Röyksopp
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| Röyksopp | ||
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 Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge
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| Origin |  Tromsø, Norway |
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| Genre(s) | Electronica Downtempo Trip-hop |
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| Years active | 1998 - present | |
| Label(s) | Astralwerks | |
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Frost Kings of Convenience Those Norwegians Bergen Wave |
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| Website | http://www.royksopp.com | |
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| Torbjørn Brundtland Svein Berge |
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Röyksopp (sometimes spelled 'Royksopp' or 'Røyksopp') is an electronic music duo based in Bergen, Norway composed of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge. The group formed officially in 1998 and released their debut album Melody A.M. in 2002.
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[edit] History
Despite the fact that Brundtland and Berge were schoolmates in their hometown of Tromsø and experimented with electronic instruments in the early 90's, Röyksopp only appeared years later when they met again in Bergen. In the city was a vital scene for underground electronic music at this time, and the band worked with other Norwegian musicians such as Frost, Kings of Convenience's lead singer Erlend Øye, Those Norwegians and Drum Island in what was called the Bergen Wave. Their first singles were released by local independent label Tellé, and their album Melody A.M. on British label Wall of Sound. It spawned singles like "Eple", "Poor Leno", "Remind Me" and "Sparks".
The popularity of the duo's album was boosted by several graphically experimental music videos. One of them, an infographic-styled video by French company H5 for the track "Remind Me", won the 2002 MTV Europe Music Award for best music video.
The song "Eple" was licensed by Apple for use as the welcome music to the company's Mac OS X Panther operating system, playing the first time a user booted a new Mac. "Eple", pronunciation per IPA: ['eplɛ], means "apple" in Norwegian. It was also used as the music for the title sequence for BBC World's Click Online (now Click) and as background music during DJ talk on Virgin Radio. A small snippet of the song also is used for the station ID for American public television station KLRU, as well as for their identical production logo featured at the end of their productions such as Austin City Limits.
Röyksopp's first single "So Easy" became popular in the UK after it was used in an T-Mobile advert.
The word Röyksopp is a stylized version of the Norwegian word for puffball, "røyksopp". A common Norwegian pronunciation of the name is IPA: ['ɾøekˌsop:].
Their most recent album The Understanding was released on 12th July 2005, preceded by the single "Only This Moment" on 27th June, 2005. The video "Only This Moment" is closely based on the events of the Paris 1968 riots and elements of propaganda are found throughout the video clip. The album's second single, "49 Percent," was released on 26th September, 2005.
Röyksopp played an hour long set at Glastonbury 2005 on the Other Stage that mainly consisted of new material from their album The Understanding, but also covered classics such as "Poor Leno". At least 30 minutes of the set was covered by BBC Three's Glastonbury coverage, followed by Fatboy Slim's set.
They also started to gain some fame on the other side of the Atlantic as "Follow My Ruin" was included on the FIFA 06 soundtrack.
The duo's original version of the song "Remind Me" is currently featured in an advertisement for GEICO Insurance in one of their popular 'Caveman' ads.
A small portion (chorus) of "Eple" is used in MTV Australia's "Coming Up" portion of their channel format. It usually has a myriad of bubbles and smoke behind the words as the music plays.
The video game SSX 3 also featured Royksopp's Poor Leno (Silicone Soul Remix).
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[edit] Hit singles
From Melody A.M.:
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 "Eple" |
 "Sparks" |
From The Understanding:
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[edit] Other random tracks
- "64 Position" (B-side to the original vinyl pressing of So Easy.)
- "A Quiet Life" (featured on a compilation album of Norwegian artists entitled "Arctic Circles 3".)
- "A Special Time of Year" (only played in Live shows.)
- "College Jacket" (only played in Live shows.)
- "Don't Give Up" (a cover of a song by The Whitest Boy Alive, track that later developed into 49 Percent)
- "Don't Go" (track featured on some versions of the "Sparks" single. It is essentially a remix of Please Stay by Mekon without vocal parts)
- "Flax" (B-side to the original vinyl pressing of the Eple single.)
- "Fusion's Alright" (B-side to the original vinyl pressing of So Easy.)
- "Nok E Nok" (a fan favourite they played for encores.)
- "Om Ra vuling" (many have believed it to be Om rævpuling, but this word is quite filthy in the Norwegian language, some now call it Clean Sweep live.) A song only played live. It has not yet been featured on any album, although it has become Clean Sweep on the Special Edition CD.
- "Wooden Leg" (featured on a Live album for the Le Big Sloppy Kiss Electronic Festival which took place in Norway, October 1999.)
- "Your Hands" (featured on a compilation album of Norwegian artists entitled "Arctic Circles 2".)
[edit] Remixes
- Anneli Drecker - Sexy Love (Röyksopp's Romantiske Sloyd Mix)
- Annie - Heartbeat (Röyksopp's Mindre Tilgengelige Remix)
- (Annie - The Greatest Hit) (Röyksopp remix) - Is believed to be a remix, but has not been confirmed.
- Athome Project - A feeling of care (tre nøtter til röyksopp)
- Beck - Still Missing (Röyksopp Remix)
- Coldplay - Clocks (Röyksopp's Instrumental Trembling Heart Remix)
- Coldplay - Clocks [Röyksopp’s White Label Remix]
- Coldplay - Clocks (Röyksopp's Trembling Heart Remix)
- Eri Nobuchika - Sing A Song (Röyksopp I Kramsno remix)
- Felix Da Housecat - What does it feel like (Röyksopp remix)
- Frost - Endless love (Röyksopp analogue euromix)
- Kings Of Convenience - I Don't Know what I can save you from (Röyksopp Instrumental Remix)
- Kings Of Convenience - I Don't Know what I can save you from (Röyksopp Remix)
- Mekon - Please Stay (Röyksopp Dub Remix)
- Mekon - Please Stay (Röyksopp Remix)
- Peter Gabriel - My head sounds like that (Röyksopp Remix)
- Queens of the Stone Age - Go with the flow (featured on the live album Röyksopp's Night Out)
- Roots Manuva - Colossal insight (Röyksopp remix)
- Spiller - Cry Baby (Röyksopp's Målselves Memorabilia mix)
- The Streets - Weak Become Heroes (Röyksopp dub)
- The Streets - Weak become heroes (Röyksopp Memory Lane Mix)
- Coldplay - Politik (Was never released, the reason was never known.)
[edit] See also
- Bjørn Torske
- Erlend Øye
- Anne Lilia Berge Strand
- Anneli Drecker
- Kate Havnevik
- Karin Dreijer
- Chelonis R Jones
