Niño de Elche (b. Francisco Contreras Molina on January 21, 1985 in Elx (Elche), Comunitat Valenciana, Spain; also known as El Niño de Elche) is a cantaor, a singer-songwriter of the Flamenco nuevo tradition. He is a multi-disciplinary artist and contemporary deconstructionist who combines flamenco singing and toque with performance art, poetry, improvisation, minimalism, Rock and electronics.