El Guincho

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El Guincho is the recording alias of spanish musician Pablo Díaz-Reixa. Also a member of Coconot, Díaz-Reixa rose to prominence with his 2007 album, Alegranza!. His musical style, which often finds him compared to artists like Animal Collective and Os Mutantes[1], relies heavily on the use of sampling and incorporates elements of Afrobeat, dub, Tropicália and rock and roll[2] as Díaz-Reixa toils to arrive at what he's described himself as a kind of "space-age exotica".[3] He utilizes a Roland SP-404. He is also known as El Guincho de Tortilla.[4]

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El Guincho at MySpace