02 março 2010

Chilly Gonzales - Pianist Envy Mixtape

“What’s cooler than being cool? Chilly is what”.

With rap mixtapes and DJ sets springing forth on blogs and Facebook accounts like an over-ripe harvest of late, it’s refreshing to find that someone isn’t sticking to the stock standard formula. With his new mixtape project Pianist Envy - yes, that really is the title -, Canadian piano genius Gonzales has flipped things, offering up a collection of quasi-covers in which Gonzales restrings populist jams from the likes of 50 Cent, Beyonce and Lil Wayne as ivory-thumping epics. 
After past work with Feist and Jamie Lidell, cover work for Daft Punk and Boys Noize and turns as an MC and electro artist, Pianist Envy is Gonzales cementing his reputation as pop music’s artful chameleon, shifting from one idea to the next with not only swiftness but perfect execution. (Dave Ruby Howe, The Cool Hunter)




Pianist Envy tracklist :
1. Tipsy (J-Kwon)
2. Many Men (50 Cent)
3. Touch It (Busta Rhymes)
4. Vocal Chords (Claude Von Stroke)
5. A Milli (Lil Wayne)
6. Grindin’ (Clipse)
7. Rollin’ and Scratchin’ (Daft Punk)
8. Single Ladies (Beyonce)



1 comentário:

  1. Extraordinário! Chilly González é espantoso a juntar a sonoridade do piano, com novas tendências. Já com o A-Trak se viu o que se pode fazer, agora com estes "mash-ups" uhhh, o "Many Men" está muito melhor do que a versão original.

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