El Guincho - "Alegranza" (Panda Bear who?)

sounds more like some of the new animal collective songs like brother sport
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wEIhXPK0TSM

Yeah, I hadn't heard that song. Cool.

A homemade video of "Kalise", from "Alegranza":
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bkQ0qZvP75Y

El Guincho party! ("Kalise" again)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7zH8FfDBr4

And this is a non-released song he posted in his blog. Very atmospheric.
"Final de archipiélago": http://www.zshare.net/audio/5953885022fb5d/

Btw, El Guincho also has another band, Coconot, with an album released in 2005 in BCore, "Novo Tropicalismo Errado".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82E3_EBzQZY
In that first recording they were Pablo (El Guincho) and his cousin. His cousin left and now they are a trio. I think they're gonna release a new album soon.
http://www.myspace.com/coconot

He also plays drums in a Catalonian folk band: Albaialeix. They're gonna release their first album soon.
http://www.myspace.com/albaaleix

to user "a passing spacecadet":

my email back to you wouldn't go through, it said :

thx man

first listening impression reference points: calypso X the field album

Should I investigate this?

y

very much yes

this is slaying me right now. so goood...

I played this over the weekend for some civilians and all really liked it

El Guincho round the world:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/48161-el-guincho-fata-morgana-mp3stream
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/28/AR2008012802477.html
http://stereogum.com/archives/band-to-watch/band-to-watch-el-guincho_007810.html?utm_source=sb&utm_medium=f
http://super45.cl/2008/01/30/el-guincho/

UK tour soon... some confirmed London dates:
24 mar 2008 Durrr London
27 mar 2008 Moshi Moshi Night London
1 abr 2008 White Heat London

More news: UK Kids! Alegranza is now out to buy in Rough Trade. There's only 25 copies! You can also order the record online from here:

http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=295909

More news: Hey Australia and New Zealand: Alegranza to be released on Mistletone!

hello!!

we're really happy to announce we will be releasing Alegranza on Mistletone Records! Release date: March 1, 2008. it's a digipack redesigned by Jordi Ferreiro (el mejor).

MISTLETONE

Ash and Sophie are super nice and they will make everything easy for you to find the record all around Oceania. I will be touring Australia and New Zealand hopefully by the end of 2008. November or something. So psyched to go there and meet the crocodiles!

hope you're as happy as I am.

Best,

pablo

And here in Spain they have already ran out of copies of "Alegranza" (after one month and a half of its release) so they're gonna release new copies this month.

http://www.mistletone.net/?cat=28

I give this record the sleeve seal of approval. glad it's being repressed.

and yeah, I hear more new Animal Collective than Panda Bear in this. But it is its own great thing anyway.

This record gives me a headache. In other words, not enough Panda Bear.

i never would have thought of panda bear or animal collective on this -- it reminds me of spanish gypsy music or something (vox especially), just really celebratory and percussive

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/48842-alegranza

i am listening to the new ruby suns record and wow, there are some major correlations between that, and el guincho.

12 mar 2008 17:30
SXSW - Terrorbird / Forcefield PR at Emo’s Austin, Texas
13 mar 2008 23:30
SXSW - Primavera Sound Showcase at Red Eyed Fly Austin, Texas
14 mar 2008 13:30
SXSW - Sesac Daystage at Austin Convention Center Austin, Texas
14 mar 2008 17:30
SXSW - Everloving Party at Design Within Reach Austin, Texas
15 mar 2008 20:00
SXSW 508 House Austin, Texas
17 mar 2008 20:00
Mercury Lounge w/ Cut Copy, Holy Ghost, The Fashion SOLD OUT! New York
18 mar 2008 21:00
Other Music Party at Union Pool - FREE SHOW!! Brooklyn, New York
23 mar 2008 20:00
XXJFG Party at Barfly Brighton
24 mar 2008 20:00
Durrr London
26 mar 2008 21:00
Antics Dublin
27 mar 2008 20:00
Moshi Moshi Night London
1 abr 2008 20:00
White Heat London
3 abr 2008 20:00
La Pedrera Barcelona
12 abr 2008 20:00
Excuse Me Valencia
26 abr 2008 20:00
La Laguna Tenerife
2 may 2008 20:00
South Pop Festival Sevilla
30 may 2008 23:00
Primavera Sound Barcelona
14 jun 2008 23:00
Clandestino Festival Göteborg
11 jul 2008 23:45
La Mar de Músicas Cartagena

