JOSé GONZáLEZ

:''For other uses, see José González (disambiguation)''.
'José González' is a Swedish indie/folk singer-songwriter.

Contents

Biography

Television appearances

Collaborations

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

External links

Biography

González was born in Gothenburg, Sweden to Argentine parents in 1978. In 2003, he released his debut album, ''Veneer'', in Europe. The album has since been released in the UK, on 25 April 2005, and on 6 September 2005 in the United States.
His trademark sound is solo classical guitar with soft melody. His work, although mostly original, does include acoustic covers of such hits as "Heartbeats" by his fellow Swedes The Knife, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division, "Born in the U.S.A." and "The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen, "Hand On Your Heart" by Kylie Minogue, "Smalltown Boy" by Bronski Beat and "Teardrop" by Massive Attack.
His second album, "In Our Nature", is going to be released in 35 countries, on 26 September 2007.

Television appearances

Gonzalez has performed on several television programs, including ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' (March 29, 2006), the BBC's ''Later...with Jools Holland'' (June 9 2006), ''Last Call with Carson Daly'' (June 21, 2006) and ''Seven Network''s Sunrise'' (August 15, 2007).
The song "Crosses", from González's ''Crosses'' EP and the ''Veneer'' album, appeared on the finale of the second season of the popular American television comedy-drama ''The O.C.'', as well as on a trailer for a BBC Four programme. Also taken from the ''Veneer'' album, ''Stay in the Shade'' was used in the ''The O.C.'', midway through season three, in the episode ''The Pot Stirrer''. His cover of The Knife's "Heartbeats" was used in a Sony BRAVIA commercial featuring 250,000 coloured bouncing balls in San Francisco as well as in episode 409 of the CW's "One Tree Hill". His music has also been used in the ''Friday Night Lights'' TV series (December 12, 2006).

Collaborations

González also plays in the band Junip with Tobias Winterkorn and Elias Araya. To date, Junip has released a sole EP, ''Black Refuge''. Recently, he has collaborated with UK downtempo duo Zero 7 on their new album, ''The Garden'', where he provides guest vocals on the album's tracks, along with Zero 7 regular Sia Furler. This album features four songs with González on vocals, namely "Futures", "Left Behind", "Today" and "Crosses", which is a cover of his own song "Crosses" from his album ''Veneer''. In addition, Gonzáles collaborated with Finnish house DJ Jori Hulkkonen on the track "Blinded By The Numbers" from Hulkkonen's album ''Dualizm'', released in 2005. Jose Gonzalez has also collaborated with British hiphop artist Plan B on "Cast a Light" which appears on the Paint it Blacker EP.
He has also collaborated with the Swedish hip hop DJ and producer Embee on the track "Send Someone Away."
González's song "Crosses" was remixed in 2006 by popular Dutch DJ Tiësto.

Discography

Albums

★ ''Veneer'' (2003) #7 UK, #86 AUS

★ ''In Our Nature'' (2007)

EPs

★ ''Crosses'' (UK 2003)

★ ''Remain EP'' (UK 2003)

★ ''Stay in the Shade EP'' (UK 2005, US 2006)

★ ''Australian Tour EP'' (Aus/NZ 2005)

Singles

★ "Heartbeats" (2006) #9 UK, #66 AUS

★ "Crosses" (2006) #? UK

★ "Hand On Your Heart" (2006) #29 UK, #88 AUS

★ "Down The Line" (2007)

External links

★ Official Website

★ Sony Bravia "bouncing ball" advert

★ José González: sparking heartbeats in the charts, 22 January 2006 (interview from La Blogothèque, France)

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★ José González interview with the Reykjavik Grapevine

★ José González acoustic session

★ José González Live at Bimbo's 365, San Francisco

★ José González interview on NPR's All Things Considered

★ José Live on SPIN

★ José González interview from HateSomethingBeautiful

★ José González Concert Review 10/15/2006 in Chicago

★ "Crosses" artist commentary

★ "Down The Line" Review

★ Jose Gonzalez - Feature Interview