The selection opens with one of the many remixes of 2011 single Over. This one's a collaboration between Carmine Conte & Matteo Milleri (aka Tale Of Us) and Douglas Benford & Ben 'Benge' Edwards (aka Tennis). 1999 single Ladyshave also gets an external overhaul, this time courtesy of Tim 'Love' Lee.
Closing proceedings is an excellent live version of Arabian Horse, performed in Reykjavik for KEXP. You can find the full four-song set on YouTube and it's well worth a visit.
We were fortunate enough to have a short visit to Iceland in October 2016, taking in the usual tourist sights in a few days. It seems like forever since we were there, but at the same time certain moments seem like yesterday. A beautiful landscape like nothing I'd ever seen before and totally captivating. Something about the environment also seems to inspire and motivate music to move you or make you move. GusGus is a prime example of this.
1) Over (Life And Death Remix By Tale Of Us & Tennis) (2011)
2) MallFlowers (2007)
3) Purple (Album Version) (1997)
4) Ladyshave (Fully Bearded Mix By Tim 'Love' Lee) (1999)
5) Dominique (Album Version) (1999)
6) Arabian Horse (Live @ KEX Hostel, Reykjavik, Iceland, 10 December 2011)
I've similar memories of Iceland we visited over the Auguat Bank Holiday a few years ago, it's an amazing country, like no other,. I have a couple of abiding memories, the first is that it was easy to find the departure gate at Manchester Airport, just followed any one who was dresses for a long hike.The second was that on the first day I picked up a Icelantic indie complilation CD, vol 2, and it became our soundtrack as we drove round in our hire car Really added to the otherworldiness, listening to songs sung in Icelantic,not having a clue what they were about, the highlight, being 'Salt' by Mammut '
ReplyDeleteThanks, Middle Aged Man. Chuckled at the Manchester Airport anecdote. We flew from Bristol Airport: even easier, as there's only one door...! Joking of course, but it is a much smaller airport.
DeleteThanks also for the Mammút tip. First song I've heard by them and I really liked it. Heading over to their Bandcamp page now.