Alegranza [Vinyl]

El Guincho | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (December 9, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Beggars Xl Recording
• ASIN: B001EN465C
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,980 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Palmitos Park

2. Antillas

3. Fata Morgana

4. Kalise

5. Cuando Maravilla Fui

6. Buenos Matrimonios Ahi Fuera

7. Costa Paraiso

8. Prez Lagarto

9. Polca Mazurca

Editorial Reviews

El Guincho is Pablo D¡az-Reixa, born in the Canary Islands and now based in Barcelona. His mind blowing 2008 debut is a mix of Afro-Beat percussion, Calypso harmonies, Psych Tropic lia, World Music samplers, Doo Wop, Trance repetition, underwater Pop, steel drums and island feeling plus club oriented song structures, up-tempo beats and exotica production. Alegranza was released in Spain in the last days of December 2007 and went out of print in less than a month. His popularity is rising to heady heights all around the world with a cult status thanks to Pitchfork and constant blog posts. Mistletone. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Percussive, VERY percussive, November 23, 2008

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Xtian Thomas "MusickLvr" - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Alegranza (Audio CD)

not really too much to notice at first aside from the drums... lots of percussion. but it grows on you and you find yourself hitting play after it ends and going back for more immediately. did I mention the drums? the different layers of drums and the energy they induce in you??? try to give it a GOOD listen to see if you like them, but it will get under your skin. just thinking about it makes me want to put it on and dance around the room. seriously, when I was listening to it for the first time, my mom came in to ask me a question and she started dancing in place.

if the ubiquitous "they" ever think of the ultimate collaboration, it should have this dude doing the beats, Juana Molina doing the background atmospherics, Q-Tip, Quasimoto and maybe Talib Kweli doing the verses. "they" could also have broken and dented helium tanks as the cover art (go ahead and do this!!! you don't need to give me any royalties for the idea!!!)

disclaimer: if you don't have natural rhythm, you might want to pick up something from 3 Doors Down instead. nothing wrong with them, but if you're looking at this review, you probably already have an idea about it (and will therefore appreciate it). f it, I'm gonna' go ahead and give it 5 stars (was going to be 4 stars, but thinking about the energy of the album got me all worked up, so I had to reconsider).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars happygranza!, April 13, 2009

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J. Benson (Virginia Beach, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alegranza [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

This is the type of album that stays in my cd player for days... then a week later, i say "hey" and realize, "it's been days since i listened to anything else!" then i found out about Coconot - look into them too - Alegranza is a glance ahead... an unpolished, totally honest, bursting with enthusiasm gaze into the future of music... at least i hope that's the future, because that's one heck of a future!

5.0 out of 5 stars alegranza!, June 14, 2011

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mr.mestizo - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Alegranza (Audio CD)

I really like this cd it has alot of influences but overall like a Caribbean/tropical/festival feeling which is something I haven't really heard before. The songs are mostly up beat and depending on the listener all that comes to mind is bright colors & excitement like a kaleidoscopic on every listen. This is a great find and I recommend this if you're into Spanish indie music.