Royksopp - Senior (Wall Of Sound)
Oh dear. Röyksopp want to be taken seriously. Best described as a Nordic electronic We Are Scientists – funny, eccentric interviewees; purveyors of bright, balloon-light music of little consequence (but large sales) – Svein Berge and...
Album review: Royksopp
Facts about this album: * Royksopp are electronic duo Svein Berge and Torbjorn Brundtland. * They are based in Bergen, Norway. * 'Junior' is their third album. Album review: What is this grand concept you’re trying to communicate,...
Royksopp : The Understanding
Röyksopp’s second album has so much riding on it that it ought to be gobbling coke-spiked sugar lumps prior to the 3.30 at Newmarket. Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge have spent roughly a fifth of their lives touring the chillout-defining...
Royksopp : Remind Me/So Easy
About this time last year, NME took Kings Of Convenience to Ibiza. Little did we know that little more than twelve months later, Kings singer Erlend Oye would have almost completed a solo dance album and be guesting on singles by dark Norwegian...
Royksopp : Stockholm Barkarby Motorstadion
There are few weirder places to end up by chance, than amidst Sweden's fashionistas and glamorous social elite, in a sweaty, sleazy Hell's Angels den (Home to the notorious Swede Sofia Hogs gang) on the outskirts of Stockholm. Hidden alongside...
Royksopp : Melody AM
Kings Of Convenience assert that quiet is the new loud; trendy dance compilations point to Norway being the new France; and rocketing sales of ambient music suggest that chilling out is the new stressing out. It all adds up to good news...
Royksopp : Eple
Style mag darlings Royskopp are from the Norwegian town of Bergen, which is best known for being the spiritual home of the church-burning black metal scene of the early-'90s. Now, though, most of those bands have either broken up, been imprisoned...
