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Cumbia Along the Autobahn: Rhizomatic Identities and Postnational Music Production

Submitted by Jennifer Chu on March 29, 2015 - 9:11pm

In 2000, Emperor Norton Records released El Baile Alemán, a tribute album of some of Kraftwerk’s greatest hits re-imagined as salsas, rumbas, cumbias, merengues, and cha-cha-chas, performed by Señor Coconut, the suave Latin American bandleader featured prominently on the album cover.

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