Gus van Go is a Canadian-American producer, mixer,[1] and musician best known for his work with The Beaches, Metric, Arkells,[2] The Stills, The Sam Roberts Band, Lowell, Whitehorse,[3] and Hollerado. Some of his other work includes Wintersleep, Michael Rault, Terra Lightfoot, Said The Whale, The Trews, and Priestess. He is also a member of the band Megative, along with Tim Fletcher (ex-lead-singer of The Stills) and Jamaican reggae vocalist Screechy Dan.
Gus van Go | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Gustavo Coriandoli |
| Born | Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Occupations | |
Early life
editvan Go (born Gustavo Coriandoli), was born in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. His family subsequently moved to Montreal and he is now a naturalized American and Canadian citizen.[4]
Career
editvan Go began his musical career as lead-singer/guitarist for the Montreal cult-band Me Mom & Morgentaler.[5][4] The band established a following in the 1990s, and was known for its extravagant and theatrical live shows.[4] In 1999, over 10,000 attended the band's reunion concert in Quebec City.[citation needed]
In 2001, he moved to New York City, where he met musician and producer Werner F. The two began working together in 2003 when they produced The Stills’ debut album Logic Will Break Your Heart,[6] which received favorable reviews from critics. In 2006 they built The Boiler Room Studio in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY,[4] where they've since produced and mixed many albums[7] including Fast Romantics,[8] Monster Truck, Matt Mays, Glorious Sons, The Elwins, Michael Rault, as well as many popular French language artists from Quebec like Les Trois Accords and Cowboys Fringants.
Van Go currently divides his time between his Brooklyn and Montreal studios.
Awards and Discography
editVan Go was personally nominated for a Juno award in 2018 for his work with the group Whitehorse and Singer-songwriter Terra Lightfoot. Both artists’ albums were also nominated for Best Album in the Adult Alternative category that year, each produced and mixed by Gus van Go and his partner Werner F.
He was nominated for an Engineer Of The Year Juno award in 2015 for the Whitehorse album Leave No Bridge Unburned,[9] which took home the Juno award for Alternative Album of the Year.[10]
In 2015, he produced and mixed the album Octobre by French-language neo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants which reached #1 in the Quebec charts, attained gold-record status, and was awarded Rock Album of the Year at the 2016 ADISQ awards ceremonies.
In 2013 and 2010, he was nominated for Producer of The Year at Quebec's ADISQ awards for his work with Les Trois Accords.
Oceans Will Rise, the third release from The Stills, was awarded a Juno Award for 'Alternative Album of the Year' during the 2009 Juno Awards Gala on March 28, 2009.[11] In 2008, Vulgaires Machins’ Compter Les Corps (another Gus van Go & Werner F production) was nominated for a Juno Award for "Best French-Language Album".
Selected discography (P = Produced, M = Mixed)
edit| Release year | Artist | Album/Single |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Kingpins | On the Run (P) |
| 1997 | The Kingpins | Watch Your Back (P) |
| 1998 | The Undercovers | Some People - Stomp Records (P) |
| 2001 | Smitty's | Burnin’ & Shakin’ (P) |
| 2003 | The Stills | Logic Will Break Your Heart - Vice Records/Atlantic (P/M) |
| 2005 | Priestess | Hello Master - RCA/Indica[12] (P/M) |
| 2006 | The Stills | Without Feathers - Vice Records/Atlantic (P/M) |
