― rinse, Sunday, 14 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― ethan, Sunday, 14 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
i like 'polydistortion' the first album. and the girl (who got sackd) is cute. apparently theres some like community of fan-sites fr her or something. weird huh.
― ambrose, Sunday, 14 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― bounder, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― tim, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― JoB, Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― dh, Friday, 26 August 2005 21:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 26 August 2005 22:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 27 August 2005 05:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 July 2006 14:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Monday, 3 July 2006 14:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 July 2006 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― sim (simbo), Monday, 3 July 2006 14:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 July 2006 15:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― kevin barking (arghargh), Monday, 3 July 2006 15:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jena (JenaP), Monday, 3 July 2006 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Gary+Martin
He is from Detroit therefore he is great.
― tylero (tylero), Monday, 3 July 2006 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― JTS (JTS), Monday, 3 July 2006 23:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rev. PappaWheelie, The Good Doctor (PappaWheelie 2), Monday, 3 July 2006 23:28 (seventeen years ago) link
the first half of This Is Normal had some incredible songs, esp. 'Starlovers' and 'Superhuman'
are they still a going concern?
― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 00:56 (seventeen years ago) link
I haven't heard Attention, though. Also www.gusgus.com says they were supposed to have just released something called "Forever" at the end of June.
― Vampire Business (Bimble...), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 01:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― blueski, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 00:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tim F, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 03:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― djh, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 17:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― and what, Wednesday, 28 February 2007 17:23 (seventeen years ago) link
"Call Of The Wild" might be the best track they've ever done. Jesus Dan (Dan Perry) on Monday, July 3, 2006 9:56 AM (7 months ago)
― Faisal Shennib, Thursday, 1 March 2007 04:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― Faisal Shennib, Thursday, 1 March 2007 04:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jena, Thursday, 1 March 2007 05:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jena, Thursday, 1 March 2007 05:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― impudent harlot, Thursday, 1 March 2007 05:40 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jena, Thursday, 1 March 2007 08:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― CharlieNo4, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 09:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― CharlieNo4, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 10:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― blueski, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 11:01 (seventeen years ago) link
PEOPLE PEOPLE DESIRE
― HI DERE, Monday, 25 June 2007 12:09 (sixteen years ago) link
The Daniel Agust solo album is gorgeous.
― Trayce, Monday, 25 June 2007 13:08 (sixteen years ago) link
O RLY? tell me MOAR
― HI DERE, Monday, 25 June 2007 13:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Same here please.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 June 2007 14:02 (sixteen years ago) link
"I.I.E." is really great, huh.
― Wes HI DEREson (HI DERE), Thursday, 19 March 2009 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
― I am using your worlds, Saturday, 11 April 2009 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Was just relistening to a lot of their stuff the other week -- but damn, this version kicks and then some.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 11 April 2009 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
their DJ mix for astralwerks was SO GOOD
― moonship journey to baja, Saturday, 11 April 2009 18:59 (fifteen years ago) link
er sorry, their mix for moonshine
― moonship journey to baja, Saturday, 11 April 2009 19:00 (fifteen years ago) link
they're on kompakt now? is that right?
― just sayin, Saturday, 11 April 2009 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Stevie! Stevie's the one who rocked my world with that clip above. I don't know how it is that someone else posted it here. I was waiting for Stevie D. to post it here.
― Lucking Faptop (Bimble), Saturday, 11 April 2009 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Hi Bimble! I found it on youtube and thought the folk over here would like it. I was going to post more about it but got called away as soon as I'd posted the link. Seeing how they did that track live makes me want to find out what their other live material was from this period.
― I am using your worlds, Sunday, 12 April 2009 06:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh they were absolutely incredible when I saw them live. Like somewhere in another universe than the Polydistortion album would have led me to believe. That's why I couldn't believe it when their next album was ho-hum. If there's any live bootlegs out there, I bet they're shit-hot, assuming the sound quality is decent.
― Phone of Drone (Bimble), Sunday, 12 April 2009 20:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Got some live stuff now that they did for KCRW in '97 and '99. Been listening to it over the last hour and a half or so and it is DOPE, of course. Ravers would be flattened by this shit.
― Take The Gothheads Bowling (Bimble), Monday, 13 April 2009 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
link plz!
― Jena (who is actually a man) (Jena), Monday, 13 April 2009 01:47 (fifteen years ago) link
yes, please, post those links! i loved that live vid above, saw them live at Showbox in 99 i think and they put on an amazing show. i had to rifle through my vinyl to see what i had by them and was shocked to find 5 12"s. had no idea i had that many from them but they were quite good for 2 years.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 13 April 2009 01:57 (fifteen years ago) link
"over" from arabian horse for sure
― adam, Monday, 25 November 2013 20:41 (ten years ago) link
There's a bit about Gus Gus in the 4AD book but the writer obviously thinks the label had lost its way by that point and I can't remember any interesting revelations.
