Dear all,

This is my little contribution to celebrate 25 years of Gus Gus music. Over the time the Gus Gus archive has been constantly growing. To pick and sort out songs has been a terrible job because so many beautiful tracks didn't make it in the mixtape. With the listeners aside I tried to go through 25 years of creative and always innovative Gus Gus music - album by album. One can hear the developing of new sounds since 1999 when Biggi started to play around with Doepfers synths.
It always has been a delicate pleasure to listen to Gus Gus music. It is a part of my life to listen to it, dream to it, dance to it, be creative with and through it and much more.
So all members of the past and in the future I thank you for this golden gift with the bottom of my heart!
X-tra large thanks to Biggi Veira - the Mastermind behind the keys.Stay the ride !

Tilmann Alexander Stoll

Note: I don't own any rights of this music, all rights reserved. Please support the artists, stop streaming and buy the original tracks!

Dj Tilmann - GusGus 25 year anniversary mix

The backbone of the track Chernobyl is this melody on a modular patch that was created with on oscillator fluctuating in pitch, but in scale, and the others set so performing scaled pitch-shifting on a manual controller could be part of the performance.

Simple 317 - Chernobil (Stripped)

Still an unused demo.  This is written for this modular patch focusing on hard-syncing two oscillators with inverted modulation for stereo imaging.

Simple 319 - Unfinished V01

The backbone of the track Unfolder is this thundering sound created by having two oscillators, split in stereo, taking turns gliding up and back down in pitch, in scale and very fast.  when the LFO controlling the modulation slows down you are in for a treat.

Simple 314 - Unfolder (stripped)

The first demo of Stay the Ride was bit faster and more nasty sounding on that crazy arpeggio.

Stay The Ride - First demo (Simple 308 V01)

The first demo of Rink had already captured that dark-wave wibe but the cordprogression in the corus was different.  More interesting perhaps?

The Rink - First Demo (Simple 302 V01)

Cristmas Demo 2024 (S344V02)

Biggi Veira's Dj Set at Sonar Reykjavik 2015, Enjoy.

Biggi Veira, Sonar 2015 Reykjavik Dj Set

1999.  Gusgus in there last days in the breakbeatish era are touring Europe. There is a day off in Paris with nothing to do!  Good opportunity to ditch the singers and explore the live set, instrumental, at some Gay Club.  Includes probably the weirdest tribute to Patrick Cowley ever, called Megatron Mench. 

Released on CD as a French promotion only.

Mix@Respect

Gusgus live @ Nasa 2011.06.18.  Add this Song.  Legendary Performance including Earth drooping one of her solo songs at the tail and Högni stepping up in the bridge

Add this Song (live@Nasa 2011.06.18)

Always amazing times in Moscow.  Here is Selfoss from August 2015

Selfoss (Live In Moscow 2015)

Some Remixes where more fun than others.  I guess with Supermax, it was more than his track that we Re-mixed.  I think President Bongo basically Re-mixed his look as his own.

Love Machine (Gusgus Remix)

This week it's again a special one. In 2014 we had a wonderful remix contest with lots of excellent tracks. From all of them we liked this one very much. So please enjoy and share and hear the airwaves coming. Happy easter!

Gusgus - Airwaves (Attmoss Remix)

This freaky friday GusGus is on air @KenFM
Check out Earth 's vocals on some special versions.
Last track is unreleased - only live for you - please share!

GusGus on air (KenFM)

The Underwater years from 2002 and 2004 gave birth to the new Gusgus setup with Earth as the lead singer.  The involvement of Darren Emersons label manager and his successful selection off remixers for the hit "David" was important part of re-establishing this new lineup.  This was not the first interaction of the band with Darren Emerson and his label as the first release on his label was the track with Tworld, Anthem in 1994.  As some of you might know Tworld merged into Gusgus when the band was formed in 1995.  Here is one of these remixes of David, carefully remastered for you.

David (King Brit Mix)

Working towards the 24/7 album in 2007 to 2009 it was clear that the new album would be change in feel.  Earth as just left and Daniel was on the sideline ready to participate if needed.  The feel was explored with various demos.  Most of them in relation with the Techno genre.  Here is one from 2008.  Demo 111

Gusgus - Demo 111

Interesting demo from the Mexico period.  Testing out the VP-550.  We did not find usage for it on the album though.  If you come up with a vocal hook on top of this please send us.