| 2006 | Vulgaires Machins | Compter Les Corps - Indica Records (P/M) |
| 2006 | Xavier Caféïne | Gisèle - Indica Records (M) |
| 2007 | The Shakes | Faces We Make When We Dance (P/M) |
| 2008 | The Trews | No Time for Later - Bumstead/Universal (P/M) |
| 2008 | The Stills | Oceans Will Rise - Arts & Crafts (P/M) |
| 2009 | The Junction | Another Link in the Chain (P/M) |
| 2009 | Chinatown | Cité d’or - Tacca (P/M) |
| 2009 | Les Trois Accords | Dans Mon Corps - Indica Records (P/M) |
| 2009 | Low Level Flight | Through These Walls (P/M) |
| 2010 | Vulgaires Machins | Requiéme Pour Les Sourds - Indica Records (P/M) |
| 2010 | Hollerado | Record In A Bag - Royal Mountain Records (P/M) |
| 2010 | Ariel | Après Le Crime - Tacca (P/M) |
| 2011 | Neverending White Lights | Act III: Love Will Ruin (M) |
| 2011 | Monster Truck | The Brown EP - Dine Alone Records (P/M) |
| 2011 | The Grates | Secret Rituals - Dew Process/Vagrant (P) |
| 2011 | Kamakazi | Rien à Cacher - Indica Records (P/M) |
| 2012 | Amos the Transparent | Good Night My Dear… I'm Falling Apart (M) |
| 2012 | The Junction | Grievances (P/M) |
| 2012 | GrimSkunk | Set Fire - Indica Records (P/M) |
| 2012 | Rah Rah | The Poet's Dead - Hidden Pony (P/M) |
| 2012 | Les Trois Accords | J'aime Ta Grand-mère - La Tribu (P/M) |
| 2013 | Hollerado | White Paint - Royal Mountain Records (P/M) |
| 2013 | Xavier Caféïne | New Love - Indica Records (P/M) |
| 2013 | Wildlife | On The Heart - Wax Records (P) |
| 2013 | Said the Whale | Hawaiii - Hidden Pony (M) |
| 2014 | Terra Lightfoot | Everytime My Mind runs Wild - Sonic Unyon Records (P/M) |
| 2014 | Jeremy Fisher | The Lemon Squeeze - Hidden Pony (P/M) |
| 2014 | Teenage Kicks | Spoils of Youth - Rezolute/Universal (M) |
| 2014 | In-Flight Safety | Conversationalist - Night Danger (M) |
| 2014 | Royal Tusk | Mountain EP - Hidden Pony (P/M) |
| 2014 | Guillaume Beauregard | D’Étoiles, de pluie et de cendres - La Tribu (P/M) |
| 2015 | The Lazys | The Lazys - Pheremone Records (P/M) |
| 2015 | Michael Rault | Living Daylight - Burger Records (M) |
| 2015 | Simon I | Simon I - La Tribu (P/M) |
| 2015 | The Glorious Sons | The Union - Black Box/Universal (M) |
| 2015 | The Elwins | Play For Keeps - Hidden Pony (M) |
| 2015 | Hollerado | "Firefly" (single) - Royal Mountain Records (P/M) |
| 2015 | Sun K | Northern Lies - Maple Music Recordings (M) |
| 2015 | Whitehorse | Leave No Bridge Unburned - Six Shooter Records (P/M) |
| 2015 | Rah Rah | Vessels - Hidden Pony (P/M) |
| 2015 | Terra Lightfoot | Every Time My Mind Runs Wild (Sonic Unyon)[13] |
| 2015 | Les Cowboys Fringants | Octobre - La Tribu (P/M) |
| 2015 | Les Trois Accords | Joie d’etre gai - La Tribu (P/M) |
| 2015 | Fast Romantics | "Julia" (single) (P/M) |
| 2016 | Les Handclaps | "Sessions: Brooklyn" (P/M) (Handclaps Records) |
| 2016 | The Junction | "City Light" Single (M) (Culvert Music) |
| 2016 | Wintersleep | The Great Detachment - Dine Alone (M) |
| 2016 | Tuns | Mind Over Matter - Royal Mountain (M) |
| 2016 | Arkells | Morning Report (P) (Universal Music Canada / Last Gang Records) |
| 2016 | Sam Roberts | "If You Want It" (single) - Universal Music (M) |
| 2017 | Fast Romantics | American Love - Light Organ (P/M) |
| 2017 | Hollerado | Born Yesterday - Royal Mountain Records (P/M) |
| 2017 | Said the Whale | As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide - Hidden Pony (M) |
| 2017 | Whitehorse | Panther In The Dollhouse - Six Shooter Records (M) |
| 2017 | Matt Mays | Once Upon A Hell Of A Time - Sonic Records (M) |
| 2017 | Terra Lightfoot | New Mistakes - Sonic Unyon Records (P/M) |
| 2018 | Carmanah | Speak In Rhythms (P/M) |
