wow a röyksopp thread! nice! does anybody know whats going on with them?

 

 

little hello to all röyksoppers!

you made music together with them?? wow amazing! :stunned: yeah i think that must be great for a musician to meet someone like them!.. they are stars now.. how did you get there!?!

Well done! I like such pleasant music !! Keep on g:)ing

yeah röyksopp release a new album on 23rd of March 2009!

its called `junior´.. looking forward :)

Cool news :D

yeah cool ! havent heard it before! thanks for the link.

i thought it will be released on 9th march!?.. :)

 

the last days i searched on youtube about some royksopp music

and found some songs i didnt know before..

 

why didnt i see the new single!? :rolleyes:

This new song is cool!

Oooh I'm looking forward to hearing all the new stuff from them.

I still love "What Else Is There" so much :heart:

Royksopp is amazing.

In the words of Royksopp’s Svein Berge, “there are things brewing in the north.” Not least among them is the third album from the smooth-talking electro-pop pair. Entitled ‘Junior’, this latest instalment of gilded Royksoppian glitch-pop promises to fall somewhere between their million-selling debut of 2001, ‘Melody AM’, and the catchier, melodic sensibilities of 2005’s follow-up, ‘The Understanding’. Though ‘Junior’s’ list of guest vocalists reads like a roll call of Scandinavian pop goddesses, it’s the return of the internationally acclaimed Norwegian duo that that fans are most anticipating. In a very special early preview, Svein tells Gigwise what we can expect…

 

“For us ‘Junior’ is following the concert of Royksopp in terms of trying to create unique songs – that sounds very pretentious but that’s what we try to make in all honesty,” Svein begins of Royksopp’s third studio album. Even on the phone, his famed good-humour and silver-tongued press-manner shine through. He tells me that the new album contains “special songs with emphasis on trying to present interesting sounds in the traditional heritage of Royksopp,” in a description so spectacularly evasive that there seems little point asking him to elaborate further.

 

Instead, we move onto Junior’s Scandinavian celebrity line-up. Robyn, Lykke Li, and The Knife’s Karin Dreijer are holding the Swedish fort, while Anneli Drecker represents Royksopp’s own Norway. “There are a lot of good things coming out of Scandinavia at the moment from Sweden, Norway and Denmark,” Svein says of his contemporaries. “We know these people and they know us: it is all intertwined and very inclusive, the whole operation. I don’t mind being associated with these enormously talented artists. Royksopp are a bit on the side of it, but we try and invite ourselves into that clique, obviously.”

 

But Svein is keen to make clear that Royksopp have never quite courted convention: “I notice that we are still being called either a downtempo, chillout duo, which I believe is quite wrong, or I see us branded as a dance act, which I also think is mistaken. I wouldn’t really go out and shake my hips to a song like Royksopp’s ‘Forever’, you know? It would be kind of hard unless you have very special dancing abilities!”

 

“There’s no one around quite like us,” Svein elaborates of the difficulties of being a crossover between dancefloor acts like Daft Punk, Justice, or the oft-compared polished electro-pulse of Air, and the recent surge of indie-electro bands, like MGMT. “This album in particular I believe is quite eclectic and diverse: I couldn’t really recommend one single place to listen to it. Torbjørn likes to listen to it while he’s driving a car. I’m more of a shower man myself, I like to listen to it when I’m showering. I’m an Aquarius, so I like being close to water, and then there’s nudity, which adds to it.”

 

The ten years of Royksopp’s history make for impressive reading. Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland met at school, though Royksopp came into being a few years later, in 1998, in a Norwegian musical renaissance remembered as the ‘Bergen Wave’, after its place of origin. Just three years on, the success of their debut, with its ingenious videos and ubiquitous commercial licencing, catapulted them into an international sphere of recognition that has seen them win numerous awards and sell millions of records. It’s an illustrious career, no doubt, but Svein isn’t quite finished just yet: “I’ve always wanted to touch Vangelis’ beard. I want to touch divinity, and to me he is the god of synthesizer. After that I can just wither and die, I’ll have done my share of mortal toil.” I meekly suggest that some Royksopp fans might object to this rather unexpected demise of Norway’s best-loved musical export, at which point he muses, “well, there’s always the option of remastering Melody A.M. ten times with different remixes…”

 

To the contrary, new single ‘Happy Up Here’ more that suffices to prove that Royksopp have no intention of living off their past successes: “Age is coming whether you like it or not – but it’s not as if we are going to drift into mediocrity,” Svein assures. The single’s seductive, reverberating throb coats familiar Royksoppian melodic murmurings that promise, "You know I really like it/ I know I'll always be here.” And while, much like ‘Forever’, the allusions to eternity strike of ambition beyond Svein and Torbjørn’s mere-mortal means, it’s clear that Royksopp haven’t quite lost their charisma, musical or otherwise, just yet.

http://royksopp.com/music/junior

 

listen to the whole album here!..

