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Party remix for a Friday: Señor Coconut reworks Tom Tom Club’s ‘Genius of Love’

By Randall Roberts
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Here’s a party anthem for the weekend, offered by Pop & Hiss for no other reason other than it stands a good chance of seeping into your subconscious and throwing a little internal dance party while you cruise the streets of Los Angeles.

The remixer: Señor Coconut, born Uwe Schmidt, also records under the pseudonyms Atom Heart, Geeez ‘n’ Gosh, Lisa Carbon and about three dozen others. As Coconut, Schmidt virtually invented the subgenre “electrolatino” with his classic reworking of both Yellow Magic Orchestra’s and Kraftwerk’s oeuvres. Below, Senor Coconut tackles label mate Tom Tom Club’s dance-floor classic, “Genius of Love.” Tom Tom Club, of course, is the funky rhythmic half of Talking Heads -- Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth -- and has been concocting dance-floor shakedowns for more than three decades now.

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Chances are you’ll enjoy the results all weekend long. Listening note: Pay particular attention to how they chant the name “Bohannan” over and over. It’s a beautiful moment.

-- Randall Roberts

Tom Tom Club- Genius Of Love (Senor Coconut Remix) by Nacional Records

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Randall Roberts

Former staff writer Randall Roberts covered Los Angeles music culture for the Los Angeles Times. He had served various roles since arriving at The Times in 2010, including music editor and pop music critic. As a staff writer, he explored the layered history of L.A. music, from Rosecrans and Sunset to Ventura Boulevard and beyond. His 2020 project on the early Southern California phonograph industry helped identify the first-ever commercial recording made in Los Angeles.

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