RODION "MEDUSA"
File under: dark funk - electro space - analog grooves

After quite a while, Rodion returns with a new solo single. On LSD!
Rodion dismisses the romantic spaceman suit for a tighter and much darker number on his roman/german label Roccodisco, the house of the Alien Alien.

Just forget the refined and the sweet: this is basically creepy afterhours music, a trip too far gone through obscure and scary galaxies outside the Solar system.
The sound is 100% analog, druggy, mechanical uptempo funk: rumbling basslines, sheer and hallucinogenic synths on top of a seriously raw beat. This time Rodion’s voyage is a no-way-back one.

On the remix duty, we are very proud to feature the Argentinian duo DJS Pareja (Còmeme). Strong, rude, this version takes you to an unpredictable cruising on Planet Medusa. Call it nasty house, or electro macho, this is definitely the sound of a snake-haired nightmare…

Then, to complete the EP, we have Solenoid, one of the wildest Rodion numbers ever: 
a rapsody in gold where out-of-this-world melodies and geometric old-skool grooves melt in a bench chemistry orgy. qJust make sure not to miss it.
Artwork: Massimiliano Amati aka Re delle Aringhe (www.redellearinghe.com)

Catalogue #: ROCCO09
Release: NOVEMBER 17 / 2014
Distr: Groove Attack Digital

RODION - Solenoid

As the Freaky Friday stuff is also to give you some insight into the gusgus production, here is the first demo of a track that later became Another Life on the Mexico album.

Simple 159 V2

"Shake That!" is a song by German band Scooter.  Shake the Mind however is a far superior track by Matt Walsh. It is by all accounts a bit of a belter. 

Matt Walsh has been lurking in our ears for many a year now. We're massive fans of his consistently and increasingly excellent Clouded Vision label. So much so he was one of our early Label Love-ees. With this new release though we think he's really hit on something rather special. 

Mr Daniel Avery has turned in a remix on the flip of this double A-Side but our vote sits firmly in the Original camp on this one... good job he's been so kind as to premiere it really isn't it? 

Ears open... go!

MORE INFO

PREMIERE: Matt Walsh - Shake The Mind - Clouded Vision

DJ.LIBAVA

Forthcoming on Nein
lyrics by Felix Palfray


Fred Berthet  - Tri Bal

Why this is called Test rather than Demo is perhaps because it started out testing new sounds on the Doepfer, but ended as a demodrop.  I think the year is 2005

Test 05 V01

Play List:

1 - Chimes & Bells - The mole
2 - Pional - Into a trap
3 - Martin Daswon & Glimpse - No One Belongs Here More Than You
      (Ewan PearsonRemix) 
4 - Avalanche a.k.a Erol Alkan & Boys Noise) - Terminal Velocity - Ewan Pearson Remix
5 - The shapes of things - The shapes of things
6 - P.W.N - Get Yourself Together
7 - R.A.F - The Rebel
8 - Tood Terje - Raggysh
9 - Valerie Dore - The night

Scratch Massive - Dazed & Confused Podcast

Guerrero

Rebolledo y Daniel Maloso - Venganza Y Seduccion

Saive - Exposure (Snip - out: 2nd June 2017)

Remix done in the Forever period.  You can hear resemblance to the track demo 54 if you listen closely

DMS - Troja (Gusgus remix)

Remix idea of the, track Within you, that was never finished.  Enjoy.

Withinyou (Gusgus remix draft)

Live Bookings: scumeck@mct-agentur.com 
Management & Contact: management@gusgus.com

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