You may know this gentleman as the virtuoso Quebecois producer behind Feist and Peaches, or his mind-bending piano reinterpretation of Boys Noize' "Waves" last year. He's back at it this month, performing a weekly at Joe's Pub in NYC with special guests like A-Trak and Andrew WK. I'm still kicking myself for not skipping a day of class and driving down to see Trizzy tear it up - word has it that they tore up cheesy RnB covers all night. I sure do hope some videos surface from that one - the Andrew WK piano battle clips on YouTube are nuts.
Anyways, the man dropped a mixtape last week,
available for free on his website, where he mashes up recognizable drum breaks and rap acapellas while he shreds on the piano. It features everybody from 50 Cent to Claude Von Stroke, which all seem to work with Gonzales' rich, layered harmonics. Best of all, it manages not to sound like the glitchy ADD mashups our generation has grown so accustomed to. It's short, but one of the most creative musical projects I've seen as of late.
And a little snippet for those of you still in doubt.
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