Remember Drake’s 80s’-soaked second single, “Hold On, We Are Going Home” from his third album, Nothing Was the Same? It was Pitchfork Media’s best song of 2013. If you are into the current pop culture and social media, you can’t really escape from Drake. Remember the global craze of the very first generation iPad way back in 2010, and the sticky earworm that came with the magic screen? That was Chilly. He sat down and gently pivoted from A minor to B flat minor - this became ” Within,” the fourth track for Daft Punk’s international multi-platinum album Random Access Memories, bringing him the 2014 Grammy for the best album of the year. But for Gonzo, it was a cancelled flight that led him to a studio session with a friend in Los Angeles. How does one win a Grammy playing the piano? Of course, there are many ways to get your Grammy - there’s even a big dedicated category just for Classical music. Ludwig Van’s Cecilia Lee catches up with Chilly Gonzales about his early days living in Montreal and Toronto, his move to Europe, and his love of the inner workings of music, no matter the genre. From Daft Punk to Bach, Chilly Gonzales is what’s in-between.
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