NEW MUSIC EXPRESS:

   Senor Coconut Y Su Conjunto
El Baile Alemбn / My Life With Jesus
(Multicolor / Mille Plateaux)


    It's hard to know which of these records is more blasphemous.
OK,  Geez'N'Gosh have mechanical Christ artwork, brutal replicant
gospel  and  mashed-up  monks.  But  Seсor Coconut (there is, you
suspect, no 'Conjunto') brainwashes Kraftwerk's finest songs into
wearing  the  ruffled  shirt  and fruit-filled headdress of Latin
American  cabaret  fun.  Needless  to  say,  Uwe  Schmidt, man of
pseudonyms behind both recordings, must fear for his mortal soul.

      The  religious lunacy of 'My Life With Jesus' is ostensibly
the  more  serious  artwork  - gyrating behind the self-appointed
label  'clickhouse', it's a terse funk of well-oiled glitches and
blips.  Add  deformed  gospel hysteria and distorto-soul and it's
Moby for machines, although unlikely to advertise anything except
mental health initiatives. 7/10

      'El  Baile  Alemбn'  ('The German Dance') is, however, more
perplexing,  something  that  people  who  are  post-everything -
including rational thought - might find pleasant accompaniment to
a couple of motor-oil martinis.

    Inspired  by  Schmidt's  residence in Santiago, it's hardly a
taxing  concept,  yet instead of sinking into novelty territory -
Elvis impersonator sings Joy Division! Hilarious! - Seсor Coconut
has  genuine  interpretative  gifts.  A cha-cha-cha 'Neon Lights'
becomes  the  last  drag  around the dancefloor on a Mexican Saga
holiday;  'Autobahn'  rattles  a  maraca in the name of merengue,
while  'Showroom  Dummies'  could  be  lifted  straight  from the
Tortoise  archives.  All  the  same,  'Music Non Stop' has rarely
sounded like more of a threat. 7/10