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| Pitchfork |
 When El Guincho's Alegranza! got widespread release from XL at the end of 2008, the easiest indie-world album to compare it to was Panda Bear's Person Pitch. Both were joyous, airy records that sounded communal but were actually made by guys alone at their computers-- Person Pitch by Animal Collective's Noah Lennox, Alegranza! by a twentysomething Barcelonan named Pablo Díaz-Reixa. The albums didn't just convey the discrete parts of each track, they conveyed an imaginary atmosphere that the tracks took place in, and in that sense were instances of bedroom musicians using modern technology to evoke primal comforts-- to conjure their tribe just by multi-tracking.Alegranza! was a synthesis of two-chord Mexican folk, krautrock, calypso, and loads of other styles that don't really have anything obvious in common other than their propensity to find a syncopated groove, sit on it, wail, zone out, and be happy. It was a rhythm and atmosphere record, not a songwriting one, which is why Díaz-Reixa's new project-- a series of EPs covering folk and early pop music from Latin America-- is a different kind of listen. The songs here-- mostly Cuban in origin, and all basically pre-rock-- are simple: all around two or three minutes, all with verses and choruses, all with pretty melodies, all trick-free. The simplicity of the them-- and the fact that they're not his-- puts more emphasis on the way he styles them: bright, cheap, and dripping with effects (a sound that was hard to place when Alegranza! came out, but feels familiar in the wake of one-man weather systems like Neon Indian, Washed Out and Toro Y Moi). And the mix here is mercifully less dense than it was on Alegranza!, which, after a while, sounded a little oppressive in its search for fun....full text |
| Austinvida |
| When listening to the latest release from El Guincho, originally Pablo Díaz-Reixa and currently working from Barcelona, what came to mind was This seems too simple. There must be something up his sleeve. And I suppose there is. In the first volume of the upcoming series of EP’s under the name Piratas de Sudamérica, the core of the project’s intelligence seems to lie in the beauty of simplicity. With its five tracks—all South American originals that have been rearranged into a somewhat more modern style—El Guincho mixes clever elements of electro/psychedelic/tropicália/rock charm (apparently, it can be done). The EP manages to be futuristic and nostalgic at the same time, a kind of throwback to Breakfast at Tiffany’s, but instead of Manhattan, we’re on a yacht somewhere, wearing a red dress instead of diamonds, a sort of new alternative classic; a mix of the Latin sexy with pretty, simple, musical innocence. I think what must be said about Piratas is that it interested me—and I’m usually pretty stubborn, musically speaking. What also must be said is that this experimental sort of music isn’t for everyone, but then if it were, well, what’s the fun in that? El Guincho has the ability to fuse the old with the new, and hopefully the following chapters of the series will be equally, if not more, differ...full text |
| Itunes |
| Excelente!!!!! by Ivon Omar I just saw El Guincho last night, here in Chicago for the second time and he's just amazing! This EP is excellent! If you get the chance to see him live, please go! Pirata by ticketytwo I just wanted to LOL at sting's comment... stings the ears by bigsexytexy The dude that went to the show in Chicago must have been the only one there....full text |
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