El Guincho
Artist: El Guincho
Hails From: Barcelona, Spain
Musical Style: Electronic, Pop, Dance
For Fans of: Manu Chao, Animal Collective, Flamming Lips
Why you should check him out:
Pablo Diaz-Reixa, the international man of movement behind El Guincho, samples and salsas his way through drum heavy, oft repetitive flares of exuberance with a natural rhythm and a free association spirit.
Background Check:
Having never mastered the Spanish language has put me at a disadvantage. I ofthen feel I’m missing out on large chuncks of great cinema, literature and even the occasional Telemundo masterpeice theather. Thankfully, El Guincho, the latest tropical sound sensation from Spain, is music the world, including me, can enjoy. With truly international flavor and color, full of exhiliration and soul, El Guincho is sung in native tongue, but heard around the globe as one.
Formerly of Coconot, Diaz-Reixa took his drums and his love of Afro-pop, Spanish folk music, Tango and other worldly influences and assembled techo style beats drapped under a canopy of crossed cultures. El Guincho’s debut album Alegranza is an effortlessly exciting peice of musica at once remininscent of EVERYTHING and completely unique in of itself.
Never set on one locale, El Guincho shifts from Latin sizzlers like “Costa Paraiso” to Caribbean calypsos like “Antillas” all while appealing to independant minded souls the world over. His tours in Australia, Europe and fevered appearances at SXSW prove that El Guincho can navigate the varried commotion of the world while retaining a youthful, traditional beat all his own.
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