Gus van Go

Gus van Go is a Canadian-American producer, mixer,[1] and musician best known for his work with The Beaches, Metric, Arkells,[2] , The Stills, The Sam Roberts Band, Lowell, Whitehorse,[3], and Hollerado. Some of his other work includes Wintersleep, Michael Rault, Terra Lightfoot, Said The Whale, The Trews, and Priestess. He is also a member of the band Megative, along with Tim Fletcher (ex-lead-singer of The Stills) and Jamaican reggae vocalist Screechy Dan.

Gus van Go
Birth nameGustavo Coriandoli
BornMar del Plata, Argentina
GenresIndie rock
Occupation(s)

Early life

van Go (born Gustavo Coriandoli), was born in Mar Del Plata, Argentina. His family subsequently moved to Montreal and he is now a naturalized American and Canadian citizen.[4]

Career

van Go began his musical career as lead-singer/guitarist for the Montreal cult-band Me Mom & Morgentaler.[5][4] The band established a following in the 1990s, and was known for its extravagant and theatrical live shows.[4] In 1999, over 10,000 attended the band's reunion concert in Quebec City.

In 2001, he moved to New York City, where he met musician and producer Werner F. The two began working together in 2003 when they produced The Stills’ debut album Logic Will Break Your Heart,[6] which received favorable reviews from critics. In 2006 they built The Boiler Room Studio in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY,[4] where they've since produced and mixed many albums[7] including Fast Romantics,[8] Monster Truck, Matt Mays, Glorious Sons, The Elwins, Michael Rault, as well as many popular French language artists from Quebec like Les Trois Accords and Cowboys Fringants.

Van Go currently divides his time between his Brooklyn and Montreal studios.

Awards and Discography

Van Go was personally nominated for a Juno award in 2018 for his work with the group Whitehorse and Singer-songwriter Terra Lightfoot. Both artists’ albums were also nominated for Best Album in the Adult Alternative category that year, each produced and mixed by Gus van Go and his partner Werner F.

He was nominated for an Engineer Of The Year Juno award in 2015 for the Whitehorse album Leave No Bridge Unburned,[9] which took home the Juno award for Alternative Album of the Year.[10]

In 2015, he produced and mixed the album Octobre by French-language neo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants which reached #1 in the Quebec charts, attained gold-record status, and was awarded Rock Album of the Year at the 2016 ADISQ awards ceremonies.

In 2013 and 2010, he was nominated for Producer of The Year at Quebec’s ADISQ awards for his work with Les Trois Accords.

Oceans Will Rise, the third release from The Stills, was awarded a Juno Award for 'Alternative Album of the Year' during the 2009 Juno Awards Gala on March 28, 2009.[11] 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".

