Jose Gonzalez

[The NZA]

Dude's apparently argentian by descent, swedish indie-folk singer by trade, if wiki's to be believed. bish & others recently discovered him via a great placement of his music in Red Dead Redemption:

 

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he's apparently done stuff with Zero 7 and the like, but i came across him years ago in b-sides/hip-hop remixes that really worked with his style, props to whoever discovered this formula. Check it out:

 

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aw, i have this remix of Nas' "One Love" on mp3 that i cant find anywhere online, will update post if i do later. Anyway, i love this guy.

[Mr. Hakujin]

Oh, yes. I dig this sound hardcore.

 

*runs off to scour for torrents*

[the division of joy]

Big big do not like.

 

Made it big off butchering a song I love by The Knife. Went on to butcher some joy division.

 

I'll restate my assumptions. Do. Not. Like.

[The NZA]

i dont know what any of those things are, but if you really don't dig the first video or the MF DOOM one, i'll concede.

[the division of joy]

His song Heartbeats was originally...

 

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Which happens to be one of my favorite songs.

 

The MF Doom thing is ok, good rapping, don't dig the sample. The first vid isn't to my liking really.

[La Lindsay]

yeah, when i heard his remake of heartbeats on scrubs, i flipped out too because i love the original. but his version has grown on me and i think it has it's place (versus being a totally unnecessary remake). it makes me really sad versus the knife makes me want to dance and i like having two very different feelings to the same song. i'm definitely not a fan of his joy division remake though. it's boring as shit.

[La Lindsay]

i just noticed you posted teardrop too: massive attack > jose gonzalez.

[The NZA]

you can't do that, LL. they're not even the same genre! the alligator will not take part in that.

[La Lindsay]

oh, i can and i did. you can't remake a song without being compared to the original, good sir.

[the division of joy]

I like how this turned out.

[The NZA]

LL: nay, my lady. no part of it. i asked him, he said "one song does not make an entire artist comparison across genre", then snapped at my hand.

 

DOJ: waah he doesnt sound like 2 songs i like which are boring etc, if you really didnt dig DOOM/first track, ill post more of his original stuff later...geez, picky crowd.

[the division of joy]

I've downloaded his two albums as I had a girlfriend at the time who forced him upon me.

 

Did not like.... I just take particular issue to those two tracks in particular.

 

MF Doom with anything though will generally work. Doom's top notch.