Primary structures. Or, in other words, minimal art, sculpture mainly. Pure colours, simple, geometric forms, plain surfaces. Order and clarity. Repetitivism. Exactly the opposite to the precious water-color of the cover. All these ideas serve as inspiration for the exceptional music of GAUSS.
GAUSS (name of a German mathematician, physicist and astronomer) is a project which was born in 1996, parallel to that of PROZACK (another project by Juan Carlos Ordóñez, also in the roster of Stereophonic Elefant Dance Recordings) but very different of it. The nucleus of this record by GAUSS is formed by danceable pieces (they can be perfectly DJd at clubs) mainly composed with the sampler, and which escape a bit from the music (almost boring sometimes) we can usually listen to at the clubs.
We can define this record by an elimination process: its not techno, of course its not trance, nor acid, nor exactly house (although this is the closer one). This music is danceable but slowly (never quicker than 115 b.p.m.), sober, deep, hypnotic, repetitive. We could define it (although to define is always hateful, especially when you talk about techno) as geometric, minimal deep house. Extremely geometric and rational sometimes ("Estructura"), deep and glider other times ("Cúmulos", "Esencia"). Very cold, frozen music, with the help in the composition of the last track of their label mates SILVANIA.
Musical influences on GAUSS could range from contemporary composers as Steve Reich or Terry Riley, to avant-garde techno-house coming mainly from Germany (from labels like Ladomat, Chain Reaction, Studio 1…). But influences are not important, when we are before such a personal work.