Chilly Gonzales and Boys Noize announce collaborative project Octave Minds

Octave Minds

There’s marvellous news from extraordinaire pianist and all-round talented multi-instrumentalist and producer Chilly Gonzales. After having had his 2010 album, Ivory Tower, produced by Boys Noize, Gonzales is again teaming up with the Berlin based producer. Comes September, the pair will release their debut collaborative album under the moniker Octave Minds. Good news always come adorned with sounds so here’s the first beautiful cut, ‘In Silence’, to entice you.

Gonzales set to release Solo Piano II in August

Chilly Gonzales has announced the release date for his new album of solo piano compositions entitled Solo Piano II.

Gonzales moved his piano to Studio Pigalle in Paris and in just ten days he recorded the album’s fourteen tracks, short listed from about a hundred melodies written since his 2006 ‘s Solo Piano.

As explained in the press release, “hour upon hour, the purest and most microscopic process of recording took place. Chilly Gonzales played all the songs over and over and over again, until each one’s essence had been captured”

Solo Piano II will be released on August 28th via Arts & Crafts.

Ahead of the album release, and to get us even more excited about it, Gonzales dropped a two-minute album teaser. Watch it beneath.