Beat this! The Señor and his combo are in greatest summerly mood to play clubs and festivals in 13 European countries from June to October 2004. In the course of this tour they are even expected for a date on the paradisiac island of Réunion, located in the Indian Ocean between Madagaskar and Mauritius. There they will present themselves as one of the highlights of the 'Orange Festival' on August, 7th.

Accompanying the tour, multiColor releases an EP featuring the unbeatable Señor Coconut cover of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" – the platinum hit that danced the charts all the way through to the top in 1983. The original gained entry in the "Hall of Fame's 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll". Accordingly the new version ought to find its place in the "Hall of Fame's Songs That Shape Your Body"…

It is just logical to accelerate "Beat It" to Merengue, one of the most popular and hottest dances in Latin America, since the Funk having distinguished Michael Jackson's dance style by which masses have been carried away into becoming hysterical before fainting, is becoming even more electrifying when increasing speed and syncopation – that is the law of the groove. Besides the listener senses the soft touch of a wink of the eye which is fanning the band's precision work – their tightness seems to be not from this world.

In a subtle manner the "Latin Bass & Breaks Mix" by DJ and producer Enne from Innsbruck/Austria packs the motor of the Coconut version – which is restrained lurking in the background – in a modern, aerodynamic Drum & Bass chassis to demonstrate the obvious congeniality of temperaments of rhythms from old and new worlds in a reverse way Señor Coconut has been taken. Discreet keyboard accents and percussive filigree shift hip gears into highest transmission ratio while in between Downbeat breaks encourage to refuel body fluids. Having been influenced b.......
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