According to Greek mythology, Elysium is a paradisiac 'island of the blissful' in the utmost West of the orbit for those heroes who were made immortal by the Gods. Tasting the water from the fount of Lethe on lanes full of roses, all earthly troubles are fading away. On his fifth studio album, the Icelandic producer Jonas Thor Gudmundsson takes us right there. Besides his Mikrolux album 'Magrathea' (2003), he caused a furore by his Elektrolux long players 'Midnight Drive' (2000) and 'Avalon' (2003). The student of history and learned pianist got his first 'electronic consecrations' from Magnus Gudmundsson and Birgir Thorarinsson also known as members of the Icelandic pop collective Gus Gus. Since the end of the nineties, he has been producing under his pseudonyms Den Nard Husher and Ruxpin - initially for the Icelandic cult labels Thule and Uni:form. Under his musical influences, Gudmundsson e.g. counts The Orb, Tears for Fears, Plaid, Art of Noise or Kraftwerk. This extensive musical horizon is reflected by 'Elysium' as well. Ruxpin stands for a sensually matured mixture of fantastic melodies and spheres under the sign of elektro and an original und deeply bewitching blend of mechanics and romance. 'Even if several purists may have a different view on this, I consider my music to be elektro which is, however, stylistically more open than a mere combination of 808 plus vocoder. However, I have to admit that, on a subconscious level, the nature of my home country with all its mountains, glaciers and volcanos brings about a considerably more organic sight on music on. In my opinion, the enviroment is not less important for a musician than for e.g. a painter.' Thus, Ruxpins intensively emotional hymns like 'Creating Artificial Love', 'Without You', 'Hallo Litli Geimgenglill' or 'Garden Of The Hesperides' indeed make everyday life become secondary for about 70 minutes.
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1. Creating Artificial Machine Love
2. Eitt Sinn Hafdi Eg Hjarta
3. Oceanus And Tethys 
4. Kiteboarding In The Summertime
5. When Dialog Fails, It's Time For Violence
6. Without You
7. This is Life
8. Svefnengill
9. A Puppets Dream
10. You And Me Are One And The Same
11. Hallo Litli Geimgengill
12. Ambrosia
13. You Look Lovely In This Spacesuit
14. Garden Of The Hesperides
15. This is Why I Love You
16. Moments Of Modern Methods
17. Routine Retirement Of A Replicant
18. Requiem Of The Metallic Heart
Written and produced by Jonas Thor Gudmundsson
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