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Gus Gus are playing live tonight  http://www.nikitaclothing.com/live to celebrate their album release.

Það mætti líkja þessari sjöttu plötu GusGus við hval. Dýrið dvelur flestar stundir neðansjávar en þegar það kíkir uppá á yfirborðið er það oftast

nær með miklum glæsileik, ekki ósvipað nýjasta sköpunarverki GusGus. Ekki er ráðlegt að fara á hlaupum yfir þetta verk því þar er hvert
einasta augnablik útfært af alúð og vandvirkni.

Undirliggjandi hugtak plötunnar er grái fiðringur fyrrum Texas-búa sem á yngri árum var vinsæl karlfyrirsæta en fær nú mjög fá verkefni í ókeypis sölubæklingum. Á plötunni er fylgst með honum hverfa inn þýskt næturlíf þar sem hann leitar af lífisins tilgangi.

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Gus Gus are on the road trying out material from their new album 24/7 and have just announced both DJ and Live gigs around Europe! Here are the confirmed dates so far:

06 Mar – Gus Gus DJ Set @ Jolene, Copenhagen (Denmark)
07 Mar – Gus Gus DJ Set @ Monza, Frankfurt (Germany)
13 Mar – Gus Gus DJ Set @ Space Garage, Riga (Latvia)
14 Mar – Gus Gus DJ Set @ Datinn, Akureyri (Iceland)
20 Mar – Gus Gus LIVE @ Nasa!!, Reykjavík (Iceland)
10 Apr – Gus Gus LIVE @ TBC, Akureyri (Iceland)
12 Apr – Gus Gus DJ Set @ Rota Sonne, Munich (Germany)
02 May – Gus Gus DJ Set @ Liquid, Augsburg (Germany)

http://smekkleysa.grapewire.net/shop/gus-gus
http://gusgus.grapewire.net/

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 !

Probably the biggest dance export from Iceland, Gus Gus have been bringing their incredible energy in different forms since 1995.  Their albums Polydistortion, This Is Normal, Attention, & Forever have been instant classics to many, and they have just announced that their new album is ready to be released!

The album will be 56 minutes long with 5 tracks:
1. Thin Ice
2. Hatefull
3. On The Job
4. Take Me Baby
5. Add This Song

Daníel Ágúst and Jimi Tenor will be providing vocals on the songs.

While we wait for their new album, please be sure to check out their amazing catalogue of music available at:  http://smekkleysa.grapewire.net/shop/gus-gus

Það styttist nú í tónleika Gus Gus á Nasa.  Prímusmótórar sveitarinnar, President Bongo og Biggi Veira, hafa frá áramótum unnið að nýju og rassvöðvastyrkjandi góðmeti fyrir eyru, augu og danslimi.  Þetta nýja efni mun svo mynda hryggjarstykki næstu breiðskífu sveitarinnar sem kemur út snemma á næsta ári hér á landi og útí heimi.
Gus Gus halda sína fyrstu tónleika á árinu, þ.e. á sínum heimavelli næstkomandi laugardag kl. 23:59.  Í daglegu tali kannast almenningur við heimavöll sveitarinnar undir nafninu Nasa.  Verið er að vinna í því að skipta hljóðkerfi staðarins út fyrir annað svo að hljóðkröfum sveitarinnar verði fullnægt sem og að tónlistin skili sér 100% til aðdáenda.
Tónleikaprógrammið verður að miklu leyti samansett af nýju efni sem að hluta til var flutt á stærstu tónleikum sveitarinnar hér á landi í Laugardalshöll í júní – annað efni er splunkunýtt og hefur aldrei heyrst á tónleikum áður.
Á heimavelli er sveitin aldrei betri og nálægðin í fyrirrúmi.  Miðasala er í fullum gangi á miði.is og eru miðar að seljast upp.
Aðgangseyrir er 2500 kr.

Af öðrum tíðindum þá hefur sveitin verið að troða uppá tónlistarhátíðum á borð við Melt, Creamfields, Nu Note Lounge, Spitafield Airwaves o.fl. í Evrópu.  Gus Gus hafa verið að deila sviðum með stærstu nöfnunum innan danstónlistarinnar sem og stórum nöfnum á borð við Björk, Hot Chip, Kate Nash, Stereo MC’s, Roisin Murphy, Ladytron o.s.frv.

Nánari upplýsingar:
http://www.gusgus.com
http://www.myspace.com/gusgus
http://www.myspace.com/alltafistudi
http://www.jonjonsson.is/