GusGus

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GusGus is an electronic band from Reykjavík, Iceland. They were founded in 1995. The group's discography consists of nine studio albums.

 

Initially formed as a film and acting collective, the group became mostly known for its electronic music. GusGus has had a varied lineup, including the following:

 

Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson

Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir

Magnús Jónsson (a.k.a. Blake)

Hafdís Huld Þrastardóttir

Urður Hákonardóttir (a.k.a. Earth)

Högni Egilsson

Birgir Þórarinsson (a.k.a. Biggi Veira or Biggo)

Magnús Guðmundsson (a.k.a. Maggi Lego, Herb Legowitz, Hunk of a Man, Buckmaster De La Cruz, The Fox, ****master, or Herr Legowitz)

Stephan Stephensen (a.k.a. President Bongo, Alfred More, or President Penis)

Sigurður Kjartansson (a.k.a. Siggi Kinski)

Stefán Árni Þorgeirsson

Baldur Stefánsson

Ragnheiður Axel

Páll Garðarsson

 

 

Its 2015 incarnation consists of four members (President Bongo, Biggi Veira, Urður Hákonardóttir and Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson). After the group's third album, This Is Normal (1999), the filmmaking arm of GusGus (Kjartansson and Árni Þorgeirsson) split off to form the production company Celebrator, now known as Arni & Kinski, which has produced advertisements and videos. A few former members such as Hafdís Huld, Blake, and Daníel Ágústhave gone solo, most notably though Emilíana Torrini, who provided a song for the soundtrack of Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

 

GusGus' music is eclectic, and although primarily classified as techno, trip-hop, and house music, the band has experimented with numerous other styles. It has also remixed several famous artists, including Björk, Depeche Mode, Moloko, and Sigur Rós. In January 2004, GusGus released the song "Desire" with Ian Brown. A remix of the track "Purple" appeared on Paul Oakenfold's trance compilation Tranceport.

 

 

The band's name refers to the 1974 German film Ali: Fear Eats the Soul by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, where a female character is cooking couscous for her lover, pronouncing it Gusgus. The band regards it as a sex reference. Wikipedia

 

GusGus on: Spotify | Apple Music

 

 

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They're great, I had the luck to interview them few years ago in Barcelona after a concert they did and I'll never forget that night. 

The members that are more active now are Baldur, Ágúst and Högni,

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and they will release soon their next album, called Lies Are More Flexible. Featherlight, the second song included in the first message, will be part of it.