Gusgus - Demo 211 V01 Part1

Just found this mix of few Gusgus songs, nice blend i think... get freaky with it!

Biggi Veira - Electro Shock Dj set

The track Deep Inside was the only track that did not emerge from the "Summer House sessions" in the winter of 2009.  The first version was done as one of many ideas for Earth's track "Why you Wanna" later to be released on Gong Ho Records.  As Earth selected some other solution to her track an instrumental version was dropped for later thoughts.  At one of Daniels visit to the studio we where searching through some demos to see if any could be of use.  We picked this one and did some further experiments with it, adding the base line for example.  Much later Högni arrived at the stage adding his bit. Here are both these version, the original instrumental and the version that came out of the "With Daniel" experiments.

Deep Inside demo V01

Deep Inside demo V09

Second part of Biggi Veira's Dj Set in Queretaro 7.10.2017.

Biggi Veira - Dj Set - Queretaro - Part2

Done in 1999 a remix for the Icelandic duo Bang Gang.  Not sure if it was ever released but it has a nice St. Etienne feel about it.

Bang Gang - SacredThings(Gusgus remix)

Arabian Horse V01

Gusgus performing Within You at the Besta festival the summer of 2011

Withinyou (Live @ Besta)

One of the first summerhouse demos from late 2009 that started Arabian Horse.  This idea is the first glimpse of the track Over.  I guess the next day we recorded the first draft of Daniels vocal.  Much later the the track was finished with changed cord arrangement in the chorus.

Sveito V03 (later to be Over)

Biggi Veira - Petersburg Dj Set (2019.09.29)

Remixes are more flexible - Part 2

Lifetime (Raxon Remix)

Out Of Place

Don't Know How To Love (MINDSKAP Remix)

Wen doing one remix of Ladyshave in 1999, biggi veira asked Bongo to find his favorite drum and bass track and pitch it down from 45 to 33.3 to get the drums for the mix.  We then had Bongos ex girlfriend do a take on the vocal and added some synth shit.  Here is the result

Ladypunk

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BIO:
The Icelandic band Gus Gus originally spawned from a shortcut made by Siggi Kjartansson and Stefán Árni (a.k.a. Arni & Kinski) called “Pleasure”. Initially the band was acclaimed as an avant-garde collective of musicians, producers, filmmakers and performers. They mixed together different mediums to create a unique mixture of sound and vision. Their trademark style is combined with funky bass, streamlined synths and the intelligent use of technology and art. Árni & Kinski did the visual part and the musical side was driven by Birgir Þórarinsson (a.k.a. Veiran), Stephan Stephenssen (a.k.a President Bongo), Magnús Guðmundsson (a.k.a. Herb Legowitz). The live band was fronted by singers Daníel Ágúst, Hafdís Huld and Magnús Jónsson (a.k.a. Blake).

Gus Gus is an electronic soul band formed in 1995. A short break in a making of the shortcut made it possible for the first Gus Gus self-titled album to be born. In 1996 the band signed to 4AD Records that released their widely acclaimed second album “Polydistortion”. "This Is Normal" followed in 1999 and finally "Gus Gus vs T-World" appeared in 2000. During the 4AD years, Gus Gus started touring massively, stirring the music world with their powerful live-show. The touring life was stressful for the nine some and eventually called for changes within the line up. Six original members left and the three remaining producers (Veiran, President Bongo and Herb Legowitz) soon found hope in a new female singer, Earth aka Urður Hákonardóttir. The band has ever since focused on being a musical entity. 

In 2002 Gus Gus re-appeared with their 4th studio album "Attention" which includes their most successful dance floor hit “David”. On the album the band teamed up with the legendary producer Gareth Jones and Finnish multi-instrumentalist Jimi Tenor. The album demonstrates a sharply focused club-band full of creativity and even more energetic than ever. Daníel Ágúst

Gus Gus released there 8th studio album, Mexico, on Kompakt, Germany in June 2014

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