Filmed for Dublab Internet Radio’s series “Visionversion,” El Guincho appropriately performs his tropical dance music live inside the simulated rain forest in the Natural History Museum of LA County. You can download the full audio from the session here, and watch the clip of “Kalise” from the best of 2008-ish Alegranza. (Fader)
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Young Turks and Mad Decent put together a new double remix project of two of El Guincho’s tracks from his addicting self titled debut, Alegranza (one of my favorite albums of 2008). Both “Kalise” and “Antillas” get a vinyl release of remixes limited to 500 copies (and digital release via Turntable Lab), featuring XXXchange, Mumdance [...]

Artist: El Guincho
Track: “Kalise”
Album: Alegranza
The 4th track on El Guincho’s 2007 self released album, Alegranza (re-released on Discoteca Oceano last Tuesday), is a 5 minute Calypso, Afro, Island trip, with repetitive percussion and vocals a la Panda Bear’s critically acclaimed Person Pitch. I have no idea what he’s saying, but it sounds romantic and lovely.
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