Mexico (GusGus album) explained

Mexico
Type:Studio
Artist:GusGus
Cover:GusGus - Mexico.jpg
Released:23 June 2014
Recorded:2013–2014
Genre:Tech house, progressive house, electro house, downtempo
Length:49:45
Label:Kompakt
Prev Title:Arabian Horse
Prev Year:2011

Mexico is the ninth studio album by the Icelandic electronic musicians GusGus, released on Kompakt label,[1] following successful album Arabian Horse. It contains nine tracks, one of which is instrumental. After several line-up changes, Mexico was produced by Stephan Stephensen (aka President Bongo) and Birgir Þórarinsson (aka Biggi Veira). Högni Egilsson of Hjaltalín, Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson and Urður Hákonardóttir made appearance as vocalists for this LP.

The album title Mexico is a metaphor of "going west", as humans always tend to go in a westerly direction. Daníel, who came up with this idea as a name for an album, felt very strongly it. Högni lately explained that "sometimes the things that stand out lay behind meaning and intellectuality" and that "It’s not necessarily something that we can describe in any way."[2]

Track listing

All songs written by GusGus.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GusGus - Mexico. Kompakt. 5 January 2017.
  2. Web site: Icelanders GusGus on calling their new album Mexico: "It's a metaphor for going out west.". https://web.archive.org/web/20141108093537/http://news.beatport.com/icelanders-gusgus-on-calling-their-new-album-mexico-its-a-metaphor-for-going-out-west/. dead. 2014-11-08. Beatport.