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stereogum.com - 1/22/2008

Band To Watch: El Guincho

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This past week we found ourself unable to stop listening to "Antillas," a five-minute bundle of clattering loops and sunny harmonies, from Barcelona-via-Canary Islands one-man band El Guincho, aka Pablo Díaz-Reixa, and his entirely addictive self-released Alegranza , so we contacted the man himself and asked if we could post it. When he wrote back, he mentioned it was his favorite jam off ...

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