Rufino And The Coconuts

Australian tropical-noir band, formed circa 2012, fronted by Rufino The Catalan Casanova aka Pip Branson. From the fertile rhythm-rich jungles of the Tropics to you ... Rufino and the Coconuts! Rufino the Catalan Casanova, violinist and sometime crooner from acclaimed European Kabaret ensemble Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen, has set sail on an incredible solo voyage. Troubled winds, a mutinous crew and a wrecked boat have thrown him on a new and treacherous course into the dark heart of the Carribean! There, by sheer chance, he has found a new band of castaways and misfits in the fertile rhythm-rich jungles of Haiti - forming Rufino and The Coconuts! The Coconuts provide a brooding island backbeat to Rufino’s Euro-melodic stylings and the result is part Afro-Latin groove, part Jamaican Rock-steady, part tropical holiday sleaze-pop – all wrapped up in a wild Voodoo ritual! Rufino’s blend of sounds no doubt influenced Serge Gainsbourg’s Reggae recordings, Grace Jones’ work at Compass Point Studios and the primal stomp of The Birthday Party. It’s the type of cultural melting pot beloved by cannibals as a morning soup!