Emma Warren 

World review: El Guincho, Alegranza

El Guincho's debut combines a tropical soundclash with steel drums and songs from the Canary Islands
  
  


While recordings by MIA, CSS and Buraka Som Sistema all showcased street sounds from around the world, they still involved American hip hop beats and basslines. El Guincho, aka Canary Island native Pablo Diaz-Reixa, does it differently. The 24-year-old's debut is a tropical soundclash of spiralling steel drums, looped, gnarled local songs and untrammelled joy.

 

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