Pablo Díaz-Reixa (born November 17, 1983), professionally known as El Guincho, is a Spanish musician, singer, and record producer.
Díaz-Reixa rose to prominence with his 2008 album, Alegranza. 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". 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.
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 from Pitchfork. 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.
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.
That same year, Díaz-Reixa saw Spanish singer Rosalia live, and, fascinated by her sound, contacted her through social media to collaborate. He would later be sole producer of her second album El Mal Querer, released in 2018. The album received critical acclaim. 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. 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.
In 2019, Díaz-Reixa co-produced and featured in the successful single "Con Altura", with Rosalía 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.
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.
Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected details Title Details Folías Released: 2007 Label: DC/Luv Luv Format: CD, LP, digital download Alegranza Released: October 13, 2008 Label: Young Turks Format: CD, LP, digital download Pop Negro Released: September 13, 2010 Label: Young Turks Format: CD, LP, digital download Hiperasia Released: February 12, 2016 Label: Everlasting Records/Canada Format: CD, LP, digital download
Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected details Title Details Piratas de Sudamérica, Vol. 1 Released: July 12, 2010 Label: Young Format: Digital download Film soundtracks Year Film Song Notes 2025 F1 "Baja California" Co-producer with Oscar Adler
As producer +Credits Year Title Artist Production Songwriting Technical 2011 "Biophilia" Björk 2012 Una Montaña Es Una Montaña Los Punsetes 2014 LPIV Los Punsetes 2018 "Malamente" Rosalía "Pienso en tu mirá" El Mal Querer Espejo ("Intuición", "Noche") Javiera Mena Worldwide Angel Bad Gyal 2019 Spoiler Aitana "Con Altura" Rosalía featuring J Balvin and El Guincho "Aute Cuture" Rosalía "Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi" Rosalía and Ozuna "A Palé" Rosalía 2020 "Dolerme" "Juro Que" Gore Lous and the Yakuza "TKN" Rosalía and Travis Scott "Sum Bout U" 645AR featuring FKA Twigs 2021 Warm Up Bad Gyal "Lo Vas a Olvidar" Billie Eilish and Rosalía "Goteo" Paloma Mami Sound System: The Final Releases Bad Gyal 2022 Caprisongs FKA Twigs Motomami Rosalía "Killer" FKA Twigs Fossora ("Ovule") Björk 2024 Brat ("Everything Is Romantic") Charli XCX C,XOXOCamila Cabello"Mantra"Jennie2025Black StarAmaarae"De Madrugá"Rosalía"La Rumba del Perdón"2026"Hooligan"BTS
Other appearances + List of other appearances, showing other performing artists, year released, and album name Title Year Other performer(s) Album "La Carretera" 2014 Javiera Mena Otra Era
Awards and nominations Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Artist Result Ref. 2020 Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album "El Mal Querer" (as producer and engineer) Rosalía
Latin Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Artist Result Ref.2018 Record of the Year"Malamente" (as producer and engineer/songwriter)Rosalía Song of the Year Best Alternative Song 2019 Record of the Year "Aute Cuture" (as producer) Album of the YearEl Mal Querer (as producer and engineer) Best Contemporary Pop Vocal Album Best Engineered Album Best Pop Song "Pienso en tu mirá" (as songwriter) Best Urban Song "Con Altura" (as songwriter) Rosalía and J Balvin featuring El Guincho 2020 "Yo x Ti, Tu x Mi" (as songwriter) Rosalía and Ozuna Best Pop/Rock Song "Dolerme" (as songwriter) Rosalía Producer of the YearEl Guincho 2022Album of the YearMOTOMAMI (Digital Album) (as producer and songwriter)RosalíaRecord of the Year"LA FAMA" (as producer)Rosalía ft. The Weeknd
Other awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2011 UK Music Video Awards Best Indie/Rock Video - International "Bombay" 2016Berlin Music Video AwardsBest EditorComixNominated2019MTV Video Music Awards Best Latin"Con Altura" (with Rosalía and J Balvin) Best Choreography Song of the Summer MTV Europe Music Awards Best Video Best Collaboration 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards Latin Pop Song of the Year
References
External links Young Turks, El Guincho: Pop Negro