quoted 5 lines Just listening to Chilly Gonzales' Gonzales Uber Alles (which,> Just listening to Chilly Gonzales' Gonzales Uber Alles (which,
> incidentally, is a great album and WHO the damn fudge *is* he??)
> and ha! there's an uncredited sample on #12 - the words "it's four
> in the morning" are spoken by Leonard Cohen from the opening of
> his slash-your-wrists-sad song Famous Blue Raincoat.
Gonzales is a Canadian living in Berlin, releasing on kitty-yo
(www.kitty-yo.de). indeed he is a character. i haven't yet heard this
release, but here is something i posted not long ago about seeing him
live...
cheers
susan
last weekend i witnessed a performance by gonzales from berlin. the venue
was in a rather small town in germany called Dortmund, suprisingly where dj
vadim's tour hit and packed in a whopping 10 or 15 people a few years ago
(just to give you an idea of the type of audience here). first i'd like to
say that this performance was somehow subsidized by the town's performing
art committee, probably unbeknownst to them. the (cough) song (cough) that
was performed as I walked in was "Do You Wanna Fock", being chanted by
Peaches, Gonzales' aptly christened sidekick who skips through the audience
in pink hot pants sporting what is best described as a honeydew melon
underneath her belly. the two have a remarkable amusing stage presence, and
market themselves as entertainers, which is exactly the most appropriate way
to describe them. Their "gear" consists of a receiver, a dual cassette deck
and a contraption Jack Dangers would probably make musical history with,
however Peaches simply hops over to tweak a knob or two from time to time,
an effort resulting in such a sophisticated sound it was obviously not
audible to my virgin ears.
This being said, the performance was odd and offensive, served up exactly
the way i love it. from hip hop beats to hardcore punk noise to moonlight
sonatas, the dashing duo had a theme for each piece, one line of vocals
repeated over and over throughout its' respective track, laying on the
stage, crawling through the audience, sitting on somebody's passed out
noggin, etc.
hysterical. probably the best and worst musical experience, intended to be
just that- highly recommended in a venue that allows you to step in and
check the show every hour or so.
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