El Guincho
{{Short description|Spanish producer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = El Guincho
| image = El Guincho 2017.png
| caption = El Guincho in 2017
| alt =
| birth_name = Pablo Díaz-Reixa
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|11|17}}
| birth_place = Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
| instrument =
| genre = {{hlist|Latin pop|avant-garde|Latin trap|psychedelic pop|tropicalia}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|singer|record producer}}
| years_active = 2006–present
| label = {{hlist|Young Turks|XL}}
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- Rosalía
- Bad Gyal
- Björk
- Cruz Cafuné
- J Balvin
- C. Tangana
- Don Patricio
- Dellafuente
- Rels B
- Lous and the Yakuza
}}
| website =
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Pablo Díaz-Reixa (born November 17, 1983), professionally known as el Guincho, is a Spanish musician, singer, and record producer.{{cite web|last=Canter |first=Danny |url= https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/el-guincho/|title=El Guincho|website=Loud & Quiet|access-date=March 28, 2019}}
Díaz-Reixa rose to prominence with his 2008 album, Alegranza.{{cite web |last=Hughes |first=Josiah |url=http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=127&csid2=4&fid1=34517 |title="El Guincho's Tropical Sampling" |website=Exclaim! |date= November 2008 |access-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709101226/http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=127&csid2=4&fid1=34517 |archive-date=9 July 2012 |url-status=dead}} His musical style relies heavily on the use of sampling and incorporates elements of Afrobeat, dub, tropicália and rock and roll. Díaz-Reixa has described his style of production as "space-age exotica".{{cite web |last=Kharas |first=Kev |url=http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2956587 |title=DiScover: el Guincho / In Depth // Drowned In Sound |website=Drownedinsound.com |date=February 26, 2008 |access-date=April 4, 2016 |archive-date=6 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706144730/http://drownedinsound.com/articles/2956587}} He primarily produces music with a Roland SP-404.
Early life
Díaz-Reixa was born as an only child in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands. After finishing high school, he moved to Barcelona, Spain, for college, where he majored in media studies. While in the city, he started to make music and was a member of the band Coconot.{{cite news|last=Sancho |first=Xavi |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2008/03/28/tentaciones/1206732173_850215.html|title=Pronto sabrás quién es El Guincho|website=El País|date=March 27, 2008|access-date=September 8, 2021}}
Career
=Beginnings and first two albums: 2007–2014=
He released his first album, Folías, independently in 2007. In October 2008, he released his breakthrough album, Alegranza, which was well received by critics, including earning a "Best New Music" designation by Pitchfork.{{Cite web |title=El Guincho: Alegranza! |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11200-alegranza/ |access-date=2022-06-24 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} He would spend the next two years touring the album worldwide.