| 2018 | Remi Chasse | Les Cris et Les Fleurs - Musicor (P/M) |
| 2018 | Jill Barber | Metaphora - Outside (P/M) |
| 2018 | Lowell | Lone Wolf - Arts & Crafts (P/M) |
| 2018 | Dumas | Nos Idéaux - La Tribu (P/M) |
| 2018 | Les Trois Accords | Tous Le Monde Capote - La Tribu (P/M) |
| 2018 | Mordicus | Où Sont Les Néons? (M) |
| 2018 | Megative | Megative - Last Gang/E-One (P/M) |
| 2018 | Modern Space | Flip For It - Warner Canada (P/M) |
| 2019 | Les Cowboys Fringants | Les Antipodes - La Tribu (P/M) |
| 2019 | Lily Frost | Retro Moderne (P/M) |
| 2019 | Guillaume Beauregard | Disparition - La Tribu (P/M) |
| 2019 | Robert Charlebois | Et Voila - La Tribu (P/M) |
| 2019 | Hollerado | “One Last Dance” (single) - Royal Mountain (P/M) |
| 2019 | Maïa | Plus Que Vive - Warner Canada (M) |
| 2019 | Marie-Eve Roy | Multicolore - La Tribu (P/M) |
| 2019 | Rheostatics | Here Comes The Wolves - Six Shooter (P/M) |
| 2019 | Adam Baldwin | No Rest For The Wicket - Sonic (P/M) |
| 2019 | Anyway Gang | Anyway Gang - Royal Mountain (P/M) |
| 2020 | Jill Barber | Entre Nous - Outside (P/M) |
| 2020 | Me Mom and Morgentaler | “Racist Friend” (single) (P/M) |
| 2020 | Sam Roberts Band | All Of Us - Universal (P/M) |
| 2020 | Lowell | “Lemonade” (single) - Arts & Crafts (P/M) |
| 2020 | Whitehorse | Modern Love - Six Shooter (M) |
| 2020 | Lowell | “God Is A Fascist"” (single) - Arts & Crafts (P/M) |
| 2021 | Alex Porat | "Miss Sick World" (Single) - (M) |
| 2021 | Robert Charlebois | Charlebois à Ducharme - La Tribu (P/M) |
| 2021 | Lowell | “Caroline” (single) - Arts & Crafts (P/M) |
| 2021 | Whitehorse | Strike Me Down - Six Shooter (M) |
| 2021 | Les Cowboys Fringants | Les Nuits De Repentigny - La Tribu (P/M) |
| 2022 | Metric | Formentera - (P/M) |
| 2023 | Metric | Formentera II - (P) |
| 2023 | The Beaches | Blame My Ex - (P/M) |
| 2023 | Sam Roberts Band | The Adventures Of Ben Blank - Universal (P/M) |
| 2024 | Dear Rouge | Lonesome High - (P/M) |
References
edit- ^ "Halifax indie pop pioneers join forces for TUNS at this week's Halifax Pop Explosion" Archived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine. Local Express, Oct 21, 2016 by: Stephen Cooke
- ^ "Who says indie rock can't be fun? Not Arkells". Toronto Star, Ben Rayner, Aug. 4, 2016
- ^ "Best of music in 2015", Maclean's, Adrian Lee and Michael Barclay, December 22, 2015
- ^ a b c d "PIONNIERS DU PUNK-ROCK QUÉBÉCOIS: Que sont-ils devenus ?". La Presse, Émilie Côté, 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Conclusion of grandeur". Montreal Mirror, November 8, 2007. [dead link] Archived at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Doug Levy (10 November 2003). Spotlight on Stills. CMJ Network, Inc. pp. 28–. ISSN 0890-0795.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Les Cowboys Fringants: 20 Autumns Later". Words and Music, by Olivier Robillard Laveaux | December 1, 2015
- ^ "Fast Romantics frontman nominated for Prism Prize" Archived 2018-04-09 at the Wayback Machine. Metro News, Jennifer Friesen May 21, 2016
- ^ "Jean Leloup leads the pack of Quebec Juno nominees". Erik Leijon, Montreal Gazette, February 3, 2016
- ^ "Junos award winners include Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Weeknd and Justin Bieber". CBC News, By David Bell, Apr 02, 2016
- ^ "Self-proclaimed 'mainstream' Nickelback reigns at Junos". CBC Arts, Mar 29, 2009
- ^ Reviews. CMJ Network, Inc. 2006. pp. 36–. ISSN 1074-6978.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "Terra Lightfoot kicks off big year with confidence-building Blue Rodeo tour". Lynn Saxberg, Ottawa Citizen, February 15, 2016