Arstarulsmirus Arsujumfus Tarus (born as Gustavs Butelis, June 19, 1978) better known by his stage name Gustavo is a Latvian
rapper
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and
producer. He's released 6 albums, and received multiple
award
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An award may be d ...
s for his songs and albums.
Biography
Butelis was interested in
music
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since he was young, when he wanted to play
drums
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or
guitar
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, but his father convinced him to take up
saxophone
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. He was interested in many
music genre
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s, at one point especially
metal music
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, his current interest in
hip-hop
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started at age of 15.
He began work on his musical career in 1995 at age of 18, when with his friends he started a band ''
Fact
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''. Butelis was lead in the band and took music work very seriously. His solo career as ''Gustavo'' began after ''Fact'' disbanded.
In 2002, after more than two years hiatus, he released his first single ''Jau-tā-jums'', but his debut album ''Beidzot'' was only released in 2004. Butelis's second solo album ''Pa pāris pantiem/viesības viesnīcā'' was released in 2006. Gustavo also produced 2008 album ''
Tur kaut kam ir jābūt'' by Latvian band ''
Brainstorm''. Gustavo released 3 singles from his next album ''3. elpa'' - ''Plus/mīnuss'', ''Par citu meiteni'', ''Mūsu soļi''. All three singles were publicly well-received, becoming top hits in many Latvian radio stations. The song ''Mūsu soļi'' became the official anthem of basketball club ''
Rīgas VEF''. On December 10, 2009, in club "Essential" was the album presentation. The album was released on June 16, 2010. After release of his last album, he turned to Iisiidiology and changed his official name to Arstarulsmirus Arsujumfus Tarus and started doing educational lectures about life.
Discography
Albums
* ''Beidzot!'' (2004)
* ''Pa pāris pantiem/Viesības viesnīcā'' (2006)
* ''Trešā elpa'' (2010)
* ''Pilsētas portāls'' (2011)
* ''Tagad tikai sākās'' (2023)
* ''Tagad tikai sākās (Deluxe)'' (2024)
Singles
As lead artist
* ''Jau-tā-jums'' (2002)
* ''Esi brīvs'' (2007)
* ''Panā'ču!'' (2011)
* ''Everestā'' (2011)
* ''Mums vajag atpakaļ GUSTAVO'' (2022)
* ''Starp rindām'' (2022)
* ''Nāc dejot (Sirdi izkratīt)'' (2023)
* ''Kāds sakars?'' (2024)
* ''Lēmumi'' (2024)
* ''Zeme atveras'' (2024)
* ''Nepārmet man 3000'' (2024)
* ''Jāshēmo'' (2024)
Charted singles
Videography
* Jau-tā-jums (ft.
Žaks)
* E.V.I.T.A. (ft.
Čižiks)
* Taisnā tiesa (ft. Čižiks)
* No lūpām lasi (ft.
Vlady no
Kasta)
* Mūsu soļi
* Paldies, ka esat!
As a feature
*
Ozols - Bokss (ft. Gustavo and Astra)
*
Prāta Vētra - Tur kaut kam ir jābūt (ft. Gustavo)
*
Pikaso - Esi brīvs (ft. Gustavo and R-viss)
*
Camillas - Mainīt pasauli (ft. Gustavo)
Annual Latvian Music Recording Awards
Source:
Received awards
# 2004: "Šāda veida ainas" (best hip hop song)
# 2004: "Beidzot!" (best hip hop album)
# 2006: "No lūpām lasi" (together with Vlady) (best dance music, hip hop or R’n’B song)
# 2006: "Pa pāris pantiem/Viesības viesnīcā” (best dance music, hip hop or R’n’B album)
# 2007: "Esi brīvs" (together with Pikaso (rapper) and R-viss) (best music video clip)
# 2010: "Trešā elpa" (best hip hop album)
# 2010: "Mūsu soļi" (best music video clip)
Nominations
# 2003: "Zaudētās tiesības" (together with Mirdza Zīvere) (best hip hop song)
# 2007: "No lūpām lasi" (together with Vlady) (best music video clip)
# 2010: "Mainīt pasauli" (together with Camillas) (best music video clip)
# 2010: "Kur ir mana galodiņa" (together with Čižiks) (best song)
References
External links
Gustavo presents the album "3rd breath"(Latvian).
rchived
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1978 births
Living people
Musicians from Riga
Latvian rappers
Latvian male songwriters
Latvian hip-hop musicians