This new record from Gus Gus is actually not new at all, nor is it really from Gus Gus. Instead, it's a collection of releases from a previous collaboration between two of Gus Gus's many soon-to-be members--Herb Legowitz, then known as Maggi Lego, and computer programmer Biggi Veira, a.k.a. Thorarinsson. This material, recorded under the name t-world between 1992 and 1995, has aged well, and shows off much of the same melodic repetition and expansion of modern trance music. There's a definite old-school-ish house groove the boys were working off of, though, like on "Anthem," a track that was initially slated for DJ Darren Emerson's initial release with Underworld. A soulful bass line pumps up a dreamy melody, expanding within a familiar pattern of repetition and rhythmic progression that has since been many a DJ's stock in trade. Other tracks presage the dominance of trance music that would flower in the late '90s. "Purple" gives off a glittery vibe from the get-go, making compelling use of a breathy, three-note vocal that's catchy enough to make any 21st-century crowd whip out their glowsticks. Yet this collection finds t-world consistently choosing restraint over easy manipulations, still leaving the listener wanting for release. Gently receding into swirling keyboard patterns and briefly pulling back from the thump, t-world's hypnotic sense of pace was made to settle under your skin and into your brain's pleasure centers. Some of the year 2000's lazier trance DJ's, whose numbers seem to rise by the hour, could do well to seek out such other specialists in restraint for inspiration. --Matthew Cooke
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This new record from Gus Gus is actually not new at all, nor is it really from Gus Gus. Instead, it's a collection of releases from a previous collaboration between two of Gus Gus's many soon-to-be members--Herb Legowitz, then known as Maggi Lego, and computer programmer Biggi Veira, a.k.a. Thorarinsson. This material, recorded under the name t-world between 1992 and 1995, has aged well, and shows off much of the same melodic repetition and expansion of modern trance music. There's a definite old-school-ish house groove the boys were working off of, though, like on "Anthem," a track that was initially slated for DJ Darren Emerson's initial release with Underworld. A soulful bass line pumps up a dreamy melody, expanding within a familiar pattern of repetition and rhythmic progression that has since been many a DJ's stock in trade. Other tracks presage the dominance of trance music that would flower in the late '90s. "Purple" gives off a glittery vibe from the get-go, making compelling use of a breathy, three-note vocal that's catchy enough to make any 21st-century crowd whip out their glowsticks. Yet this collection finds t-world consistently choosing restraint over easy manipulations, still leaving the listener wanting for release. Gently receding into swirling keyboard patterns and briefly pulling back from the thump, t-world's hypnotic sense of pace was made to settle under your skin and into your brain's pleasure centers. Some of the year 2000's lazier trance DJ's, whose numbers seem to rise by the hour, could do well to seek out such other specialists in restraint for inspiration. --Matthew CookeCustomer Reviews:
Puuurrrreee Pleasure.......2006-11-15
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if you don't like deep house, then keep out!.......2002-09-17
I came across gus gus vs. t-world through a friend who gave me his copy because he didn't like it. He tells me: "Each track starts of really good and promising. A new layer of sound is added on top of each other building up to this mulit-layered track but then it hits a plateau and kind of repeats over and over again for the duration of the track. I was expecting it to reach a crescendo or something like that and then come down before ending." So, after listening to the disc, I had to laugh. My friend accurately described what deep house/trance music is all about without even knowing it and that's what this is: pure deep house. Minimal song structures, rhythmic progressions and sweeps of warm shimmering synthesizers, some of the best deep house I've come across since swayzak and aril brikha.
Personally, I can't get enough of it! The only disappointments here are purple (#4) because it's too techno-ravy annoying for me and that the disc is too short. I want the tracks to go on and on. However, the rest is wonderfully wonderful shimmering deep house
This is definitely very cool, laidback chillout music. Possibly a bit alienating to diehard gus gus fans but if you listen to it with an open mind you can see exactly where gus gus get thier ideas for tracks like 'snoozer' or 'blue mug'.
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