| http://jose-gonzalez.com | ||
| http://myspace.com/josegonzalez | ||
| The Skinny | Jose Gonzalez makes a name for himself by churning out pretty, simple, acoustic, growing music. His originals are all nearly identical in style, but each has an originality that makes it worth listening to instead of another. | |
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| Favorite Track | How Low, Cycling Trivialities | |
| For Fans Of | Iron & Wine, Elliott Smith, Anyone hearing a Tool influence/similarity? | |
Much thanks to Todd Pritchard for turning me onto this guy.
Jose's writing style is much like that of the classical cannon. You're probably familiar with Pachebel's; that tune they play at wedding ceremonies that continually layers melodies. While Jose doesn't necessarily layer melodies (as he's only one man), he does often embellish the same chord progression with different lines and various dynamics. The result is typically drawn out tracks that don't bore you, but have you swaying or lost in the groove's trance.
And I do love that about this sort of acoustic music. The rhythmic nature of Gonzalez's stuff negates the need for percussion, though I'm sure it wouldn't hurt it. This is another reason his tracks are so effective, pleasing and simple. The songs are generally acoustic-guitar-centric but often see cameos from a cello or occasional percussive tapping, which is done to great effectiveness.
Gonzalez has a few albums out, but nothing new as far as I can tell, so that's all I'll say for now. By the looks of it I'm way out of the loop and this is old news. Still loving it, though. Needless to say, check PFW periodically as we'll do our best to stay up to date on Mr. Gonzalez from now on.
"Cycling Trivialities" off of In Our Nature
"Hearbeats" off of Veneer
This is Alyssa's Favorite Track
Jose's writing style is much like that of the classical cannon. You're probably familiar with Pachebel's; that tune they play at wedding ceremonies that continually layers melodies. While Jose doesn't necessarily layer melodies (as he's only one man), he does often embellish the same chord progression with different lines and various dynamics. The result is typically drawn out tracks that don't bore you, but have you swaying or lost in the groove's trance.
And I do love that about this sort of acoustic music. The rhythmic nature of Gonzalez's stuff negates the need for percussion, though I'm sure it wouldn't hurt it. This is another reason his tracks are so effective, pleasing and simple. The songs are generally acoustic-guitar-centric but often see cameos from a cello or occasional percussive tapping, which is done to great effectiveness.
Gonzalez has a few albums out, but nothing new as far as I can tell, so that's all I'll say for now. By the looks of it I'm way out of the loop and this is old news. Still loving it, though. Needless to say, check PFW periodically as we'll do our best to stay up to date on Mr. Gonzalez from now on.
"Cycling Trivialities" off of In Our Nature
"Hearbeats" off of Veneer
This is Alyssa's Favorite Track
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Monday, July 06, 2009
heartbeats is a cover. Original track by "the knife"
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