I was lucky enough to sit down for an interview with the man himself, Jason Beck aka Chilly Gonzales aka The one eye'd Jew. The interview was for a feature which will appear in the July/August issue of Snap! Magazine. Right from the soundcheck, to the interview, to the show itself, i knew was in for something else. The show was a seamless blend of power pop grandeur, classical solo's, comedy and rap. That's right i said seamless. The above video is one of his piano solo's in a video i took while i was there, sorry its so far away, i couldn't figure out the zoom on the camera until a few minutes later.
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I was lucky enough to sit down for an interview with the man himself, Jason Beck aka Chilly Gonzales aka The one eye'd Jew. The interview was for a feature which will appear in the July/August issue of Snap! Magazine. Right from the soundcheck, to the interview, to the show itself, i knew was in for something else. The show was a seamless blend of power pop grandeur, classical solo's, comedy and rap. That's right i said seamless. The above video is one of his piano solo's in a video i took while i was there, sorry its so far away, i couldn't figure out the zoom on the camera until a few minutes later.
You may remember my two cents on Gonzales back in march. Now for substantially more than two cents, (around 20$) you can see the man himself at Le National on Thursday.
The self proclaimed "President of the Berlin Underground" will be playing in support of his new album, entitled Soft Power. You've heard the Boys Noize remix, you've heard the Daft Punk cover, now hear some of my favorite tracks from the album.
Gonzales - Let's Ride (mp3)
Gonzales - Slow Down (mp3)
The only thing cooler than a french canadian concert pianist, is one who covers Daft Punk, gets remixed by Boys Noize and collaborates with Teki Latex. Self described bohemian oppertunist Gonzales is one such concert pianist, who amuses me with his oddball photo's as much as he impresses me with his collaborative creativity.
In an interview with Palms Out, Gonzales dropped this little gem,
"Canada has no culture beyond bearded indie-rock so I left."
I can't help but know what Gonzales means by this, but still I won't defend it in the interest of avoiding a tiresome and mostly pointless debate. Did I mention he remixed some Feist tracks awhile back? No? He did. He's been all over the place lately drumming up some attention for his upcoming album Soft Power and will be touring extensively in support of it. If you'd like to prove to Gonzales himself that here is room in Canadian culture beyond bearded indie-rock, show up to his May 8th show at Le National and tell him yourself.
Gonzales - Too Long [Daft Punk Cover] (mp3)
Gonzales - Working Together [Boys Noize Remix] (mp3)
Gonzales - Slow Down Remix Ft. Teki Latex (mp3)
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