Alegranza, El Guincho
WHAT
ALEGRANZA
WHO
EL GUINCHO
ON
MISTLETONE
WHERE
MISTLETONE SHOP
MYSPACE
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ELGUINCHO
WIN
WE HAVE A COPY OF ALEGRANZA TO GIVE AWAY. JUST EMAIL WIN@TWOTHOUSAND.COM.AU WITH THE SUBJECT "INTERNET SLAVES PLAYING BONGOS". NOTE: SUBSCRIBER ONLY ENTRY.
Recent outbreaks of Internet-slaves playing bongos, all hyphy "like Fela" reeks of moneyed putrefaction - at best reminding of C. Thomas Howell's character in SOUL MAN, who overdoses on tanning pills in an effort to 'get down' with his college basketball team. It's imperative ALEGRANZA- the debut record from Barcelona's Pablo Diaz-Reix, aka El Guincho -is not confused with this vapid trend.
Newly released in Australia by Mistletone, it's a genuinely breezy party record that transcends so many re-upped, hackneyed remakes of Tropicalia and Afro-beat's rhythmic glee.
Every track is a basket of cheers packed with steel drums, sunny instrumental samples and Pablo's ecstatic chanting inSpanish. Openers 'Palmitos Park' and 'Antillas' have the jungle-fun feel of THE LION KING minus the naff (miraculously), and when, in 'Fata Morgana' a rare sample in English declares, "All of the joy of young people in love is conveyed in this delightful and simple melody", it's entirely justified. The issue isn't authenticity - all of ALEGRANZA is sampled anyway - it's integrity and unforced fun, and El Guincho has it as much as Deelite did, or Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
Release: Album
To Cure: A predictable playlist
Keywords: Mistletone Records
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