Canadian Wins Grammy for Contributions to Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories

January 27, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Lost in the minutiae of all the nominations, winners and losers at the Grammys last night was the fact that a Canadian picked up a Grammy for Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories.

Montreal’s Chilly Gonzales had a hand in two songs from the album: “Give Life Back” and “Within.” His contributions were admittedly minor, but Daft Punk insisted in including him as part of their nomination. Read more here.

(Via FYI Music)

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