been looking for a copy of this but it is too much $$$

shit, did that mercury lounge show sell out cause of him?
i was hoping it wouldn't be too crazy at union pool.

Shakey, the album is being remixed in London and is gonna be released in a major label soon. However in the USA you can currently get the album here: http://www.othermusic.com/

And for the UK: http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=295909

$20 for a CD? fuck that

Yes, a "little" expensive, in Spain is $10 (6,5 euros). You'll have to wait to the worldwide reedition then.

$20 for a CD? fuck that

That's standard in the UK

shit, did that mercury lounge show sell out cause of him?
i was hoping it wouldn't be too crazy at union pool.

probably cause of Cut Copy but I still think Union Pool will be kinda nuts. still gonna go though.

There's an Australian edition on Mistletone out soon, which might be cheaper for people in the US. Touring Oceania later in the year, hurrah.

Also, check out this mix he did for the Fader:
http://www.thefader.com/articles/2008/3/6/freeload-el-guincho-mix

Souley Kanté - Fanga
Bainito Muyanda - Kibaji
Balla et Ses Balladins - Sara 70 (edit)
Los Zafiros - Mirame Fijo
Caetano Veloso - Viola Meu Bem
Milton Nascimento - Saidas e Bandeiras nº2
Marconi Notaro - Desmantelado
Alton Ellis - These Eyes
Adoniran Barbosa e Demonios da Garoa - Saudosa Maloca
Jorge Ben - Barbarella
Lord Kitchener - Kitch You're So Sweet
Damiao Experiença - A Vida É Sempre Assim (edit)
Patience and Prudence - Tonight You Belong To Me

Patience & Prudence FTW!

New Ruby Suns album is good, but the EP they put out just before it, Lichen Ears, is possibly better - stuff that didn't make sense on the album proper, like the 13-minute "Gibble" and the Section 25/OMD-style "Give Advice".

fader mix is really cool, listened to it a couple times over the weekend

all i know is that that song 'antillas' samples a charles chepkwony song and i can't figure out which. fuck this bullshit.

so if you like that guitar sound check chepkwony

so maybe it's not a chepkwony song if i can't find the sample, but it sounds like chepkwony and he is a genius

so, all i know

El Guincho signs to XL/Young Turks: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/49423-el-guincho-signs-to-xlyoung-turks

The remastered edition of "Alegranza" (cd and lp) will be out in may/june.

^That is really good news.

I just heard it for the first time in a local record store. Even just from hearing 5-6 songs in there, I can tell it's the obvious best record of 2007 that I was missing last year.

I like this but I don't understand why Instituto Mexicano del Sonido has been overlooked while this is being hyped to the maximum.

this is pretty good - a little bit repetitive for my taste and not as murky as Person Pitch. Not sure if it was worth the $30 I had to spend on it :(

Yeah when is the XL version coming out?

Definitely one of the greatest bits of Sonar, and he only played instead of a DJ set because Konono no.! pulled out, a mixed blessing.

Anyone into his band, Coconut?

Neat mix:

http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2008/10/mp3-el-guinchos-gorila-contra-bear.html

it's hillllllarious how people will do ANYTHING to distance themselves from what's considered "cool" or "good", a la saying "el guincho is much better than panda bear". aside from the obvious musical superiority of person pitch, what alegranza has is utter soullessness. i think it's a great album, but one's a party album and one's art. whatever, keep striving to be different

El Guincho is much better than Panda Bear. Yay for soullessness.

