El Guincho

Artist- El Guincho
Album - Pop Negro
Label- Young Turks
Genre- electronic, tropicalia

El Guincho, the alias of Pablo Diaz-Reixa, is a fusion of exotic tropicalia influenced samples and dance-music beats. “Bombay” is anchored by cheerful steel drums and sampled drums, and “(Chica-Oh) Drums” is pure sunshine-pop with cluttered samples that’s danceable yet trancey. It’s Balaeric, it’s Caribbean, it has hints of Animal Collective- it’s a lot to process but it’s all mixed together well.
I’m not sure how many listens I could give this album (it sounds a little 90’s after awhile), but it’s fun and dance-y with world music influences. It’s definitely not as good as 2008’s amazing Alegranza, but by any means this is not a bad album (it’s pretty good). Any of these songs could brighten may day.