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President Bongo was born in the outskirts of Reykjavik 1971. From a small fishermans village called Hafnarfjordur the youngster was brought up by jazz and "turn that fuckin' music off" attitude. After quitting pianolessons at 8 years old the dream about becoming a musician was almost killed instantly. But it was his stubborn head and positive energy that guided the young President through various obstacles and the love for music surfaced in another form. Bassplaying was the... Read more
President Bongo was born in the outskirts of Reykjavik 1971. From a small fishermans village called Hafnarfjordur the youngster was brought up by jazz and "turn that fuckin' music off" attitude. After quitting pianolessons at 8 years old the dream about becoming a musician was almost killed instantly. But it was his stubborn head and positive energy that guided the young President through various obstacles and the love for music surfaced in another form. Bassplaying was the starting point then producing electronic music became a reality. Biggi Veira, his musical partner and friend encouraged the President and did his job very well. They have been active for 14 years. In the beginning the GusGus adventure was mainly co-producing music with Veiran, photographing and filming music videos that kept Bongo busy, but in 2000 with the highly acclaimed "Attention" the songwriting and singing was a reality
After staying and studying photography for almost 6 years in Paris (1989 - 1995) the President accidentally fell into the GusGus world. A group that has presently 5 albums under it's belt with the 6th one in the making. As an indipendant music producer President Bongo has several irons in the fire but the only one released up to date is a 4 piece popband from Stockholm with Petter Winnberg as singer/songwriter. Amazing collaboration of talents in Iceland and Sweden brought together and harmonized by the President. Gluteus Maximus, his latest achievement, along with Jack Schidt, is ascending and life is good.
As a Dj President Bongo started out exploring various styles of music but was soon won over by the amazing world of techno music through fellow GusGus members Buckmaster De La Cruz and Biggi Veira. His love for AC/DC and Kraftwerk set the direction; Detroit, Chicago and the analog universe.
As a photographer President Bongo has done numerous solo exhibition at participated in group exhibitions with his latest "If you want blood, you've got it" breakseries, in front of monuments around the world, published in Tsugi magazine (January 2007 issue, France) Show less
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