A collage of stuttering drums and dirty south beats, 8 bit nintendo sounding bleeps, dreamy pyschedelic guitar, and some grimey bass.

14 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Post-Rock/Experimental, ELECTRONIC: Electronica



Details:
Ernest Gonzales is a "Hyphenated American" aka Hispanic, Chicano, Latino, or Mexican -- whatever you want to call it. He grew up next door to the Alamo, but his Spanish is muy pequito. Gonzales is the only child of an electrician father and a Home Depot customer service rep mom. Latch-key only child = video games, drawing trees, making bow and arrows, too much MTV, and pizza pockets. Somehow in between summer engineering camps Gonzales decided to go to art school, but he has no plans of painting the Virgen de Guadalupe.

During college, Gonzales began experimenting with music production using old school computer programs called trackersâ¦he also used scholarship money to buy his first drum machine and upgraded software. (See kids...it does pay off to make good grades.) Upon graduation, Gonzales started Exponential, an indie hip hop/electronic record label based in San Antonio. The labelâs first release is a mix called River Walk Riots by DJ Jester the Filipino Fist. (A fellow Texan and member of Kid Koalaâs turntable live act).

In the last several years, Gonzales has recorded a handful of underground releases under the alias, Theory of Everything. With each release, Gonzalesâ sound has grown and evolved from experimental hip hop to electronic lullabies inspired by the birth of his first daughter.
In 2006, Gonzales released a label compilation called Collapsing Culture that received praise from both press and radio. ReGen magazine even named Collapsing Culture as one of the best CD's of the year.

With his latest and first official release, While on Saturn's Rings, Gonzales takes his sound in a different direction by incorporating live guitar and allowing more of his influences to surface. While on Saturnâs Rings is playful and psychedelic yet contemplative. The music is a mash up of styles from indie rock and hip hop to 8 bit video games and down south beatsâ¦.but you can call it whatever you want to.