument similar in some respects to a synthesizer but, instead of generating sounds, it uses recordings of sounds that are loaded or recorded into it by the user and then played back by means of a keyboard, sequencer or other triggering device to perform or...
, with the aid of three vocalists. It received just enough critical acclaim in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
for Schmidt to put together a short headlining tour. In March 2001, Señor Coconut, complete with a seven-piece backing band, set off for North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, but visa
Visa (document)
A visa is a document showing that a person is authorized to enter the territory for which it was issued, subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry. The authorization may be a document, but more commonly it is a stamp endorsed in the applicant's passport...
problems with some of the Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an musicians forced Schmidt to cancel the tour.
Aliases
- Almost Digital
- Atom™
- Atom Heart
- Atomu' Shinzo
- BASS
- Bi-Face
- The Bitniks
- Brown
- Bund Deutscher Programmierer
- CMYK
- Coeur Atomique
- DATacide (a collaboration with Tetsu InoueTetsu InoueTetsu Inoue is a producer of electronic music. His style could be described as ambient with a heavy minimalist influence. He has lived in Japan, San Francisco, and New York, and has collaborated with musicians such as Pete Namlook, Bill Laswell, Andrew Deutsch, Jonah Sharp, and Taylor Deupree.His...
) - The Disk Orchestra
- Don Atom
- DOS Tracks
- Dots
- Dr. Atmo
- Dr. Mueller
- Dropshadow Disease
- Erik Satin
- FlangerFlanger (music)The Flanger project was founded in 1997 by Uwe Schmidt and Bernd Friedmann , who have both been active in the music business since the early 1990s. The two musicians met up to program their first album Templates at Mira Musica, Santiago de Chile in 1997...
(a collaboration with Burnt Friedman) - Flextone
- Fonosandwich
- Geeez 'N' Gosh
- Gon (a collaboration with Dandy Jack)
- HAT (a collaboration with Haruomi HosonoHaruomi Hosono, also known as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese popular musician, best known internationally as a key member of the rock band Happy End and the pioneering electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra.-Biography:...
and Tetsu InoueTetsu InoueTetsu Inoue is a producer of electronic music. His style could be described as ambient with a heavy minimalist influence. He has lived in Japan, San Francisco, and New York, and has collaborated with musicians such as Pete Namlook, Bill Laswell, Andrew Deutsch, Jonah Sharp, and Taylor Deupree.His...
) - H. Roth
- i
- Interactive Music
- Jet Chamber (a collaboration with Pete Namlook)
- Lassigue Bendthaus
- Le Diapason
- Lisa Carbon
- Lisa Carbon & Friends
- The Lisa Carbon Trio
- Los Negritos
- Los Sampler's
- Machine Paisley
- Masters of Psychedelic Ambiance (a collaboration with Tetsu InoueTetsu InoueTetsu Inoue is a producer of electronic music. His style could be described as ambient with a heavy minimalist influence. He has lived in Japan, San Francisco, and New York, and has collaborated with musicians such as Pete Namlook, Bill Laswell, Andrew Deutsch, Jonah Sharp, and Taylor Deupree.His...
) - Midisport
- Mike Mc Coy
- Millennium
- Mono™
- M/S/O
- +N (a collaboration with Victor Sol)
- Naturalist
- Ongaku
- Pentatonic Surprise
- Pornotanz
- Real Intelligence
- The Roger Tubesound Ensemble
- Schnittstelle
- Second Nature (a collaboration with Tetsu InoueTetsu InoueTetsu Inoue is a producer of electronic music. His style could be described as ambient with a heavy minimalist influence. He has lived in Japan, San Francisco, and New York, and has collaborated with musicians such as Pete Namlook, Bill Laswell, Andrew Deutsch, Jonah Sharp, and Taylor Deupree.His...
and Bill LaswellBill LaswellBill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
) - Semiacoustic Nature
- Señor Coconut
- Silver Sound
- Slot
- Softcore
- Soundfields
- Subsequence
- Superficial Depth
- Surtek Collective (a collaboration with Original Hamster)
- Synthadelic
- Urban Primitivism
- VSVN
- Weird Shit
As Lassigue Bendthaus
- The Engineers Love (1988)
- Matter (1991)
- Cloned (1992)
- Cloned:Binary (1992)
- Overflow (1994; single)
- Render (1994)
- Render (U.S. Remixes) (1994)
- Pop ArtificiellePop ArtificiellePop Artificielle is a 1999 album by "lb" . All of the songs are covers of pop songs from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s...
