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Gus Van Go

Gustavo Coriandoli (born October 5, 1969 in Mar Del Plata, Argentina) is a Canadian musician and record-producer best known for his work with the Montreal band The Stills. He has also produced and mixed material for The Trews, Hollerado, Priestess, Ryan Malcolm, The Junction, Neverending White Lights, and many more. Van Go, who is a naturalized Canadian citizen currently divides his time between Montreal, QC and Brooklyn, NY. He is currently working on the third album by Australian indie-pop group The Grates

In 2009, van Go won an “Alternative Album of the Year” Juno Award – the award given to Canadian musical artists as chosen by members of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences – for his work on The Stills’ album Oceans Will Rise.

In 2010, he and his co-producer Werner F were nominated for Producer of The Year at Quebec’s ADISQ awards for their work with the band Les Trois Accords. The pair also had three albums nominated for the Album of the Year ADISQ that year: Dans Mon Corps (Les Trois Accords); Requiem Pour Les Sourdes (Vulgaires Machins); and Cité D’Art (Chinatown_(band)).

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”.

Early Career

Van Go began his musical career as singer, guitarist and songwriter for the seminal Montreal indie-band Me Mom & Morgentaler. The band established a loyal cult following in the early 90s, and were known for their extravagant and theatrical live shows. Most notably, in 1999, over 10,000 people showed up for the band's farewell show in Quebec City.

In 1996, he moved to New York City, where he met musician and producer Werner F, who had previously worked with Paul Westerberg, Bob Mould, Hall & Oates, Cactus, and many others. After the success of The Stills’ 2003 debut Logic Will Break Your Heart, the pair decided to continue working together and have gone on to co-produce many albums - creating a strong link between the music scenes of NYC, Toronto and Montreal.

In 2008, van Go co-founded the record label Royal Mountain Records with Adam ‘Bix’ Berger, a former member of Me Mom & Morgentaler and a current artist-manager with the Canadian record label Arts & Crafts. In 2009, Royal Mountain Records released Hollerado’s debut Record in a Bag.

Discography

Recordings produced by Gus Van Go include:

Currently in Production: The Grates “Title TBA”
2010: Monster Truck “Self-Titled” EP
2010: Neverending White Lights “Title TBA”(MIXED)
2010: Ariel “Apres Le Crime” (Tacca)
2010: Hollerado “Record In A Bag”
2009: Vulgaires Machins “Requiem Pour Les Sourds”
2009: Low Level Flight “Title TBA”
2009: Les Trois Accords “Dans Mon Corps”
2009: Chinatown “Cite D’art”
2009: The Junction “Another Link In The Chain”
2008: The Stills “Oceans Will Rise”
2007: The Shakes “Faces We Make When We Dance”
2007: The Trews “No Time For Later”
2006: Xavier Cafeine “Giselle”
2006: Vulgaires Machins “Compter Les Corps”
2006: The Stills “Without Feathers”)
2005: Priestess “Hello Master”
2003: The Stills “Logic Will Break Your Heart”
2001: Smitty’s “Burnin’ & Shakin’”
1999: The Undercovers “Some People”
1997: The Kingpins “Watch Your Back”
1995: The Kingpins “On the Run”

External links

• M pour Montreal
• Musique Plus