― Deafening silence (DL), Monday, 25 November 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link
btw adam is completely OTM re: "Over"
― deX! (DJP), Monday, 25 November 2013 21:57 (ten years ago) link
I was ambivalent about it when it came out (or not in the Gus Gus zone) but Arabian Horse really is very good.
― djh, Monday, 25 November 2013 22:27 (ten years ago) link
Fairly certain nothing from "Forever" will make it onto this best of. A surprising amount of Arabian Horse might, though.
Not delving into remixes and alternate versions too much (as am on a time schedule - a holiday) but the GiGi Galaxy version of "Barry" and the Roy's Lady Soul mix of "Ladyshave" will be on there.
― djh, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 22:43 (ten years ago) link
CDR80 - DraftPolyesterdayGunBelieveBarry (GiGi Galaxy)Remembrance Ladyshave (Roy's Lady Soul Mix))DavidOver Very Important PeopleSelfossWithin YouChanges ComeDesireBlue Mug (Demo)
― djh, Thursday, 28 November 2013 23:22 (ten years ago) link
Good selection. I'd add this remix from Forever
http://youtu.be/tATWv_jU400
― Rotating prince game (I am using your worlds), Friday, 29 November 2013 00:09 (ten years ago) link
Loving Arabian Horse so much that I'm bemused that I owned but didn't get into it when it came out.
― djh, Thursday, 12 December 2013 22:30 (ten years ago) link
Mexico is out today and it's sounding great. Haven't noticed Earth much so far though.
― Rotating prince game (I am using your worlds), Monday, 23 June 2014 10:07 (nine years ago) link
Read somewhere that Arabian Horse is Gus Gus's and Kompakt's best-selling album. Does that seem plausible?
Any thoughts on Mexico?
― djh, Sunday, 29 June 2014 16:15 (nine years ago) link
I want to listen to Mexico. I will pick up a physical copy soon. Can't imagine Arabian Horse selling more than The Field, Gui Boratto or the first Immer. They all seemed to have a lot more exposure than AH. Unless there is a market I'm not familiar with.
― mmmm, Sunday, 29 June 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
arabian horse is a masterpiece imo but mexico didn't grab on first listen, must try harder
― adam, Sunday, 29 June 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
yeah mexico owns too. seeing them week after next, i hope it is exactly like that youtube of "believe" that is the best video on the internet
― adam, Thursday, 25 September 2014 14:28 (nine years ago) link
Mexico is missing something, for me.
Enjoyed this though:
http://boilerroom.tv/recording/gusgus/
― djh, Monday, 24 November 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
I've been playing Mexico quite a bit. A few songs aren't all that me but Obnoxiously Sexual, Another Life, Crossfade and God Application are all pretty good. Looking forward to seeing them on Friday.
― mmmm, Monday, 24 November 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
Anyone keeping up with them? There was a new album this week, apparently.
― djh, Monday, 26 February 2018 20:02 (six years ago) link
Feel it's been downhill from Arabian Horse. I've listened to the subsequent albums, but never a second time. I wonder whether they changed or I did.
― It's because I'm human, isn't it?! (Sanpaku), Monday, 26 February 2018 21:38 (six years ago) link
Ha, yes. I've had that thought.
― djh, Monday, 26 February 2018 22:06 (six years ago) link
New one is OK but the vocals are all Daniel I think and they're better with a bit more variety of voices as on AH.
― nashwan, Monday, 26 February 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
i listened to Mexico a lot when it came out but find i rarely want to come back to it. Arabian Horse remains a masterpiece though, not a single weak track (even Magnified Love has some redeeming qualities).
i'm liking the latest (Lies Are More Flexible) a lot. it seems more subdued? like it's a winter album while Mexico was a summer album. and while some tracks are closer to Mexico (continuing the tradition of using perhaps the most boring track as the title track) Featherlight / Lifetime / Fuel would all fit on AH. Featherlight is beautiful, in the same manner Seamoss is but with vocal.
agreed on variety of voices! - while John Grant can replace Högni there are times on Fireworks and Lifetime where you can almost hear Earth bits here and there.
― scanner darkly, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 22:45 (five years ago) link
ha, Selfoss, not Seamoss!
― scanner darkly, Tuesday, 8 January 2019 22:47 (five years ago) link
bumping this because "Gun" is a really, really great song
― Totino's Fortnite Training Room (DJP), Monday, 4 January 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link
Oh, I do love Gus Gus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3mwdn0rYjA
― djh, Sunday, 23 May 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
Siri, show me a video indebted to "Windowlicker" that is more restrained but more unsettling
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Monday, 24 May 2021 13:49 (two years ago) link
Yes, that.
― djh, Monday, 24 May 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
the album must be getting close! iirc correctly, Biggi said in an interview they were going to release 5 or so tracks before the album, and we now have:
HigherStay The RideOur WorldLove Is Alone
loving all the new stuff. my comment above about Lies being a winter companion to summer Mexico - Biggi said something very close in the same interview, they had a bunch of more introvert / darker tracks, and Mexico (he didn’t name it but that’s what he likely was referring to) was the extrovert stuff they decided to release at the time.
