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Chilly Gonzales: Barbican, London

Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 21 October 2012

"HARMONY'S FRENCH, but the melancholy melody's so Slavic," raps Chilly Gonzales, words tumbling out in a Canadian-accented torrent. "Whether I rap fast or slow, the rap flow's polysyllabic." He removes his hands from the piano keyboard to tug at the collar of his bathrobe, and smiles.

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