As our introduction to his upcoming sophomore record, Pop Negro, Barcelona’s tropically minded El Guincho just shared “Bombay,” one of the producer’s most straightforward and pop-friendly songs to date. Music maker Pablo Díaz-Reixa has pushed his bouncing beats into the foreground, left his island-inspired melodies unencumbered by tape hiss or vinyl crackle, let some floating sound effects occupy most of the background, and centered the whole production around his energetic, Spanish-sung vocal hooks. It’s certainly less hazy and warbled than the music that initially wooed us into El Guincho’s realm, but it’s remarkably gratifying to hear that lovably accessible pop music suits his sound just as well.

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