― scanner darkly, Monday, 24 May 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
and this collab with Bjarki is beautiful!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjMyzCIe3PY
― scanner darkly, Monday, 24 May 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
Strange. I love Gus Gus but feel like I've completely lost touch. Turns out that I've only missed "Lies ... ". "Love Is Alone" has sucked me back into their world.
― djh, Monday, 24 May 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
i still regard the Attention - Forever - 24/7 run as aimless experimentation that resulted mostly in misses (with a few really great tracks), but feels like once they crystallized their sound on Arabian Horse, they’ve been following it to great results.
― scanner darkly, Monday, 24 May 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
that's funny--arabian horse felt like a peak to me with diminishing returns after, but maybe i just never found a way into those later records. "love is alone" is great tho.
― adam, Monday, 24 May 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
AH is still their greatest album, but Mexico and Lies are both very coherent and listenable albums, which can't be said about Forever / 24/7 which feel like half baked demos at times
― scanner darkly, Monday, 24 May 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
Just playing Selfoss/Arabian Horse/Over and, yeah, that was an incredible version of Gus Gus.
― djh, Monday, 24 May 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
Drunkenly re-reading this thread and ...
"I really thought they were going to be the new Underworld."
Yeah, this. I thought they were going to be fucking massive.
I also enjoyed reading this:
"I doubt I'll hear another album as obsessively designed as Arabian Horse from this year. Every surface is sandblasted aluminium, with but a few cues to the listener that mnml/tech house is another shape of folk music. Highly recommended for fans of Luomo."
And pleased to have found my old best of track list. Had forgotten about that.
― djh, Monday, 24 May 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
was there a poll on AH? if not we should do one!
― scanner darkly, Monday, 24 May 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
That playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/56sbweOgHClknuVP4utGw8
Hadn't quite realised that I was so pro-Polydistortion and then Arabian Horse.
Likely to have been compiled while messy and open to the idea that other tracks are better.
― djh, Monday, 24 May 2021 21:33 (two years ago) link
I only discovered Arabian Horse this year but it's probably my most played album of 2021. Really incredible sound design and tunes and vocals. All-around wonderful album
― Vinnie, Monday, 24 May 2021 23:35 (two years ago) link
the new album is out! https://gusgusiceland.bandcamp.com/album/mobile-home
― scanner darkly, Friday, 28 May 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link
Thanks! Good album but my God I've danced to "Simple Tuesday" all three times I've listened to it.
― willem, Friday, 28 May 2021 21:29 (two years ago) link
surprised it wasn’t one of the lead tracks!
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 29 May 2021 02:49 (two years ago) link
some interesting bits in this interview: https://www.tanzgemeinschaft.com/gusgus-a-trip-down-memory-lane-14486
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 29 May 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
and this is a great behind the scene look album by album: https://grapevine.is/mag/feature/2020/08/19/gusgus-the-impossible-band-25-years-of-intrigue-drama-and-music/
lots of interesting details there. daníel was in eurovision?!
― scanner darkly, Saturday, 29 May 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
The Grapevine feature is, um, a curious thing. It's interesting, though.
― djh, Saturday, 29 May 2021 21:22 (two years ago) link
I know surprisingly little about this band for how much I've listened to them, so the Grapevine retrospective was enlightening
― Vinnie, Saturday, 29 May 2021 23:25 (two years ago) link
Arabian Horse - or at least the tracks in my playlist - sounding incredible tonight.
― djh, Thursday, 17 June 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
You should add the other Arabian Horse tracks to your playlist as well because there isn’t a duff track on that album
― I am using your worlds, Thursday, 17 June 2021 21:31 (two years ago) link
i’d swap magnified love for something from mexico/lies/mobile home and then it’d be a perfect album
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 17 June 2021 21:45 (two years ago) link
I love those quick synth note clusters in "Magnified Love", they make the track for me. I am using your worlds otm
― Vinnie, Thursday, 17 June 2021 23:35 (two years ago) link
i was going to say we should poll it again so i just went ahead and made a poll:lost in your POLL - GusGus Arabian Horse
― scanner darkly, Friday, 18 June 2021 02:58 (two years ago) link
the cover of Fancy "Bolero" feat John Grant is out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIaiU-XIEbU
i would love a full italo disco GusGus album.. Ali Schwarz's remix is nice too
― scanner darkly, Friday, 5 August 2022 18:28 (one year ago) link
love the new track from GusGus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrw9E0IxZA0
Lies Are More Flexible and Mobile Home still feel like "winter" albums to me (while Mexico was a "summer" album) so it's great to get a proper summer anthem from them.
― scanner darkly, Friday, 14 July 2023 23:15 (ten months ago) link