{"id":78334,"date":"2022-09-01T19:03:53","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T23:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/?post_type=interviews&#038;p=78334"},"modified":"2022-09-01T19:03:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T23:03:56","slug":"jose-gonzalez-imagines-a-new-better-world","status":"publish","type":"interviews","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/interviews-panm360\/jose-gonzalez-imagines-a-new-better-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez imagines a new, better world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0With his calming, cool Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez, has been compared to the likes of a contemporary Nick Drake. Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019s newest album, <em>Local Valley<\/em>, is his deepest and most philosophical album yet, with songs about love, death, humanism, and futurism, Gonz\u00e1lez imagines a world that reverts back to a somewhat tribal point of view\u2014where everyone depended on each other in a global village. For example, the song \u201cVisions\u201d could also be called Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019s magnum opus.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We spoke with Gonz\u00e1lez about parenthood, his artistic style, and dancing apes, as he was pushing his one-year-old son, Matteo, in his stroller, through a park in Gothenburg, Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/placedesarts.com\/en\/event\/jose-gonzalez\">Jose Gonz\u00e1lez plays tonight at Theatre Maisonneuve &#8211; tickets here<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pan M 360: Where are you right now?<\/strong><br><br><strong>Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez:<\/strong> I\u2019m actually just walking right now with my boy. He should be sleeping but he\u2019s not. He\u2019s one year old. I\u2019m just walking through Slotsugen park in Gothenburg, Sweden.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360: You weren\u2019t a father when you released <em>Vestiges &amp; Claws<\/em>. How has becoming a parent changed your perspective on songwriting?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>: The period of time when I was about to become a dad and then became a dad, there were some changes in life, natural changes. Trying to go and see every band that came to town to be OK with not seeing them. I definitely think more about what I value each week. It\u2019s a bit more calm living. As for the music, I didn\u2019t feel as rushed to write local Valley and I let it take the time it did. The pandemic gave me even more time. I think you can sense that when you compare the two albums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360: That calmed state of mind?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>: Yes. With <em>Vestiges &amp; Claws <\/em>I had high ambitions with the type of songs I would write. I tried to only do it with one guitar but had to do overdubs. So I think I let go of some of my youth, dogmatic standards.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360: This is probably you\u2019re biggest album, theme-wise. You\u2019re speaking or singing to humanity as a whole. Would you say that introspection came from being a new father.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>: I would say partly. With <em>Vestiges &amp; Claws I was inspired by humanism, effective altruism, and t<\/em>he long future\u2026 not only for humans but all sentient beings. In a way, I was already there, but with kids, it gave me more perspective and felt more real in a way. These discussions are a bit abstract, about how civilization might look in 100 or 2000 years from now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360: There\u2019s this philosophical narrator approach to the new album as well. You just quoted one of your songs \u201cVisions,\u201d with the whole sentient beings line. It kind of feels like I\u2019m experiencing a university philosophy class all over again.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>: I admit that I\u2019ve been reading more and more over the years. And walking around with the stroller, I get to listen to full books and many of those books are philosophy books. It was kind of fun to release that inner nerd. But yes it\u2019s just like a nerdy science class.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360: The album art was made by your partner, Hannele Fernstr\u00f6m, a designer\/illustrator. Did you two talk about the art or was it just her?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>: We talked a lot. Aesthetically we were both on the same page. We both like Jospeh Frank, the textile designer. We wanted the album cover to be something more colourful. I was involved quite a bit in deciding which animals made the cover too. But once she started doing her thing, it was all her. She\u2019s very into details and we both have very strong opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360: I\u2019m always really excited when there is another album coming from you because they don\u2019t happen every few years. You take time in between your releases, especially in this day and age when musicians release albums every one-two years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>: Yes I definitely take my time. I had my demos half ready for a while and with<em> Local Valley, I waited until my daughter went to preschool and then really dedicated time to working on it. I was relaxed, but it came from being frustrated about<\/em> not having the time as a new father. I was still playing and yes, I can bang out a song by just playing, but I wouldn\u2019t like it. The way I work is I sit and write with complex chords or amazing arpeggios and from that demo, the finished song can take years. It\u2019s mainly about combining and finding the lyrics perfectly sit. I need meaning too. So yeah, I\u2019m a slow writer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360: You sing in Spanish, Swedish, and English on <em>Local Valley<\/em>. Have you tried that before?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>: Yes, but it never quite fit. I tried that on <em>Vestiges &amp; Claws<\/em>, but it was easier to sing in English in the end. But I felt it was kind of weird to be this Swedish, Argentinian artist who only sings in English. So this time it felt very natural.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PAN M 360: You said that it\u2019s important for you to find meaning in your songs, but your song \u201cSwing\u201d is a dance track about, moving your body and being free. It\u2019s not a huge idea&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>: Yes when I say meaning I mean working on many different layers, with the rhythms, and from an album point of view, I tried to have other layers. So I have some songs with the drum machine and playing around with loops. I wanted many different styles on the album. So songs about death, but also a song about moving your body. \u201cSwing\u201d isn\u2019t deep but it does serve a purpose on the album. In my mind, I was thinking about \u201cHappy\u201d by Pharell Williams, When I saw videos of people dancing in secret to that song, undercover, I guess I was inspired by that. It\u2019s not in the lyrics, but it does highlight that, independent of your sexual orientation or religion, we\u2019re basically apes that like dancing.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0With his calming, cool Jos\u00e9 Gonz\u00e1lez, has been compared to the likes of a contemporary Nick Drake. 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