Jean-Phi Goncalves

Jean-Phi Goncalves
Birth name	Jean-Philippe Goncalves
Born	c. 1978 Angoulême, France
Origin	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Indietronica, trip hop
Occupation(s)	percussionist, composer, producer
Instruments	drums, multi-effects devices, electronic instrumentation/programming
Associated acts	Afrodizz Beast Plaster Le Golden

Jean-Philippe "Jean-Phi" Goncalves (born c. 1978, Angoulême, France) is a percussionist and record producer based out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

An active member of Montreal's electronic music scene, Goncalves provides percussion for the bands Afrodizz, Plaster, Le Golden and Beast. As a producer he has worked with many French-speaking Quebecer musicians and in 2005 he collaborated with American recording artist Lauryn Hill.

The musician was particularly busy at the 2005 Festival de Musique Émergente (FME)—an annual new music festival held in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. During the festival he performed on 3 consecutive days for Afrodizz, Plaster and Dan Thouin respectively, causing one reporter to christen him "the star of the FME".

Plaster was formed in 2001 by Goncalves and keyboardist Alex McMahon; a year later they were joined by bassist François Plante, also of Afrodizz. The trio's sound has been described as a mixture of electro-jazz, funk, and drum and bass.

Their first album, First Aid Kit, was released in 2005 and won the ADISQ award for Best Electronic or Techo Album in 2006.

In late 2010, after taking a temporary hiatus from his work with the band Beast, he stated that he would be rejoining the band Plaster.

Afrodizz is an eight-member afrobeat/afrofunk band from Montreal. Their music, a modern mix of afrobeat, jazz and funk, with a touch of trance, has been compared to that of The Herbaliser. Formed in 2002 by Montreal jazz guitarist, Gabriel Aldama, Goncalves has been the band's drummer since its inception.

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