Video: Gonzales vs Andrew WK
- story Peter Macia
What began as a duel between two of the game’s biggest pianists, soon turned into a duet of banging and tickling. Whoa… hold on. Let’s start that over. A few weeks ago, Feist collaborator and world record holder Gonzales challenged New York party wizard Andrew WK to a piano duel at Gonzales’ pending show at Joe’s Pub in Manhattan. Of course, AWK accepted, and now we have about 20 minutes of video (click thru for part II). That video is awesome and we would like more of this kind of stuff, like Running Man for music nerds. Zach Hill vs ?uestlove. Dam Funk vs Joker. Omar Rodriguez Lopez vs Joanna Newsom. Et cetera. Feel free to leave some dream match-ups in the comments. Maybe we can make something happen. (via Oliver)
Video/Freeload: Gonzales, “Working Together”
- story THE FADER
We’re kind of surprised the world hasn’t attached itself to this song more solidly. It’s been playing on FADER office radio since January and yet there still is no clever tv commercial with it as its soundtrack and it has not been on a reality show about vapid rich girls once! What the fuck!? Well here is the video to remind Earth once again to get on the ball. Gonzales is a prince. And there is a Damien cameo which is pretty funny because we thought that dude had disappeared. Also, if you haven’t heard it yet, enjoy the Boyz Noise remix of “Working Together” below.
Download: Gonzales, “Working Together (Boyz Noise Vox Mix)”
Audio: Feist, “I Feel It All” (Gonzales Remix)
- story THE FADER
We have been on a huge Gonzales kick lately (also a puppet kick) so when we heard this remix, full of tiny synths and even smaller handclaps we envisioned a little puppet Kraftwerkian orchestra wearing futuristic sunglasses and clapping tiny fingers, their images forever tied to the music of Gonzales, hopefully soon fully realized on a stage that does not exist only in our minds.
Audio: Gonzales, “Working Together”
- story THE FADER
People often ask us what song we play in the office in the morning to get amped for a day of putting the best music magazine and website together, and other than “The Boy is Mine,” the current inspirational is Gonzales’ new single from this spring’s Soft Power called “Working Together.” Gonzales worked with Feist on Let It Die. Gonzales is working on a puppet epic. Gonzales is a total badass. Here is the trailer of him recording “Working Together.” Here is Gonzpiration. Here is your new jam.