"but one's a party album and one's art"

I was trying to figure which one is which in your equation, but then I decided I didn't care.

xposts. are you a sockpuppet?

Although I do agree that Person Pitch is the better album.

I like Person Pitch more than Allegranza but the argument that one is a party album and one is art, or that one is soulless, is such bullshit that I want to change my ranking of the two albums just so I can be on the other side from Kevin Keller.

I like Person Pitch (I'm listening to it right now just to remind myself that I liked it) but Alegranza was like this year's perfect summer driving/running record (even though it came out last year) for me.

I think it's less that I don't like Allegranza (your encapsulation sounds about right Alex) and more than Person Pitch was my second favourite album from last year.

These albums don't really remind me of each other that much, but yeah, I like Person Pitch a lot more.

I think each record has a similar vibe, but they are going for a very different effect.

Okay I've listened to Person Pitch and I still like Alegranza better so yeah apparently I'm soulless.

so promos of this are out on XL now, I forget what the street date is.

yes

alright then

it's good

yeah i like it too. its like, avalanches is shortwave radio from the adjoining island, this is dancing up next 2 the speaker on the dancefloor

New album sounds really good on first listen. Shiny rhythmic uptempo dancehall pop, a lot sharper than Alegranza. It's ridiculously cheerful.

"FM Tan Sexy" kinda amazing.

Not heard the new one, but I'm looking forward to seeing him live in November. It's at a really small venue, which is going to be very different from seeing him rock the crowd at Primavera '08.

I enjoyed this a lot. He just played at Spaceland and I missed it

I don't think there was any better place to hear El Guincho than at Primavera '08 with several people jumping around going bonkers as the sun was coming up (or was it going down? I can't remember too well!) I'm sad I missed most of his set. Alegranza was my Person Pitch of 2008. For me it's the ultimate in galloping dance beats, latin rhythms and Beach Boy/Animal Collective call and response.

Emily, when/where you seeing him?

The Brighton show - 9th November, I think? It's at The Hope, which is a pretty nice venue but very small. Hopefully it'll get a good 'intimate' vibe rather than a 'why does nobody else like El Guincho?' one.

Any excuse for me to charter a train to Brighton. I played a DJ set at the Gladstone only this weekend. May see you there!

Cool!

Wasn't crazy about him live; still bumping the album

he endeared himself to me live because he wore a sonics (basketball) jersey and talked about how they were his team when he was a kid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJK2LwD_nEY
^^sample source for Fata Morgana

http://www.ifc.com/news/2010/09/video-premiere-el-guincho-bomb.php

relevant to my interests

^like

( @ Y @ )

nice!

Wow, that's one of the best videos I've ever seen in my life.

And this song is awesome!

yeah I sorta don't understand Pfork turning on this guy ... oh the fickle ways of music journos

This new album is... strange. I'm not too sure of the references, but this has more in common with African Highlife, Zouk and Shaangaan than the slam'n'jam Iberia-in-Ibiza stuff from the first one. It's worryingly close to "World" music (the dubious kind). That said I've only listened once, and should check it out again.

i really love this album. maybe because those "world music" signifiers are more immediately pleasurable to me, but this is pretty much great summer pop music.

saw him play abt two weeks ago, the sound was so so bad that ppl left in droves, sad as was really looking forward to the show, heard the new album is fun but not heard it yet

Wow, that's one of the best videos I've ever seen in my life.

― billstevejim, Friday, September 24, 2010 11:59 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

And this song is awesome!

― billstevejim, Friday, September 24, 2010 12:27 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark

Yes & yes!

finally got to hear the new record and it is an easy top ten for the year. the whole thing keeps delivering all the way through.

stfu kevin keller

― max, Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:32 AM

lol

'antillas' is still a jam

this is one of the best albums of the 2000s/vastly superior to person pitch

cool! new record soon

http://pitchfork.com/news/62857-el-guincho-returns-with-hiperasia-shares-comix-featuring-mala-rodriguez/

Hiperasia

http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/content/El_Guincho_Hiperasia_1500.jpg