Gus van Go is a

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, mixer, and musician. He is best known for his work with the Montreal band

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, with credits for production, mixing, writing and arranging three albums and one EP with the band. He has also produced and mixed material for a number or artists, including

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, The Sam Roberts Band,

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, ''

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'',

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, Said The Whale,

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, 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.

Early life

van Go (born Gustavo Coriandoli), was born in

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, Argentina. His family subsequently moved to

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and he is now a naturalized Canadian citizen."PIONNIERS DU PUNK-ROCK QUÉBÉCOIS: Que sont-ils devenus ?"
''La Presse'', Émilie Côté, 20 May2016.

Career

van Go began his musical career as lead-singer/guitarist for the Montreal cult-band

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."Conclusion of grandeur"
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'', November 8, 2007. Archived at th
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The band established a following in the 1990s, and was known for its extravagant and theatrical live shows. In 1999, over 10,000 attended the band's reunion concert in

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City. In 2001, he moved to

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, where he met musician and producer Werner F. The two began working together in 2003 when they produced

’ debut album ''

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'', which received favorable reviews from critics. In 2006 they built The Boiler Room Studio in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, where they've since produced and mixed many albums including

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, 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

Van Go was personally nominated for a Juno award in 2018 for his work with the group

and Singer-songwriter

. 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

album ''

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'', which took home the Juno award for Alternative Album of the Year. In 2015, he produced and mixed the album ‘’Octobre'' by French-language neo-trad band

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which reached #1 in the Quebec charts, attained gold-record status, and was awarded Rock Album of the Year at the 2016

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awards ceremonies. In 2013 and 2010, he was nominated for Producer of The Year at Quebec’s

awards for his work with

Les Trois Accords Les Trois Accords is a Canadian rock band from Drummondville, Québec. The band launched its first album, ''Gros Mammouth Album,'' in 2003. Some of the songs from that album, include "''Hawaïenne''", "''Saskatchewan''" and "''Lucille''". Their ...

. ''

Oceans Will Rise ''Oceans Will Rise'' is the third and final album by Montreal indie rock band the Stills, released August 19, 2008. In late 2007, Toronto-based record label Arts & Crafts signed the band to a worldwide recording deal. Once again working with p ...

'', 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."Self-proclaimed 'mainstream' Nickelback reigns at Junos"
''CBC Arts'', Mar 29, 2009 In 2008,

Vulgaires Machins Vulgaires Machins is a French Canadian punk rock group from Granby, Quebec. The group consists of Guillaume Beauregard (vocals, guitars), Marie-Ève Roy (vocals, guitars), Maxime Beauregard (bass) and Patrick Landry (drums). Their lyrics de ...

’ ''Compter Les Corps'' (another Gus van Go & Werner F production) was nominated for a

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for "Best French-Language Album".

Selected discography (P = Produced, M = Mixed)

References

External links

M pour Montreal

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