El Guincho (real name Pablo Diaz-Reixa) makes music that has been music described as 'space-age exotica', I dont really know what that means, but what I do know is that its really, really good. Drawing from influences as diverse Afrobeat, Dub and Tropicalia, El Guincho's debut Alegranza! does two things. On the one hand, it reminds you so much of other music you love, and on the other, it sounds like nothing you have heard before.
Alegranza! has been compared heavily to Panda Bears Person Pitch, which I can see as both records do share a hazy, sampladelic love-in feel. Alergranza!'s hypnotic sample loops, happy childlike chants and auto-harmonizing pop song chorus are somewhat irresistible. With El Gunicho's music, you are swept along with the rhythm, its happy, its fun and its really fucking good. I cannot recommend it enough, however, good luck trying to bag a copy of Alegranza!, last I heard, Rough Trade had about 10 copies left!
In the mean time, here are some mp3's:
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