El Guincho

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El Guincho (2016)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Con altura (with Rosalía & J Balvin )
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Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum
March 29, 2019 (55 weeks)
  CH 98 04/07/2019 (1 week)

El Guincho is the pseudonym of the Spanish musician Pablo Díaz-Reixa (born November 17, 1983 ). He comes from Las Palmas in the Canary Islands . In addition to his publications under this pseudonym, Díaz-Reixa is known in Spain as a songwriter for children's songs. His breakthrough and extensive acquaintance came with the album Alegranza , which was released in 2008 and is named after the Canary island of Alegranza .

The song Bombay from the album Pop Negro is also the official soundtrack of the video game FIFA 12 the FIFA game franchise from EA Sports .

Musical style

El Guincho's musical style ranges between Tropicália and Alternative Latin . He mixes a form of psychedelic pop with this very classical South American music . His music has therefore already been described as "space-age exotica".

Discography

Albums

  • 2007: Folías
  • 2008: Alegranza!
  • 2010: Pop negro
  • 2016: HiperAsia

EPs

  • 2010: Piratas de Sudamérica

Guest Posts

  • 2019: Con altura ( Rosalía & J Balvin feat. El Guincho) (US:goldgold, MX: Diamond + triple goldDiamond + triple gold× 3Diamond + triple gold )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart sources: Spain Switzerland
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: ES US MX
  3. ↑ Pitchfork Media - Alegranza! review ( Memento from February 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Josiah Hughes: El Guincho's Tropical Sampling. ( Memento of the original from July 9th, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Exclaim! , November 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / exclaim.ca
  5. ↑ FIFA Soundtrack ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fifasoundtrack.com
  6. ↑ DrownedinSound - DiScover feature

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personal data
SURNAME El Guincho
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Díaz-Reixa, Pablo (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish musician
DATE OF BIRTH 17th November 1983