Pablo Díaz-Reixa (El Guincho)

Pablo Díaz-Reixa was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on 14 July 1983. Before consolidating his solo project he took part in Coconot, an experimental electronic and pop experience. The name El Guincho came to identify his personal work.

The Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona identifies Alegranza (2008) as a landmark of tropicalist psychedelia and Pop Negro (2010) as a further investigation of the pop song. The same source describes Hiperasia (2016) as a later turn in his discography.

His importance in contemporary Canarian music lies in carrying references to island music, percussion, sampling and experimental pop into international circulation. This projection should be understood as part of an authorial and producing career, not as the sole representation of a diverse scene.