Excellent Musician, by Wesley Gonzalez

Excellent Musician

by Wesley Gonzalez

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Scorpion's Dog Every time I hear I am a telescope, I envision Wes going mad on piano as his shenanigans play on projecter, with some good intercuts, it would've been a killer vid. Thanks for the groovy 🎵 Mr. Gonzales.🖖 Favorite track: I Am A Telescope.

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1.	An Adult 01:24	buy track
2.	I Am A Telescope 02:46	buy track
3.	Just The Same 02:39	buy track
4.	Still Working On It 03:49	buy track
5.	Piece Of Mind 02:38	buy track
6.	I Spoke To Euan 03:09	buy track
7.	Exhibition Song 02:28	buy track
8.	Cake On Your Birthday 03:29	buy track
9.	Snake In The Grass 03:22	buy track
10.	In Amsterdam 02:42	buy track
11.	Don't Try & Take Me Down 03:27	buy track
12.	Not That Kind Of Guy 03:12	buy track
13.	Quarantined River 03:39	buy track

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Wesley Gonzalez made a name for himself at an early age as the petulant frontman and creative force behind guitar-shredding pop-punk band Let’s Wrestle. The band, formed in 2005 when Gonzalez was only 15, was lauded for their no-fi DIY sound.

Without letting go of his fascination with ‘Beatlesesque’ melodies, Gonzalez taught himself piano by learning to play Stevie Wonder and Al Green songs, “which all have chord structures I’d not paid much attention to previously. There’s also a lot of emphasis on the bass notes and rhythm of the bass”. He began writing songs harking back to mid 70’s singer-songwriters such as Emmitt Rhodes, whilst maintaining those elements of soul and funk via Sly And The Family Stone and Donny Hathaway.

A summer revisiting early electronic music (White Noise, Mort Garson) encouraged Gonzalez to invest in analogue Korg synthesizers, on which he wrote Excellent Musician.

For the unplanned and partly improvised recording sessions, which took place in 4 days spread out over a few months, Joe Chilton and Euan Hinshelwood (Younghusband) played driving rhythmic bass and saxophone respectively. They were joined in the Lightship45 studio by drummer extraordinaire Bobby Voltaire (Proper Ornaments, Charles Howl) and, with the help of co-producer Rory Atwell, the songs began to advance into a distinctively modern sound.

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released June 30, 2017

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Wesley Gonzalez London, UK

Former Let’s Wrestle frontman and now solo artist. 'Wax Limousine' album OUT NOW.

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