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As the live set is quite versatile one can take tracks in any direction.  Here is one example of where Add this Song can go when you get bored with the vocal version.

Excerpt 2015 01 From The Live Set

Well, there are always some ideas that get stacked under by newer ones.  Here is one exploring some tonal transitions from 2010 that i just stumbled on today.  Oculus our friend did some of the beats in this.

Veiran - Track 13 V01

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)

With Earth's departure Gusgus was forced to tour in the spring of 2008 relying mostly on unfinished tracks planed for the next album release.  These tracks evolved in the live set and in December 2008 the album 24/7 was recorded live @ Tankurinn.  Here is a recording of the track "On the Job" as the band felt it should be performed in October that same year.

On the Job (live @ Roxy 2008.10.23)

Dan Croll - One Of Us

Another track from the Roxy performance in late 2008.  Maybe someone should have added some more effects on the two backing vocal singers?

Moss (live @ Roxy 2008.10.23)

In early 2001 Earth joined Gusgus. New musical direction was taken but the aim was still unclear.  The only thing known was that we wanted to move away from the triphop collective towards more club and electronical orientation.  Numerous exploration where tired and later the album Attention came to life as some mixture of house, 80's and soul.  You already know is one demo that was never finished.  It demonstrates the more house edge that was explored during that time.

You already know

During 1999, Gusgus toured the "This is Normal" album.  Acid Milk was one of the tracks played.  At the end of the track some strings not prior in the album version where added.  In 2000 the band experimented with these string chapter trying to establish a version for a new track called Lactic.  As the initial 1995 formation of the band collapsed in mid 2000 the track was never finished.  Here is the last version of the demo recorded in early 2000.

Lactic (thule V02)

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

Gusgus has not done many B-side tracks. But here is one from 2007 released on a bonus disk with the album Forever in U.K.

He's So Hot

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

Some of you know that Gusgus was quite different in the 90's with loads of different people on board.  That collective collapsed in couple of steps in the late 1999 and early 2000.  Just be for Daniel left, He, Biggi, Siggi and Bongo did couple of demos for a supposed to be the third Gusgus album featuring Daniel as the only singer.  One of these tracks was called Desire and was finished for the album Attention, though Daniel was not in the band.  Here is another one of these demos from march 2000.  Mall of America

Mall of America

Well, well.  Nasa is soon to enter nonexistence.  No proper venue for Reykjavik then.  But while time unfolds what will come here is a recording from one of Gusgus live performances at Nasa.  This one from 2004 featuring Earth performing Daniel Agust track Desire.

Desire (Live airwaves 2004)

Instrumental bounce of add this song from some band practice in 2008

Add This Dub T01

More experiences from 200o when the band was bound to make new path musically due to the departure of all the singers and the lyrics writers.  Gusgus did not go down this progressive trans path but it has, however, lingered.

Exp 2000-09

One of the demos from early 2000 when Gusgus had yet not collapsed and the search for the right feel for the 3rd Gusgus album was heading the electro way.

Slibber

Some old drop of "later to be Bremen Cowboy on the album 24/7".  Done in September 2008.

Bremen dubboy

One of many demos from the Forever period.  This is Demo 77 dropped in february 2005.

Demo 77

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

The period between Forever and 24/7 was the era of exploration.  Here is one exploration embedded in a remix we did for Tómar R. Einarsson.

Tomas R Einarsson - Bassachachacha (GusGus Remix)

In the year 2002, Gusgus was touring the states with the new lineup and album Attention.  One of the tracks in the set was though a cover of old Human League track called "Things that dreams are made of".  Not shure if we have any live recordings of it but here is the lave backup version we did in case of equipment breakdown.

Things that dreams are made of (livebackup)

During the 24/7 period much was tried as some transformation was eminent from the album forever.  Here is one in shuffle beat..

Demo 121

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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