President Bongo

PRESIDENT BONGO & The Emotional Carpentry
Stephan Stephensen (b.1971) aka Gluteus Maximus aka ADSR aka President Bongo aka President Penis wears many hats, but likes to refer to himself as ‘an emotional carpenter’. And the name is fitting: throughout his illustrious career, Bongo has built, tooled, shaped and reconstructed reality in a manner that has touched upon the emotional spheres of thousands, greatly increasing their quality of life and inner harmony in the process.

1995 - 2016:
President Bongo began properly mastering his craft as a founding member of the pioneering electronic band GusGus, which has steadily gone from strength to strength since forming in 1995.

As GusGus, Gluteus Maximus and ADSR have evolved and progressed through the years Bongo remains a key element, making innumerable contributions through his work, which has ranged from design, film & photography to singing, songwriting, and production.

In spring 2015, however, President Bongo leaves GusGus after 20 years of loyal service to become his own master's voice and in october, same year, we experience the birth of his first solo album; Serengeti.

2017-2024:
Les Aventures de President Bongo is a new serie of 24 limited vinyl releases ONLY. Here we will experience different sides & projects of President Bongo wrapped up real nice in Paul McMenamin's amazing artwork & design, visuals from the Snorri Bros & photographs from endless adventures of Bongo himself. The serie will be sold individually in the course of these 7 years but also as a HOT BOX SET signed & limited to 50 copies. Only then this adventure will be complete.

Attention: Collectors item!
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President Bongo owns and runs recordlabel/publishing company Radio Bongo with Elisa Caivano.