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- Artist(s): Birgir Thorarinsson, Daníel Ágúst, Högni Egilsson, Stephan Stephensen
- Summary: The ninth full-length release [and its third for Kompakt] for the Icelandic electronic quartet includes influences from synth pop, trance and UK garage music.
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- Record Label: Kompakt
- Genre(s): Electronic, House, Club/Dance, Alternative Dance
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| There used to be nothing, nothing but boys Some unchained distortion, that truly annoyed And this old sequence, of infrequent sounds In my existence,... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Jun 23, 2014There’s a communal ambience on show here; using three vocalists gives it a mixtape aesthetic, the music feeling like a bulging bag of pick and mix.
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Jun 23, 2014It’s funky, it’s debonair, and it’s overall something that rewards repeat listens to isolate elements and notice the flourishes of colour that GusGus brings to its sound.
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Jun 23, 2014When GusGus joined Kompakt, the association seemed odd--almost charitable on the label's part--but now it makes total sense.
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Jun 23, 2014GusGus, Icelandic veterans of artsy techno music, have always enjoyed provoking their audience, and when they do so here, it's exhilarating.... but sadly GusGus can't keep it up.
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Jun 25, 2014The album experiments and draws on a number of electronic genres to bring together something that is at times mesmerising, even if it doesn’t always hold perfectly.
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MojoJul 2, 2014The latest outing from the Icelandic quartet may not possess quite such drama [as John Grant's Pale Green Ghosts], but there's plenty to admire here. [Aug 2014, p.91]
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Jun 25, 2014The rest of the album has its moments, though mainly it seems like a chance for the GusGus gang to showcase what other electrified trickery they can muster.
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