This is the first Spanish artist to be recorded live by Gimme Indie and it's an honour to serve you Pablo Díaz-Reixa's set from Flow Festival. Born at the Canary Islands Pablo left for continental Europe at the age of 14 to focus on a career in sports. Luckily (?) that didn't happen, instead he started to play drums in different bands in Barcelona. Since starting out as El Guincho, breaking through over at SXSW, he's released two albums, the last one in September 2010. Put on your dancing shoes and say hello to Mr Bombay.

"This past week we found ourself unable to stop listening to "Antillas," a five-minute bundle of clattering loops and sunny harmonies, from Barcelona-via-Canary Islands one-man band El Guincho, aka Pablo Díaz-Reixa, and his entirely addictive self-released Alegranza, so we contacted the man himself and asked if we could post it. When he wrote back, he mentioned it was his favorite jam off the record, too. Besides that, and that he's also in an Animal Collective-y band called Coconot, we don't know all that much about the guy (except that a few of his songs really do nail a Person Pitch). And not all of us know our Spanish, which adds to the appealing mystery. Take a listen to the bright, airy, encircling Tropicalia after the jump. Pay especial attention to that cascading, star-drop bit at around the 3:48 mark." Stereogum

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