Musical Analysis Smackdown

Musical Analysis Smackdown

…everywhere that I go, music nerds – Supervillain Music Gonzales, in conjunction with WDR Einslive (1Live), has released two videos that musically dissect Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky”, and Drake’s “Hold On, We’re Coming Home”. The videos have been very popular, garnering over 50,000 views in a short …
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Gonzales Re-Introduces the Piano

Gonzales Re-Introduces the Piano

A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present. Gonzales has released a book of etudes specifically geared towards a very large target audience; lapsed piano students. Remember way back, when your parents forced you to sit down in front of the piano and …
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So you think you know Solo Piano (and more)?

So you think you know Solo Piano (and more)?

Response to the first Solo Gonzales puzzle was overwhelming – happy to hear that so many Chilly Gonzales fans up for a challenge. As promised, we have developed puzzle number two, and we think it’s even a bit trickier than the first. This puzzle mainly covers from Presidential Suite all the way to …
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Working Together – Again

Working Together – Again

Ivory Tower was a great melding of Gonzales’ lush piano and Boys Noize’s driving rhythms, but rather than being a one-off project, it seems to have been just the beginning of a longer-term collaboration.
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So you think you know early Gonzo?

So you think you know early Gonzo?

Fans of Chilly Gonzales have impeccable taste (obviously), and always seem up for a challenge, so we at SoloGonzales decided to create a series of Gonz-themed crossword puzzles that combine Gonzales history, songs, musical knowledge, and just about anything else related to Gonzales.
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Gonzales Über Alles: Music, Humour, Personality

Gonzales Über Alles: Music, Humour, Personality

Gonzales has created a mish-mash of beats, samples, pop melodies and harsh tokes that sticks in your head, sticks to the wall, leaves a mess on the floor, makes long distance phone calls and never does the dishes. You need fun friends like this. – James Keast – exclaim.ca (2000) Über Alles signals …
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Chilly "Grammy" Gonzales!

Chilly "Grammy" Gonzales!

After being nominated in 2008 with Feist for “The Reminder”, Chilly Gonzales’ name finally echoed through the holy halls of the Staples Center in Los Angeles last night, when he received a Grammy for his contribution to Daft Punk’s RAM.
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Gonz's Grand Unification

Gonz's Grand Unification

Man, this is war – where careers get killed and that’s not a metaphor – Gonzales Never Stop (Rap version) War and conflict has and will always occur between predators and prey, rivals for mates, siblings, and even between parents and their offspring. While it’s possible that our species could have …
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Solo Piano: A Decade of Shadow Play

Solo Piano: A Decade of Shadow Play

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art. – Frédéric Chopin 10 years ago, in the fall of 2003, Gonzales began composing a series of short songs for solo piano that would eventually …
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Rolling Stone Covers Chilly Gonzales

Rolling Stone Covers Chilly Gonzales

Record labels have been dressing up musicians in magical and sometimes ridiculous clothes for many years, while audiences have basked in the glory of the latest disposable brain tickler. But there is a growing chorus of people who have taken to the internet to “undress” mindless pop …
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