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- Date Released: October 13, 2008
- Genre: Electronic
- Label: Young Turks / Beggars Group
A headswimming, ecstatic, sampledelic swirl along the lines of Panda Bear
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We Say...
As to where to affix praise (or blame) for indie-rock's suddenly global tastes, innumerable factors come to mind: borderless bit-torrenting, the globe-trotting epicurean tastes of the Soul Jazz imprint and downtown New York record emporium Other Music, as well as the oeuvre of Animal Collective. The latter no doubt factors into the music made by El Guincho (aka Pablo Díaz-Reixa), but here that current is reversed: Díaz-Reixa hails from Spain, and seeks to make such "world music" distinctions a quaint 20th-century notion.
El Guincho's Alegranza! is a headswimming sampledelic swirl along the lines of Panda Bear's Person Pitch, but where that album frequently drifted into a beatific haze, Díaz-Reixa keeps the ecstatic joy and heart-bursting hand-percussion beats strictly foregrounded throughout. Rooted in thundering tribal drum lines, handclaps, untranslatable group chants and metallophone melodies snatched from who-knows-how-many Lyrichord and Folkways field recordings, the album aims to go around the world in 80 seconds with each and every song. "Prez Lagarto" barrels forward despite outcrops of odd noises and Díaz-Reixa's yelped vocals while "Buenos Matrimonios Ahí Fuera" takes children choruses and chimes at a slightly more languorous pace (evoking Animal Collective's Feels). That's the only breather though, as "Antillas" loops a golden Afrobeat guitar line (Franco perhaps?) to promptly resume El Guincho's gleeful globetrotting dash.
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| 01. |  |
Palmitos Park |
2:34 |
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| 02. | |
Antillas |
5:33 |
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| 03. | |
Fata Morgana |
3:39 |
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| 04. | |
Kalise |
5:12 |
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| 05. | |
Cuando Maravilla Fui |
3:39 |
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| 06. | |
Buenos Matrimonios Ahi Fuera |
6:46 |
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| 07. | |
Costa Paraiso |
5:49 |
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| 08. | |
Prez Lagarto |
3:58 |
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| 09. | |
Polca Mazurca |
3:42 |
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09 Total Tracks, 40:52 Total Length
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