 

its great!

 

..makes my day :)

Well, I love the tracks from the new album....so varied! and changing from one moment to the next but still with the Royksopp sound. :heart: them.

 

Girl and the Robot is cooool, Miss it so much is lovely, Tricky Tricky is great, This Must Be It..... ok I like the whole thing. :nice:

New album is a stunner. Rich electropop. Very catchy groovy shimmering music. Standouts are Girl and The Robot, Vision One, This Must Be It, and You Don't Have a Clue. Royksopp deliver again!

New album is a stunner. Rich electropop. Very catchy groovy shimmering music. Standouts are Girl and The Robot, Vision One, This Must Be It, and You Don't Have a Clue. Royksopp deliver again!

 

Is that really you? How are you doing? It's a pity you don't visit more often!!:D

Doing well just busy. Hope you are well too:-) Will be back on Sunday!

I like the new album too! :)

:dance: Wow just discovered the japanese bonus track right now.. :dance:

why are their b-sides so hard to find!?!?! :\

Pitty they moved to Bergen :thinking:

Pitty they moved to Bergen :thinking:

 

How come? What's wrong with it?:confused:

<< "Senior" is now finished >> !!! :dance: I hope it gets released soon!..

http://royksopp.com/on-senior-track-of-the-month

:dance: good news! :nice:

 

http://royksopp.com/senior

 

 

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Röyksopp are set to release the counterpart to last year’s critically acclaimed Junior album on the 13th September. More introspective and freeform than its poppier partner and fully instrumental, the Nordic electronic pioneers Svein Berge and Torbjorn Brundtland recorded Senior at the same time as Junior and it finds Royksopp in fine form.

Royksopp explain:

The two albums (’Junior’ and ‘Senior’) have a kinship, in that they represent Röyksopp’s two very different artistic expressions. ‘Junior’ – with emphasis on vocals, accessible melodies and harmonies, has the energy, the inquisitive temper and confident “hey-ho, let’s go!”-attitude of youth, whereas ‘Senior’ is the introverted, dwelling and sometimes graceful counterpart – brimfull with dark secrets and distorted memories, insisting “I’m old, I’ve got experince…”. Senior’ is furthermore an album about age, horses and being subdued – with devils breathing down your neck.

Senior was written as a complete set of tracks, each designated to take a specific part in the bigger piece. All individual tracks have been made with the intent of coexisting with the other tracks on the album.

Each track is equally as important as its predecessor and successor. We feel that none of the tracks should be regarded outside of this context, ie. separated from the rest of the album. Quite a “brave”/stupid thing to do in this day & age of iPods and cherrypicking, one might suggest. We couldn’t agree more – hell that’s even probably why we did it.

Senior is forthcoming 13th September on Wall Of Sound UK, PIAS Europe, EMI Scandinavia & Japan, USA TBA.

You will be able to Pre-order Senior right here on Royksopp.com, if you aren’t already a Member, just sign up in the Members area or submit your email address below to be alerted as soon as Senior is available to pre-order and listen.

 

Album tracklisting:

1. …And The Forest Began To Sing

2. Tricky Two

3. The Alcoholic

4. Senior Living

5. The Drug

6. Forsaken Cowboy

7. The Fear

8. Coming Home

9. A Long, Long Way

 

 

Tags: Senior News

How come? What's wrong with it?:confused:

 

Cause they came from Tromsø :dozey:

 

@ Sam: :awesome: I had no idea it was comming so soon.

to be true, it has become late :D

but the guys do what they do and i am patiently waiting.. uhm .. was waiting :D it has leaked :nice:

:confused: Eeeeeh, where' the next big hit, I want to wave it people's faces!

ROYKSOPP :heart:

 

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