GusGus is a band from Reykjavík, Iceland. They were founded in 1995. They are now working on their 7th studio album which bears the working title, '24/7'. Several lineup changes have occurred, and their current incarnation consists of three members (President Bongo, Biggi Veira and Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson).
After their third album, This Is Normal, the filmmaking arm of GusGus (Kjartansson and Árni Þorgeirsson) split off to form the production company Celebrator, now known as Arni & Kinski, which has produced award-winning advertisements and videos. A few former members such as Hafdís Huld, Blake, & Daníel Ágúst have gone solo, most notably though Emilíana Torrini, who provided a song for the soundtrack to Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
GusGus's music is eclectic, & although primarily classified with techno, trip-hop and house music, they have experimented with numerous other styles. They have also remixed several famous artists, including Björk, Depeche Mode, Moloko, and Sigur Rós. Added to this they released the song "Desire" with Ian Brown in January 2004. The band's name refers to the 1974 German film Ali: Fear Eats the Soul by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, where a female character is cooking couscous for her lover, pronouncing it "Gus Gus". The band regards it as a "sex reference".
Studio albums
* Gus Gus (1995)
* Polydistortion (1997)
* This Is Normal (1999)
* Gus Gus vs. T-World (2000)
* Attention (2002)
* Mixed Live at Sirkus, Reykjavik (2003)
* Forever (2007)
* 24/7 (Working title) (2009)
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