GusGus debut video for "Add This Song" ; "24/7" out this September on Kompakt
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by jack s [More from this Author]  GusGus return with their latest album "24/7" which is out 9.14. Their latest video for their first single "Add This Song" is a trippy journey through a hospital and morgue. Leave it up to GusGus to somehow make it sexy. Keep an eye out for the face licking.
Icelandic, electronic veterans GusGus join the Kompakt family with their upcoming LP "24/7". With acclaim from close-knit dance circles and crossover appeal suited for indie crowds, their upcoming LP delivers on the moody eclectism they are known for returning to form that we haven't heard since their classic "Polydistortion" on 4AD. Kompakt just released the lead single "Add This Song" as a 12' with remixes from Lopazz & Zarook, Gluteus Maximus, and Patrick Chardronnet. Resident Advisor had some nice things to say about it.
watch video HERE
directed by Heimir Sverrisson and Jon Atli Helgason.
GusGus 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 it's euphoric grooves and sensual beats reached the demanding ears of UK's 4AD Records that signed the band in 1996. By and since 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.
1999 brought the highly acclaimed and anticipated "This Is Normal". By then the group had become celebrated remixers with mixes of fellow native stars Björk and Sigur Rós and also the international ones like Depeche Mode, Pizzicato 5 and Moloko up their sleeves. Their fourth studio effort, "Attention", featured a new line-up and a new female vocalist, Urður "Earth" Hákonardóttir. Being a foursome GusGus became enormously focused on the thing that made the group known in the first place, the music.
They released their fifth album, Forever, in February/March 2007. Forever brought more streamlined grooves into the sound world of GusGus and anthems like "Need in Me" and "Moss". GusGus maintained a steady presence to the public and their massive following as DJs. "Forever" was released on Pineapple Records and followed by massive touring where the band performed the tour circuit including major festivals like Glastonbury, Split, Creamfields and Benecassim.
Now with their sixth album, "24/7" (available September 14, 2009) they join the Kompakt family. 2009 sees GusGus as a new experience in sound and vision brought forth by Daníel Ágúst, President Bongo and Veiran.
GusGus "24/7"
Out September 14th worldwide
1. Thin Ice
2. Hateful
3. On The Job
4. Take Me Baby (feat. Jimi Tenor)
5. Bremen Cowboy
6. Add This Song
press materials: http://www.kompakt.fm/artists/gusgus
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Re: GusGus debut video for "Add This Song" ; "24/7" out this September on Kompakt
Iceland's eclectic Gus Gus returns with "24/7" this September on Kompakt