In September 2010, Díaz-Reixa released Pop Negro, under British independent label Young Turks. The album includes the now popular single "Bombay." Notably, he worked on Björk's 2011 album Biophilia. Previously, in 2008, he remixed her on Enjoyed: A Tribute to Björk's Post.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/45663-death-grips-these-new-puritans-matthew-herbert-el-guincho-hudson-mohawke-on-bjork-remix-series/|title=Death Grips, These New Puritans, Matthew Herbert, El Guincho, Hudson Mohawke on Björk Remix Series|website=Pitchfork|first=Carrie|last=Battan|date=March 6, 2012|access-date=September 8, 2021}}
=''Hiperasia'' and producing for Rosalía: 2014–present=
While temporarily living in his hometown of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Díaz-Reixa worked on a collection of music that would later be his next album, Hiperasia. With a departure from his tropical sound, the album takes influences from trap and electronic music, employing heavy use of Vocoder and Autotune. It was released in February 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.indierocks.mx/musica/resenas/el-guincho-hiperasia/|title=El Guincho - Hiperasia|website=Indie Rocks|first=Luis|last=Avilés|date=February 11, 2016|access-date=September 8, 2021|language=es}}
That same year, Díaz-Reixa saw Spanish singer Rosalia live, and, fascinated by her sound, contacted her through social media to collaborate.{{cite web|url=https://www.revistavanityfair.es/cultura/entretenimiento/articulos/el-guincho-rosalia-productor-quien-es/47664|title=EL GUINCHO, EL MÚSICO CANARIO DETRÁS DEL ÉXITO DE ROSALÍA DE LA QUE SE 'ENAMORÓ' EN UN TABLAO FLAMENCO|website=Vanity Fair España|first=Nuria|last=Hernández|date=November 18, 2020|access-date=September 8, 2021|language=es}} He would later be sole producer of her sophomore album El Mal Querer, released in 2018. The album received critical acclaim.{{Citation |title=El Mal Querer by Rosalía |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/el-mal-querer/rosalia |language=en |access-date=2022-06-24}} At the 19th Latin Grammy Awards, the single "Malamente" was nominated for five awards, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Urban Fusion Performance, and Best Alternative Song, winning the latter two. The next year's ceremony, the album won for Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album and Best Recording Package, while the song "Pienso en tu mirá" received a nomination for Best Pop Song.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=21 September 2018|title=19th Latin Grammy Awards Nominations|url=https://www.latingrammy.com/files/19thlatingrammyaward.pdf|access-date=|website=latingrammy.com|archive-date=17 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117161749/https://www.latingrammy.com/files/19thlatingrammyaward.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latingrammy.com/files/19thlatingrammyaward.pdf|title=19th Latin Grammy Awards Nominations|date=21 September 2018|website=latingrammy.com|access-date=8 September 2021|archive-date=17 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117161749/https://www.latingrammy.com/files/19thlatingrammyaward.pdf|url-status=dead}} Díaz-Reixa received won for Best Engineered Album. The album also won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.{{cite web|title=Rosalía|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/rosalía|access-date=September 8, 2021|website=Grammys}}
In 2019, Díaz-Reixa co-produced and featured in the successful single "Con Altura," with Rosalia and J Balvin. In 2020, his work with artists like Rosalia, Aitana, and Paloma Mami earned him a Latin Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year.{{cite web|url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2020/09/29/latin-grammy-j-balvin-lidera-la-lista-de-nominaciones-con-13-le-sigue-bad-bunny-con-9/|title=Latin Grammy: J Balvin lidera la lista de nominaciones con 13, le sigue Bad Bunny con 9|last=Huston|first=Marysabel|website=CNN|language=es|date=September 29, 2020|access-date=September 8, 2021}}
Personal life
Díaz-Reixa has lived in Barcelona since 2002. He is of partly Cuban descent through his grandmother, which he says was an inspiration on the Tropicalia influences on his earlier works.
