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'''Jason Charles Beck''' (born 20 March 1972), professionally known as '''Chilly Gonzales''' or just '''Gonzales''', is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and producer. Currently based in [[Paris]], France, he previously lived for several years in Cologne and Berlin.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/chilly-gonzales|title=Chilly Gonzales|date=14 May 2017|publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|access-date=10 October 2017}}</ref><ref name=Guardian2009 >{{cite news |title=Gonzales sets world record for longest solo concert: The Canadian musician played for 27 hours, three minutes and 44 seconds at a Paris theatre – and sleep-walked his way through 300 songs |last=Michaels |first=Sean |date=20 May 2009 |newspaper=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/may/20/gonzales-longest-solo-concert}}</ref> Gonzales’ career spans numerous genres. He is known for his rap albums, his collaborations with pop musiciansmusician [[Feist (singer)|Feist]] and rapper [[Drake (musician)|Drake]], his albums of classical piano compositions (including the ''Solo Piano'' trilogy), and for his collaborations with electronic musicians [[Daft Punk]] and [[Boys Noize]], the latter of whom he also produces under the moniker '''Octave Minds'''. In 2022, he and [[Richie_Hawtin|Plastikman]] released a piano rework of the latter's 1998 minimal techno classic album ''[[Consumed (Plastikman album)|Consumed]]'' in collaboration with Canadian musician [[Tiga_(musician)|Tiga]], titled "Consumed in Key".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/consumed-in-key-a-compelling-reinterpretation-of-plastikman-s-1998-album-consumed/article_c602cc3a-e0ad-5a6e-979b-86d7a24a0a90.html|title='Consumed In Key' a compelling reinterpretation of Plastikman's 1998 album 'Consumed'|publisher=Toronto Star|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
 
Gonzales broadcasts a web series ''Pop Music Masterclass'' on WDR, the documentary ''Classical Connections'' on BBC Radio 1, ''The History of Music'' on Arte, and ''Music's Cool with Chilly Gonzales'' on Apple Music's Beats1 radio show. He has written several newspaper and magazine opinion pieces in ''The Guardian'', ''Vice'', ''Billboard'', and others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6509204/chilly-gonzalez-chambers-interview|title=Chilly Gonzalez Explains Why the Classical Music World Should Stop Resisting Rap & Pop Music|magazine=Billboard|access-date=30 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/31/chilly-gonzales-musical-tropes-2014|title=Chilly Gonzales on musical tropes in 2014: when the chord progression died|last=Gonzales|first=Chilly|date=31 December 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=30 October 2017|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/59b9vq/musical-genius-chilly-gonzales-explains-the-history-of-pop-music|title=musical genius chilly gonzales explains the history of pop music|date=17 February 2015|work=I-d|access-date=30 October 2017}}</ref> He is the younger brother of film composer [[Christophe Beck]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aesop.com/de/de/r/the-fabulist/chilly-gonzales/|author=Thomas Chatterton Williams|title=In conversation with Chilly Gonzales|date=February 2020|access-date=16 September 2021}}</ref> Gonzales won a Grammy award for his work on Daft Punk's 2013 studio album ''[[Random Access Memories]]''.<ref name="44-second-piano-solo">{{cite news|first=Neil |last=McCormick |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/11506323/I-got-a-Grammy-for-a-44-second-piano-solo.html |title=I got a Grammy for a 44-second piano solo |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=6 April 2015 |access-date=7 January 2016}}</ref>