Gus Gus - Purple ( Atomise Bootleg ) music video
GUS GUS ( http://gusgus.com/ )
GusGus, Iceland's leading techno-/soul band saw the light of day for the first time in 1995, during a break in the making of the shortcut "Pleasure". Initially GusGus was as a multimedia collective that combined sexually tinged dance music with visual arts and shorts made by the group's members.
A self-titled debut album appeared on their Kjól & Anderson imprint in conjunction with the screening of "Pleasure" and immediately caused a buzz on the scene in their native land. Eventually its euphoric grooves and sensual beats reached the demanding ears of UK's 4AD Records, which signed the band in 1996. After the release of their 4AD debut and second album "Polydistortion," the collective started touring relentlessly to a wide acclaim that has been enforced to this day.
They released their eighth album, Arabian Horse, in 2011.
Gus Gus has had a varied lineup, including:
* Birgir Þórarinsson (a.k.a. Biggi Veira or Biggo)
* Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson
* Magnús Jónsson (a.k.a. Blake)
* Sigurður Kjartansson (a.k.a. Siggi Kinski)
* Stefán Árni Þorgeirsson
* Hafdís Huld Hákonardóttir
* Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir
* Urður Hákonardóttir (a.k.a. Earth)
* Magnús Guðmundsson (a.k.a. Herb Legowitz a.k.a. Buckmaster DeLaCruz, The Fox, Fuckmaster, or Herr Legowitz)
* Stephan Stephensen (a.k.a. President Bongo, Alfred More, or President Penis)
* Baldur Stefánsson
Several lineup changes have occurred, and their current incarnation consists of three members (President Bongo, Daniel Agust and Biggi Veira). After their third album, This Is Normal, the filmmaking arm of Gus Gus (Kjartansson and Árni Þorgeirsson) split off to form the production company Celebrator, now known as Arni & Kinski, which has produced award-winning advertisements and videos.[citation needed] A few former members such as Hafdís Huld, Blake, and Daníel Ágúst have gone solo, most notably though Emilíana Torrini, who provided a song for the soundtrack to Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
Gus Gus's music is eclectic, and although primarily classified with techno, trip-hop and house music, they have experimented with numerous other styles. They have also remixed several famous artists, including Björk, Depeche Mode, Moloko, and Sigur Rós. Added to this they released the song Desire with Ian Brown in January 2004.
ATOMISE ( http://www.atomise.cz/ )
Jarda Bednar and Gary Rostock started working together in late 2007 and quickly realised that they have a great musical rapport. Coming from opposite musical extremes they brought something new to each others... style. J Bednar has been working on electronic music for some time now. Gary...s background centres around the Manchester rock/indie scene of the 80s and 90s playing with Easterhouse, James and Steve Diggle (Buzzcocks).Gary relocated to the Cz Rep and his interest in music was rekindled by meeting new people with new ways of thinking. Gary and Jarda began collaborating after Jarda introduced G to the joys of bass sequencers that can make you feel sick and music that somehow reminded him of Kraftwerk but with a half a litre of sulphate added. To stop themselves going insane during the long suicidal winter nights they began to produce something original and well out of sync with most of what exists here: music that incorporates the beats, rhythms and undulating melodies of electronica with lyrics that are meant to show sexuality, desire, tolerance, intolerance, love, hate and the sheer intensity that these things do to the world. The idea is to present electronic music that rips your guts to pieces and also leaves you with a sense of harmony/melody and a textual discordance.