Röyksopp
Röyksopp (. Royksopp also written; norway for the fungal species puffballs, in which case rather mushroom cloud ) is a Norwegian musical group consisting of Svein and Torbjørn Brundtland mountains. They are representatives of electronic music.
Band History
Mountains and Brundtland already learned as children in their hometown Tromsø know. After school, both lost at first sight, but found two years later back together and formed the group Röyksopp. In 1995 they released their first album.
Your first singles they released on the independent label Telle. After the success of the singles group from British label Wall of Sound was contracted. The published there album Melody A.M. received very positive reviews in many magazines and sold in a short time more than 750,000 times. In June 2005, the follow-up album The Understanding the live album Röyksopp 's Night Out appeared a year later. The third studio album Junior was released in March 2009.
Additional international notoriety, the group acquired in that Eple ( norweg. = apple) 10.3 ( Panther) was played as a sound after a successful installation of the Apple operating system Mac OS X, and served as a promotional soundtrack of a well-known cosmetics company. What Else Is There used to underscore an O ₂ commercial.
Review
The debut Melody A.M. has been stylistically compared to Goldfrapp and Air. It has been described as one of the most intriguing downbeat albums of the year. Blessed was the combination of beeping synthesizers of the 1980s, creaking back beats and dreamy voice. The following album, The Understanding received ambivalent reviews. On one hand, a certain disorientation between airy sound and trendy pieces was criticized, while New Musical Express grade the band as Pink Floyd for filling the huge stadiums, melancholy techno -characterized. Even the maturing process of the band was highlighted positive.
The album was released digitally on 16 junior and on CD on March 23, 2009; Started the single Happy up here was decoupled. This song has been heard on January 9, 2009 BBC Radio 1. The music video for Happy up here used graphics from the arcade game Space Invaders. At a junior many more disco -heavy pieces are included which have the familiar of the two previous albums melancholy character replaced with a few exceptions. Only Röyksopp Forever, You Do not Have a Clue and partly Miss It So Much reminiscent of sounds from Melody AM and The Understanding. With artists like Robyn, Lykke Li and Fever Ray many well-known guests are also represented on the album.
Discography
Albums
Singles
- 2001: So Easy
- 2001: Eple
- 2001: Poor Leno
- 2002: Remind Me
- 2003: Sparks ( Anneli Drecker with )
- 2003: Spoiler
- 2005: Only This Moment
- 2005: 49 Percent
- 2005: What Else Is There ( with Karin Dreijer Andersson )
- 2005: Beautiful Day Without You
- 2007: Only This Moment
- 2009: Happy Up Here
- 2009: The Girl and the Robot ( with Robyn )
- 2009: This Must Be It ( with Fever Ray )
- 2012: Running to the Sea ( Susanne Sundfør Röyksopp feat. )
Awards
2001
- Best music video for Eple - Spellemannprisen (the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammy Awards)
- Best Electronic Album for Melody A.M. - Spellemannprisen
2002
- Best Music Video - Spellemannprisen
- Best music video for Remind Me - MTV Europe Music Awards
2005
- Best Pop Band - Spellemannprisen