GusGus at Pohoda 2018
Few projects manage to merge as many genres and artistic forms as GusGus. In the second half of the 90s, they showed that Icelandic scene is far from being about Björk only. Several successful artists (e.g. Emiliana Torrini) kicked off their career in this band. During two decades, they recorded ten albums to critical acclaim, including the latest two Mexico and Lies Are More Flexible. Biggi Veira described their philosophy in last year’s interview for Wave Radio: “I love when the music gives me goose bumps.” We believe that their concert at Pohoda 2018 will have the same effect on our visitors.
19. April 2018
GusGus formed in 1995 basically by lucky chance as a project of talented actors, filmmakers, photographers, musicians, designers and vocalists. Their activities first led to the making of a critically acclaimed short film Pleasure, which won them several awards. The project soon started focusing on its musical side. They became one of the most sought-after electronic bands from Iceland back in 1996 already. After the release of album Polydistortion in 1997, they confirmed the status of international stars when they went on sold-out tour. During two decades on the scene, they have played almost all genres electronic music has to offer. From techno to trip-hop, from house to progressive house/trance, they’ve added their own distinctive hallmark to each of these styles. Today, the band features its founding members Biggi Veira and Daníel Ágúst. On their latest albums, they offer magical soundscapes from synth pop through deep techno to progressive house.
The main ingredients guaranteeing their success are the one-and-only vocal performance of Daníel Ágúst, mesmerizing electronica and insistent grooves accompanied by tender strings with Biggi Veira always being successful in making the audience beg for encore. At the beginning of this year, they released a new single “Featherlight” heralding their tenth studio album Lies Are More Flexible (by the way, they are about to release another single from this album, “Don’t Know How to Love”, tomorrow). muiscOMH portal says the following about the album: “Gus Gus remain one of electronic music’s most flexible entities, where band members come and go and record labels change, but the quality of the songwriting and production remains at a level most bands could only dream of.” We’re happy that GusGus are not a band Pohoda 2018 festival-goers can only dream of.