(2000; credited as LB)
As Atom Heart
- Elektroniikkaa (1992; with Pink Elln)
- Coeur Atomique (1993)
- Orange (1994)
- Live at Sel I/S/C (1994)
- ex.s (1993) (with Victor Sol & Alain "Stocha" Baumann, credited as +N)
- plane (1994) (with Victor Sol, credited as +N)
- Second Nature (1994; with Tetsu Inoue and Bill Laswell, credited as Second Nature)
- Dots (1994; credited as Dots)
- Softcore (1994)
- Aerial Service Area (1994; with Victor Sol and Niko Heyduck, credited as Aerial Service Area)
- VSVN (1995; credited as VSVN)
- Mu (1995; credited as Masters of Psychedelic Ambience)
- Semiacoustic Nature (1995; credited as Semiacoustic Nature)
- Silver Sound 60 (1995; credited as Silver Sound)
- Binary Amplified Super Stereo (1995; credited as BASS)
- Real Intelligence (1995)
- Machine Paisley (1996; credited as Machine Paisley)
- Tokyo - Frankfurt - New York (1996; with Haruomi HosonoHaruomi Hosono, also known as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese popular musician, best known internationally as a key member of the rock band Happy End and the pioneering electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra.-Biography:...
and Tetsu InoueTetsu InoueTetsu Inoue is a producer of electronic music. His style could be described as ambient with a heavy minimalist influence. He has lived in Japan, San Francisco, and New York, and has collaborated with musicians such as Pete Namlook, Bill Laswell, Andrew Deutsch, Jonah Sharp, and Taylor Deupree.His...
, credited as HAT) - Brown (1996; credited as Brown)
- Apart (1996)
- Real Intelligence II (1996)
- built. (1996; Victor Sol, credited as +N)
- Digital Superimposing (1997; credited as Superficial Depth)
- Schnittstelle (1998; credited as Schnittstelle)
- DSP-Holiday (1998; with Haruomi HosonoHaruomi Hosono, also known as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese popular musician, best known internationally as a key member of the rock band Happy End and the pioneering electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra.-Biography:...
and Tetsu InoueTetsu InoueTetsu Inoue is a producer of electronic music. His style could be described as ambient with a heavy minimalist influence. He has lived in Japan, San Francisco, and New York, and has collaborated with musicians such as Pete Namlook, Bill Laswell, Andrew Deutsch, Jonah Sharp, and Taylor Deupree.His...
, credited as HAT) - Real Intelligence III (1998)
- Real Intelligence IV (2002)
As Lisa Carbon ("& Friends" or "Trio")
- Stereo Cocktail (1993; titled Experimental Post Techno Swing in the US)
- Polyester (1995)
- Trio de Janeiro (1997)
- Standards (2003)
As DATacide (with Tetsu Inoue)
- DATacide (1993)
- DATacide II (1994)
- Flowerhead (1995)
- Ondas (1996)
As Flanger (with Bernd Friedmann)
- Templates (1999)
- Midnight Sound (2000)
- Inner Spacesuit (2001; single)
- Outer Space / Inner Space (2001)
- Spirituals (2005)
- Nuclear Jazz (2007; compilation)
As Señor Coconut ("y Su Conjunto", later "and his Orchestra")
- El Gran Baile (1997)
- El Baile AlemánEl Baile AlemánEl Baile Alemán is a 2000 album by Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto . It is an album of Kraftwerk covers done in a Latin American style.Although mostly note-for-note covers, some tracks add embellishments such as "cha-cha-chas"...
(2000) - Fiesta SongsFiesta SongsFiesta Songs is a 2003 album by Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto . It is an album of covers done in a Latin American style.Like the previous album, this is a tribute album...
(2003) - Señor Coconut presents Coconut FM (2005)
- Yellow Fever!Yellow Fever!Yellow Fever! is a 2006 tribute album by Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto . It is an album of covers done in a Latin American style....
(2006) - Around the World with Señor Coconut (2008)
As Atom™
- CMYK (2005)
- iMix (2005)
- Re-invents the Wheel (2006)
- Son of a Glitch (2007)
- Liedgut (2009)
- Muster (2009)
- Music Is Better Than Pussy (2010)