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Icelandic collective Gus Gus have never been the most orthodox of bands, their unique take on chilled-out cyber funk often as quirky as their homeland itself. Attention, a bold, distorted brew of bubbling electronica and retro futurism, does little to buck the trend and steadfastly refuses to conform to expectations. Now that they've trimmed back to a four piece from their original line up of 12, the music they create is equally pared-down. Taking their cue from the artificial sexiness of pure acid house, the melding of treacly, analogue bass, soft, pattering drums and mind-bending distortion is pure 1988. It won't be to everyone's taste--"IIE" is unmistakable studio boredom and at times the whole project smacks of pretension--but the whispering male vocals of "Desire", the endearing electro rhythm of "David" and the big melodic stabs of "Call of the Wild" will please those seduced by the unexpected. --Paul Tierney
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FUTURISTIC DANCE MUSIC Having languished in the art-rock arms of the 4ad label for a good deal of their lifetime, the newly-refreshed gus gus collective now call darren emerson's lauded underwater label their home. Now down to just four members (from a dozen) gus gus continue their crusade but with greater vigour as 'attention' slams down slab after slab of contorted electronica and witty retro synth-bound creativity
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Hidden Gem,
By jut2k "jut2k" (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Attention (Audio CD)
Okay, I'll keep it brief: It's Gus Gus's best album; it's gorgeously electronic and it deserves your (aherm) attention.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Chunking, gritty house with a catchy edge,
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This review is from: Attention (Audio CD)
When I thought of Gus Gus, for some reason I always associated them with the Sasha & Digweed sound of old. The more epic Northern Exposure end of the scale. For this reason, I wrongly shunted them to the back of the pile of 'artists to check', and once again I find myself rueing the decision to not check them out before making my oh so worthy musical judgement. Someone I know had been repeatedly banging on about how wonderful this album and, in particular, the track David was. 'I still have last night in my body....' was repeatedly quoted at me. A few months later, I found myself shuffling through the dance section in HMV, happily picking up bits of Plaid, Global Underground, ra ra ra ... when I stumbled upon Attention. So I thought 'why not, give it a go'. And bloody glad I was too. What I was expecting was the more anthemetic breaksy prog trance of Purple from Northern Exposure 2 (no bad thing though, fine track too). What in fact came out of the speakers was the house sound I was right into at the time. Gritty, dirty beats. No messing house. But what makes the entire album so special is these good solid house foundations are married to wonderful catchy melodies, beautiful vocals! So good that Gus Gus should be the dance act running through the top 10, not some Ultrabeat or XTM guff. Whack the album on, you get a stripped down funky house intro of Unnecessary. From there we move to the 'pop' track of Attention. David is something that should have hit big, should have been heard everywhere, all the elements are right, grooving beats, catchy riffs and vocal. Great. Well at least it penetrated the underground I suppose (Darren Emerson's Underwater label has had a knack of pairing Gus Gus releases with nice remixes!). Desire comes next, almost an old skool Orbital track by sound. Wonderful synths, and etherial vocals echo around the electro breaks. Attention, Dance You Down and IIE let the house beats take the fore. Going from slow deep mechanical whirrings and repetative shout of ATTENTION on ... Attention, to the banging distorted hardcore bass drum and swirling acid synth of IIE. Call Of The Wild is the standout track of the album for me. Well programmed synths, changing attack and velocity as the track progresses, military style drumming, soothing soulful vocals. You have to hear it basically. Detention is a short little interlude of ambient synths, lovely in its own right. Your Moves Are Mine sets a soft vocal to dischordant beats and bass. The album rounds off with Don't Hide What You Feel, shuffling, staggering house beats eventually lead way to smooth vocals. Gus Gus count Massive Attack, Bjork and Madonna as fans. Perhaps Gus Gus should have been on production duties instead of Mirwais for American Life, because if you're going to do a gritty electronic house album, you do it like this. Proper Bo.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Elektrofunky!!!,
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This review is from: Attention (Audio CD)
ok, if your into Bjork, Moloko, Radiohead, Royksopp or any other funky 'experimental' band, then you will love GusGus... they are truely origional with their music. Especially with songs such as "David" and "Call of the Wild". Earth's (the woman singing lead in most of the songs) voice is just amazing!!! And the icelandic accent is just beautiful! :) Such a gorgious album... worth the buy and the listen too!!!!
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