It Came From Spanish Harlem

From there, he appeared in Madonna’s Who’s That Girl, in numerous Spike Lee films, and in a few Mary-Kate and Ashley movies. Music had all but fallen by the wayside.

He had some U.S. fans over those years though, and when underground producer E-Love (née Elan Polushko) and New York nu-disco maker Lee Douglas (née Doug Lee) encountered Mundi via friends of friends, their enthusiasm and appreciation of his past work rubbed off on him. “These cats were into my style.” Still, Mundi was wary about returning to the dance music he’d left behind. “I would still go to the clubs, but it lacked personality; it didn’t mean anything. So I sez to E-Love, ‘I want to put my personality into it. I’m gonna sing what I want to sing, even if it’s a stupid thing about my dog!’ ”

Coati Mundi: from post-disco to nu-disco

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Sure enough, the forthcoming album sports a song about his dog. On the pounding but vibe-colored “No More Blues” single, he trades out that clichéd hue and its “boo-hoo” for a vivacious new one: pink. Evoking those now-classic bouncy Ze singles, the album brandishes propulsive nu-disco beats that at once evoke Mundi’s previous musical feats while placing him back on modern dance floors. Throughout, Mundi’s personality and his sense of play remain untarnished. He sounds revitalized, though he knows that things will never be the way they were. “In my 20s, I gave up my ass a lot to the music business,” he admits. “I’m a bit ornery now. Old age does that to you.”

So, does he think he’ll enjoy some success now? “I hate to put it this way, but I don’t give a fuck.”