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Señor Coconut y Su Conjunto: Royal Festival Hall, London

John L. Walters, The Guardian, 29 June 2002

WHAT A TREAT — to sip a cup of Assam in the Festival Hall ballroom while Señor Coconut y Su Conjunto play Kraftwerk cover versions — how Modern can you get? If you never cared for the Düsseldorf innovators' oeuvre, which includes 'Showroom Dummies' and 'Man Machine', you might dismiss the act, but the truth is that these early examples of electronic dance music are witty and stylish enough to bear their transformation into Latin-American cheese.

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