The multi-talented composer, musician, rapper, Guinness World Record holder and Grammy Award winner Chilly Gonzales was born Jason Charles Beck in Montreal in 1972. Beck's talents are so wide ranging that attempts to apply a genre to his music are futile. As a performer he effortlessly straddles the world of pop, rock, classical and many other kinds of music in between. He is an accomplished pianist, producer, composer, rapper and singer and somehow manages to combine these roles with his other activities as a screenwriter and actor.Beck comes from a musical family (his brother Christophe is a well respected film score composer) and studied classical music and piano at Canada's McGill University. He began his musical career with the alternative rock band Son and the band's debut album 'Thriller' was moderately successful. However, disappointed with the way his musical career was progressing in Canada, Beck relocated to Berlin and re-invented himself as an experimental pop artist, declared himself president of the Berlin Underground movement and adopted the stage name Chilly Gonzales. Beck's career began to take off and his single 'Let's Groove Again' became a dance floor hit in Europe. Since those early days Beck's career has taken off in many different directions. He is probably best known for his classical piano albums but he has also had many collaborations with artists such as Jarvis Cocker, Puppetmastaz and Daft Punk. In 2018 he released details of his music school The Gonzervatory in Paris where students can sign up to receive one-to-one tuition with the man himself.Artist biography compiled by BDS/West 10. All rights reserved
