Gus Gus have taken to their blog to update their fans with more information about their new album, ‘24/7′, and the future…
Gus Gus, the cosmetic animal, has kept underground as well as on distant
(fishing-)banks for the past few weeks.
GusGus, as you know, is ever searching and plotting, but always returning with a good catch in the stomach, following a well planned search on the analogue fields of Germany..s Bayern as well as in stony
and snow-covered mountain areas of Iceland.
GusGus has kept away from daily toss and toil, consumed good and nourishing food, – making complete use of each and every calorie, because GusGus knows very well that in order to work on difficult and
demanding projects you need the best raw materials available.
Today..s project is the next studio album, their sixth one. This album
has been given the professional name of “24/7″, a name very typical
for GusGus. GusGus is, of course, the multimedia band, an audio-visual
collective that you could often describe as being a triheaded animal.
Some times they remind you of an animal from a different planet or
from an adventure tale, and sometimes they are like a gigantic whale
that scientists follow to previously unknown, munificent fishing
grounds.
It should be obvious that a triheaded animal has three heads – and in this case
their names are Daniel Agust, President Bongo and Veiran. This animal
is superior to other animals, because this animal utilizes technical
aspects produced by men for men, women, and even children. You see,
GusGus had a Bayern genius build a specially designed analogue modules
in a system called Doepfer A-100. The designer who is responsible for
the A-100, Dieter Döpfer, has designed similar instruments for the
last three scores of years, meeting the special needs of various
famous musicians such as GusGus.
The Doepfer-instrument, the A-100, played a major part in GusGus
performances last year. The A-100 sound engrossed the membranes of
astonished concert and club audiences in the international cities of
Reykjavik, Berlin, Moscow and Tokyo – and the reaction from these good
people indicated both pleasure and astonishment. With visual memories
from these cities, GusGus brought the A-100, a sound system for club
performances, their wardrobe, combs and brylcream, to the TANK in
Önundarfjordur in Iceland and recorded the spinal support for the
“24/7.”
Most of the spinal work is original materials coming from the “intestines” of GusGus.
“On the Job” is a phrenetic song of the working man to the unbroken animal called
love. Then on “Thin Ice” the bloated donkey goes out on the ice to dance. And on “Add
This Song” the listener is encouraged to add – the song in question – to his collection.
The GusGus analogue sound environment has never been better and Daniel
Agust..s singing reigns again and thus opens the group..s variability to new heights.
As on previous occasions GusGus performs a song written by Jimi Tenor, the fantastic
“Take me Baby” where Jimi is a guest singer. “Hateful” is a pretty familytype song that
GusGus and Aaron-Carl composed together while being on different sides of the
Atlantic. GusGus and Aaron-Carl, on one hand, and Jimi Tenor on the other,
enjoy a mutual respect and friendship. You can tell from these songs that a further
cooperation between these fine artists would not be a surprise in the future.
GusGus is putting a final touch on “24/7″ Therefore, only a selected few have had the
opportunity to listen. But among the lucky ones are record labels, international companies
that have shown their pleasure, enthusiasm and even reverence for the A-100, the animal,
and the whale !
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