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Discography
=Studio albums=
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|+ List of studio albums, with selected details ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:8em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:19em;" | Details |
| scope="row" | Folías
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| scope="row" | Alegranza
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| scope="row" | Pop Negro
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| scope="row" | Hiperasia
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=Extended plays=
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|+ List of extended plays, with selected details ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:8em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="1" style="width:19em;" | Details |
| scope="row" | Piratas de Sudamérica, Vol. 1
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=As producer=
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|+Credits{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/es/artist/1175057-El-Guincho|title=El Guincho|website=Discogs|access-date=September 8, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://artists.spotify.com/songwriter/5MV30yGEpP8pKQgo4L0Bb2|title=El Guincho is a songwriter.|website=Spotify|access-date=September 8, 2021}} ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:16em;" | Title ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Production ! scope="col" | Songwriting ! scope="col" | Technical |
| rowspan="1" | 2011
| "Biophilia" | Björk | | | {{tick}} |
| rowspan="1" | 2012
| Una Montaña Es Una Montaña | {{tick}} | | |
| rowspan="1" | 2014
| LPIV | {{tick}} | | |
| rowspan="5" | 2018
| "Malamente" | rowspan="3" | Rosalía | {{tick}} | {{tick}} | {{tick}} |
| "Pienso en tu mirá"
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| El Mal Querer
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| Espejo
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| Worldwide Angel
| Bad Gyal | {{tick}} | | |
| rowspan="5" | 2019
| Spoiler | Aitana | {{tick}} | {{tick}} | |
| "Con Altura"
| Rosalía featuring J Balvin and el Guincho | {{tick}} | {{tick}} | |
| "Aute Cuture"
| Rosalía | {{tick}} | {{tick}} | {{tick}} |
| "Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi"
| Rosalía and Ozuna | {{tick}} | {{tick}} | |
| "A Palé"
| rowspan="3" | Rosalía | {{tick}} | {{tick}} | |
| rowspan="5" | 2020
| "Dolerme" | | {{tick}} | |
| "Juro Que"
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| Gore
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| "TKN"
| Rosalía and Travis Scott | {{tick}} | {{tick}} | {{tick}} |
| "Sum Bout U"
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| rowspan="4" | 2021
| Warm Up | Bad Gyal | {{tick}} | {{tick}} | |
| "Lo Vas a Olvidar"
| Billie Eilish and Rosalía | | {{tick}} | |
| "Goteo"
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| Sound System: The Final Releases
| Bad Gyal | {{tick}} | {{tick}} | |
| rowspan="4" | 2022
| FKA Twigs | {{tick}} | {{tick}} | |
| Motomami
| Rosalía | {{tick}} | {{tick}} | |
| "Killer"
| FKA Twigs | {{tick}} | | |
| Fossora ("Ovule")
| Björk |{{tick}}{{efn|additional beat production}} | | |
| rowspan="3" | 2024
| Brat ("Everything Is Romantic") | {{tick}} | {{tick}} | |
| C,XOXO
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| "Mantra"
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Awards and nominations
=Grammy Awards=
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! style="width:30%;"| Category ! style="width:35%;"| Nominated work ! style="width:25%;"| Artist ! style="width:15%;"| Result ! style="width:5%;"| Ref. |
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| 2020
| Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album | "El Mal Querer" (as producer and engineer) | Rosalía | {{won}} |
=Latin Grammy Awards=
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! style="width:30%;"| Category ! style="width:35%;"| Nominated work ! style="width:25%;"| Artist ! style="width:15%;"| Result ! style="width:5%;"| Ref. |
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| rowspan="3"|2018
| rowspan="3"|"Malamente" (as producer and engineer/songwriter) | rowspan="8"|Rosalía | {{nom}} |
| Song of the Year
| {{nom}} |
| Best Alternative Song
| {{won}} |
| rowspan="6"|2019
| "Aute Cuture" (as producer) | {{nom}} |
| Album of the Year
| rowspan="3"|El Mal Querer (as producer and engineer) | {{won}} |
| Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album
| {{won}} |
| Best Engineered Album
| {{won}} |
| Best Pop Song
| "Pienso en tu mirá" (as songwriter) | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2"|Best Urban Song
| "Con Altura" (as songwriter) | Rosalía and J Balvin featuring el Guincho | {{won}} |
| rowspan="3"|2020
| "Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi" (as songwriter) | {{won}} |
| Best Pop/Rock Song
| "Dolerme" (as songwriter) | Rosalía | {{nom}} |
| Producer of the Year
| colspan="2"|El Guincho | {{nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |2022
|MOTOMAMI (Digital Album) (as producer and songwriter) |{{Won}} | rowspan="2" | |
| Record of the Year
|"LA FAMA" (as producer) |Rosalía ft. The Weeknd |{{Nominated}} |
=Other awards and nominations=
References
{{reflist|2}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110122061234/http://theyoungturks.co.uk/el-guincho-pop-negro/ Young Turks, El Guincho: Pop Negro]
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