Jose Gonzales

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González was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He has said of the town: "It's a very small town. It has about a half-million people living there. It's a pretty good music city by the ocean. It rains a lot there, but it's beautiful in the summertime." [1] His parents moved from Argentina to Sweden in 1978. González grew up listening to Latin folk and pop music, and has named Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez as a favourite artist.[2] He said the first concert he went to was "The Wailers. I got their autographs and everything. I was about 12 or so. At the time my favourite music was Bob Marley and Michael Jackson." [3] The first band he played in was Back Against the Wall, a Gothenburg hardcore punk band influenced by Black Flag, The Misfits and the Dead Kennedys.[4] He later played bass guitar in another hardcore band, Renascence, between 1993–1998.[5]. Between 1997-1998 Jose played guitar with rock band Only if You Call Me Jonathan. In 2003, he released his debut album, Veneer, in Europe. The album was subsequently released in the UK on 25 April 2005, and in the United States on 6 September 2005. The album was made while González was studying for a PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Gothenburg, which he has not completed due to a lack of time since his musical career has taken off.[6] His trademark sound is solo classical guitar with soft vocal melody. His work, although mostly original, also includes 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, "Teardrop" by Massive Attack and "Last Snowstorm of the Year" by Low. His second album, In Our Nature, was released internationally on 22 September 2007. The album's lyrical content was in part influenced by his reading of books like The God Delusion by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and Practical Ethics by ethicist Peter Singer. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Killing for Love (IKAT Remix) - Single

Killing for Love (IKAT Remix) - Single

Mar/2020

Putin's Puppets

Putin's Puppets

Sep/2019

Mujer Virtuosa

Aug/2019

Dark Reflection

Dark Reflection

Apr/2019

Yo Viviré

Mar/2019

Nada Me Detendrá

Nada Me Detendrá

Mar/2019

Evil

Jun/2018

Star Spangled Banner

Star Spangled Banner

Apr/2018

Alien

Mar/2018

Last Man Standing II

Last Man Standing II

Mar/2018

Last Man Standing

Last Man Standing

Mar/2018

Willie Nelson

Mar/2018

Believe

Feb/2018

Be The One

Jan/2018

Give Me Money

Dec/2017

Kumbaya

Dec/2017

Spinning Fidgeting

Spinning Fidgeting

Dec/2017

Silent Night

Dec/2017

Another Dimension

Another Dimension

Dec/2017

Are You Communicating

Are You Communicating

Nov/2017

Veneer (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Veneer (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Oct/2023

Hand on Your Heart (Live) - Single

Hand on Your Heart (Live) - Single

Sep/2023

Hints (Live) - Single

Hints (Live) - Single

Aug/2023

Local Valley Remixes

Local Valley Remixes

Apr/2023

Local Valley (Deluxe)

Local Valley (Deluxe)

Apr/2023

Head On EP

Mar/2023

Head on (Remixes) - EP

Head on (Remixes) - EP

Mar/2023

Visions EP

Jan/2023

Visions (Remixes) - EP

Visions (Remixes) - EP

Jan/2023

Visions (Ela Minus Remix)

Visions (Ela Minus Remix)

Aug/2022

Visions (Ela Minus Remix) - Single

Visions (Ela Minus Remix) - Single

Aug/2022

Folklore Entre Amigos

Folklore Entre Amigos

Jul/2022

Swing EP

Jun/2022

Swing - EP

Jun/2022

Swing (Remixes) - EP

Swing (Remixes) - EP

Jun/2022

Swing (Solomun Remix)

Swing (Solomun Remix)

May/2022

Swing (Solomun Remix) - Single

Swing (Solomun Remix) - Single

May/2022

El Invento EP

Mar/2022

El Invento (Remixes) - Single

El Invento (Remixes) - Single

Mar/2022

Digno - Single

Nov/2021

Ante tu altar

Apr/2025

La tumba está vacía

La tumba está vacía

Apr/2025

Heartbeats (Logic1000 Remix)

Heartbeats (Logic1000 Remix)

Jul/2025

Crosses (Bibio Remix)

Crosses (Bibio Remix)

Jun/2025

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