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i've never seen this band mentioned anywhere on any messageboard i go to... do you know/like/hate/don't care about them? i like them, poppy but good. they define themselves as "electronic soul", but i've seen them described as trip-hop, pop, indie or electronica as well. you can freely download all their tracks in mp3 128kbps from their (!). |
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I liked the song they did for the pi soundtrack... |
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there's one album i really like, but the rest of what i've heard wasn't all that good..haven't listened to anything theirs in a long time though. |
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They make me think of when 4AD suddenly lost the plot and only signed shit bands. Like Gusgus. |
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thumbs up! This is Normal og Polydistortion is great! |
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Vs. T World was a good album I thought. |
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gus gus have been mentioned on xlt, i remember this clearly. I like their "vs T-World" album, which is remastered/remixed/repatriated collection of their pre gus gus tracks, as far as I know. This album is less poppy. |
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ok : ) i forgot it or haven't seen it, then... i don't know every xltronic topic ^^ i have This Is Normal, going to get Polydistortion as well. |
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polydistortion is the best, their song on pi is fantastic. i got like 4 cds of them. been listening to the since i saw their video on that show AMP that used to be on mtv |
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yup, Polydistortion: great. |
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polydistortion , This Is Normal - i have them and like them. very good albums. Hafdis Huld has a very nice voice. their best period i think, as a collective. i haven't heard the other records, but i'm going to. kinda poppy, but still most original. now, someone from Iceland should enter this thread and tell a funny story about how he/she met a gusgus member in a pub and had a nice chat |
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They just seemed like normal chill out music. Done decently, but without any edge or soul. Works well on a compilation for people who get enemas and then go to the carrot bar for a berry espresso. They get a 5 in my book. For the record, 5 is about what I would give to shakira, cylob and metalica. Britney spears and squarepusher would get a 6. |
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boutros boutros boutros ghali |
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gus |
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i'm not much of a fan, but i like Polydistortion alot. it's a rehash of their debut album (iceland release only) which was self titled. i've yet to hear that so i don't know how much the tracks differ from Polydistortion. the tracks i like the most are Believe, Polyesterday, Oh and Purple |
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i just listened to few tracks from the self titled. the original version of polyesterday sounds damn funky. completely different song except for the singing/lyrics. |
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i never got impression they were a chillout project...it's rather a dance/club thing, they're very good as a live act. probably shakira or britney can only wish that ......ah, nevermind. it seems you don't get Tha Vibe anyway :P |
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i'm reading interview with Biggi Veira and he says something like this : "President Bongo's brother owns a computer firm in Iceland and he programmed this interactive radio station that was broadcasted here in Iceland. The concept was that the station was completely user driven. So you just hook up on the internet, pick your songs and they just went in a queue and then they are played on this radio station. This was really popular radio station in Iceland and you could send them your own songs and stuff... So on that radio station you could hear everything for the first time, mostly Iceland underground hiphop and that was really fascinating...." Can you say something about it ? Did you or anyone from xlt send their tracks up there ? Icelandic thecut ? |
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it was ok while it lasted. boc got played sometimes and, like the interview says, icelandic hiphop that you didn't hear much anywhere else. i didn't know you could send them your songs, but then again i didn't use the system that much, just listened. |
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so much time has passed, new album's out. what's your opinions ? mind you that after "this is normal" gus gus is becoming more and more a leftfield dance act. too bad they didn't explore some of the strange-sounding territories from "polydistortion" - but it seems their strength: changing personnell, changing sound |
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the LFO remix is of Believe is GRAND |
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gotta check |
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it seems like every album they release is not as good as the previous one (probably partly explained by the fact that they used to be twelve, now there are only three left including one that was not in the original formation)... yet each album is also different, and they still have a particular soul/touch/sound to their music i enjoy. there's a new album coming out at the end of the month, called Forever; the music seems even more techno/dancefloor-oriented than on Attention (well, let's be honest, it's straightforward dancefloor music now). is a link with extracts... it still sounds pretty good to me, but i'm afraid i will get bored of it because of it sounding too "coldly" and "mechanically" danceable over the course of the whole album*. (and the artwork is hideous.) (* is this sentence gramatically correct?) |
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hooverphonic were better. |
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The old coffee table/trip hop stuff sucked, but the newer techno-ish tracks are quite good. |
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i don't know them; do you recommend a release in particular? |
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"...it seems like every album they release is not as good as the previous one" Yes. I was kind of disappointed by "Forever". Haven't heard that LFO remix though. |
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after a few listens, i think i can say that both Attention and Forever are growers. frankly, when i first listened to Forever i thought it was crap. but i gave it a second chance, and now i find myself listening to it pretty often and enjoying it very much — especially 'Moss', 'You'll never change' and 'Hold you'. |
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the one having songs 2 Wicky and Inhaler in it (hope it is one release) ---- been listening to a Gus Gus hit house track "David" a lot recently. catchy shit. |
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I like the |
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yes, it is! the album is called 'A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular'. thanks : ) |
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you're right, Forever IS a grower. after first listen i wasn't that impressed, but after a few times i just ....got into the trance ! ;] They're good and they might already be classic dance producers. As to Hooverphonic: choose whichever of their albums that you can get, they're all quite similar in style. |
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