Selected discography (P = Produced, M = Mixed)
Release year Artist Album/Single
1995 The Kingpins On the Run (P)
1997 The Kingpins Watch Your Back (P)
1998 The Undercovers Some People - Stomp Records (P)
2001 Smitty's Burnin’ & Shakin’ (P)
2003 The Stills Logic Will Break Your Heart - Vice Records/Atlantic (P/M)
2005 Priestess Hello Master - RCA/Indica[12] (P/M)
2006 The Stills Without Feathers - Vice Records/Atlantic (P/M)
2006 Vulgaires Machins Compter Les Corps - Indica Records (P/M)
2006 Xavier Caféïne Gisèle - Indica Records (M)
2007 The Shakes Faces We Make When We Dance (P/M)
2008 The Trews No Time for Later - Bumstead/Universal (P/M)
2008 The Stills Oceans Will Rise - Arts & Crafts (P/M)
2009 The Junction Another Link in the Chain (P/M)
2009 Chinatown Cité d’or - Tacca (P/M)
2009 Les Trois Accords Dans Mon Corps - Indica Records (P/M)
2009 Low Level Flight Through These Walls (P/M)
2010 Vulgaires Machins Requiéme Pour Les Sourds - Indica Records (P/M)
2010 Hollerado Record In A Bag - Royal Mountain Records (P/M)
2010 Ariel Après Le Crime - Tacca (P/M)
2011 Neverending White Lights Act III: Love Will Ruin (M)
2011 Monster Truck The Brown EP - Dine Alone Records (P/M)
2011 The Grates Secret Rituals - Dew Process/Vagrant (P)
2011 Kamakazi Rien à Cacher - Indica Records (P/M)
2012 Amos the Transparent Good Night My Dear… I’m Falling Apart (M)
2012 The Junction Grievances (P/M)
2012 GrimSkunk Set Fire - Indica Records (P/M)
2012 Rah Rah The Poet’s Dead - Hidden Pony (P/M)
2012 Les Trois Accords J'aime Ta Grand-mère - La Tribu (P/M)
2013 Hollerado White Paint - Royal Mountain Records (P/M)
2013 Xavier Caféïne New Love - Indica Records (P/M)
2013 Wildlife On The Heart - Wax Records (P)
2013 Said the Whale Hawaiii - Hidden Pony (M)
2014 Terra Lightfoot Everytime My Mind runs Wild - Sonic Unyon Records (P/M)
2014 Jeremy Fisher The Lemon Squeeze - Hidden Pony (P/M)
2014 Teenage Kicks Spoils of Youth - Rezolute/Universal (M)
2014 In-Flight Safety Conversationalist - Night Danger (M)
2014 Royal Tusk Mountain EP - Hidden Pony (P/M)
2014 Guillaume Beauregard D’Étoiles, de pluie et de cendres - La Tribu (P/M)
2015 The Lazys The Lazys - Pheremone Records (P/M)
2015 Michael Rault Living Daylight - Burger Records (M)
2015 Simon I Simon I - La Tribu (P/M)
2015 The Glorious Sons The Union - Black Box/Universal (M)
2015 The Elwins Play For Keeps - Hidden Pony (M)
2015 Hollerado "Firefly" (single) - Royal Mountain Records (P/M)
2015 Sun K Northern Lies - Maple Music Recordings (M)
2015 Whitehorse Leave No Bridge Unburned - Six Shooter Records (P/M)
2015 Rah Rah Vessels - Hidden Pony (P/M)
2015 Terra Lightfoot Every Time My Mind Runs Wild (Sonic Unyon)[13]
2015 Les Cowboys Fringants Octobre - La Tribu (P/M)
2015 Les Trois Accords Joie d’etre gai - La Tribu (P/M)
2015 Fast Romantics "Julia" (single) (P/M)
2016 Les Handclaps "Sessions: Brooklyn" (P/M) (Handclaps Records)
2016 The Junction "City Light" Single (M) (Culvert Music)
2016 Wintersleep The Great Detachment - Dine Alone (M)
2016 Tuns Mind Over Matter - Royal Mountain (M)
2016 Arkells Morning Report (P) (Universal Music Canada / Last Gang Records)
2016 Sam Roberts "If You Want It" (single) - Universal Music (M)
2017 Fast Romantics American Love - Light Organ (P/M)
2017 Hollerado Born Yesterday - Royal Mountain Records (P/M)
2017 Said the Whale As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide - Hidden Pony (M)
2017 Whitehorse Panther In The Dollhouse - Six Shooter Records (M)
2017 Matt Mays Once Upon A Hell Of A Time - Sonic Records (M)
2017 Terra Lightfoot New Mistakes - Sonic Unyon Records (P/M)
2018 Carmanah Speak In Rhythms (P/M)
2018 Remi Chasse Les Cris et Les Fleurs - Musicor (P/M)
2018 Jill Barber Metaphora - Outside (P/M)
2018 Lowell Lone Wolf - Arts & Crafts (P/M)
2018 Dumas Nos Idéaux - La Tribu (P/M)
2018 Les Trois Accords Tous Le Monde Capote - La Tribu (P/M)
2018 Mordicus Où Sont Les Néons?  (M)
2018 Megative Megative - Last Gang/E-One (P/M)
2018 Modern Space Flip For It - Warner Canada (P/M)
2019 Les Cowboys Fringants Les Antipodes - La Tribu (P/M)
2019 Lily Frost Retro Moderne (P/M)
2019 Guillaume Beuregard Disparition - La Tribu (P/M)
2019 Robert Charlebois Et Voila - La Tribu (P/M)
2019 Hollerado “One Last Dance” (single) - Royal Mountain (P/M)
2019 Maïa Plus Que Vive - Warner Canada (M)
2019 Marie-Eve Roy Multicolore - La Tribu (P/M)
2019 Rheostatics Here Comes The Wolves - Six Shooter (P/M)
2019 Adam Baldwin No Rest For The Wicket - Sonic (P/M)
2019 Anyway Gang Anyway Gang - Royal Mountain (P/M)
2020 Jill Barber Entre Nous - Outside (P/M)
2020 Me Mom & Morgentaler “Racist Friend” (single) (P/M)
2020 Sam Roberts Band All Of Us - Universal (P/M)
2020 Lowell “Lemonade” (single) - Arts & Crafts (P/M)
2020 Whitehorse Modern Love - Six Shooter (M)
2020 Lowell “God Is A Fascist"” (single) - Arts & Crafts (P/M)
2021 Alex Porat "Miss Sick World" (Single) - (M)
2021 Robert Charlebois Charlebois à Ducharme - La Tribu (P/M)
2021 Lowell “Caroline” (single) - Arts & Crafts (P/M)
2021 Whitehorse Strike Me Down - Six Shooter (M)
2021 Les Cowboys Fringants Les Nuits De Repentigny - La Tribu (P/M)
2022 Metric Formentera - (P/M)
2023 Metric Formentera II - (P)
2023 The Beaches Blame My Ex - (P/M)
2023 Sam Roberts Band The Adventures Of Ben Blank - Universal (P/M)

References
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  2. "Who says indie rock can’t be fun? Not Arkells". Toronto Star, Ben Rayner, Aug. 4, 2016
  3. "Best of music in 2015", Maclean's, Adrian Lee and Michael Barclay, December 22, 2015
  4. "PIONNIERS DU PUNK-ROCK QUÉBÉCOIS: Que sont-ils devenus ?". La Presse, Émilie Côté, 20 May2016.
  5. "Conclusion of grandeur". Montreal Mirror, November 8, 2007. Archived at the Wayback Machine.
  6. Doug Levy (10 November 2003). Spotlight on Stills. pp. 28–. ISSN 0890-0795. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  7. "Les Cowboys Fringants: 20 Autumns Later". Words and Music, by Olivier Robillard Laveaux | December 1, 2015
  8. "Fast Romantics frontman nominated for Prism Prize" Archived 2018-04-09 at the Wayback Machine. Metro News, Jennifer Friesen May 21, 2016
  9. "Jean Leloup leads the pack of Quebec Juno nominees". Erik Leijon, Montreal Gazette, February 3, 2016
  10. "Junos award winners include Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Weeknd and Justin Bieber". CBC News, By David Bell, Apr 02, 2016
  11. "Self-proclaimed 'mainstream' Nickelback reigns at Junos". CBC Arts, Mar 29, 2009
  12. Reviews. 2006. pp. 36–. ISSN 1074-6978. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  13. "Terra Lightfoot kicks off big year with confidence-building Blue Rodeo tour". Lynn Saxberg, Ottawa Citizen, February 15, 2016
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