Röyksopp

Röyksopp

Röyksopp performing in Berlin on 7 April 2009
Background information
Origin Tromsø, Norway
Genres Trip hop,[1] Downbeat,[1] Dance[1]
Years active 1998–present
Labels Tellé (1998-2000)
Wall of Sound (2001-present UK)
Astralwerks (2001-present US)
Associated acts Alanïa, Drum Island, Aedena Cycle, Those Norwegians, Robyn, Fever Ray
Website http://www.royksopp.com
Members
Svein Berge
Torbjørn Brundtland

Röyksopp (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɾøʏksɔp]) is an Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø, formed in 1998. Since their inception, the band's line-up has included Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland. Röyksopp has been nominated for one Grammy Award, seven Spellemannprisen awards, performed worldwide tours, and produced albums topping the charts in several countries.

Röyksopp emerged from the Tromsø techno scene and Bergen Wave after experimenting with different genres of electronic music. The band solidified their place in the electronic music scene with their 2001 debut album, Melody A.M., released on Wall of Sound. Since then, the band has consistently experimented with various genres pertaining to electronica, gaining critical acclaim and success around the world.

Contents

History

Origins (1990-1997)

Berge and Brundtland were schoolmates in their hometown of Tromsø, experimenting with electronic instruments in the early 1990s, being a part of the Tromsø techno scene.[1][2] The two met when Berge was 12 and Brundtland was 13, and the two began playing music together due to a shared interest in electronic music.[2] Their childhood in Tromsø and the spectacular northern Norwegian scenery have often been mentioned as one of their most important inspirations.[2][3][4][5] However, the two went their separate ways, until they met up with each other in Bergen, Norway.[6]

Bergen, a city of 212,944 people in 1990,[7] had now overtaken Tromsø's position as the most vital scene for underground electronic music in Norway, and Röyksopp worked with other Norwegian musicians such as Frost, Those Norwegians, Drum Island, and Kings of Convenience’s guitarist/singer Erlend Øye in what was called the Bergen Wave.[6] During this time, the duo befriended Geir Jenssen.[1] Under the tutelage of Jenssen, the duo started a band called Aedena Cycle with Gaute Barlindhaug and Kolbjørn Lyslo.[8] Aedena Cycle recorded an vinyl EP called Traveler's Dreams in 1994.[8][9] The EP was released under the R&S Records sublabel Apollo.[9] Following the release of the EP, Jenssen almost convinced the band to sign a full record deal with Apollo Records.[1]

Early years: (1998-2000)

After recording as Aedena Cycle, Berge and Brundtland left the group to form their own band. They took the name Röyksopp.[2][6] The word 'Röyksopp' is a stylized version of the uncommon Norwegian word for the puffball mushroom, "røyksopp".[5] The band has also mentioned that the word could also mean the mushroom cloud after an atomic blast.[2][5]

Röyksopp's debut single was released by local Bergen Wave-era independent label Tellé.[1][10] Röyksopp's first single "So Easy", which was later re-released on their first album, was the second record released by Tellé.[10] After being used in a UK T-Mobile advertisement, "So Easy" became popular in the UK market[11] and was later re-released, combined with their later hit single "Remind Me".[12]

Melody A.M. and early success: (2001-2004)

After leaving Tellé, the band signed with British label Wall of Sound and released Melody A.M., which would go on to be certified platinum in the bands native Norway,[13] and sell over a million copies worldwide.[14] The album peaked at number one in Norway,[15] and produced the UK Top 40 singles "Eple", "Poor Leno", and "Remind Me".[16] A final single, "Sparks", was also released.[16] Eple (IPA: [ˈɛplə]) - meaning "apple" in Norwegian[17] - 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.[18]

The popularity of the duo’s music was boosted by several graphically experimental music videos, many of which were put into heavy rotation by MTV.[18] The music video for "Remind Me", featuring an infographic-styled video by French company H5, won the 2002 MTV Europe Music Award for best music video.[19][11] In this same event the duo was nominated in three more categories: "Best Nordic Act", "Best New Artist" and "Best Dance Act", but only won the award for best video.[19] The duo performed the song "Poor Leno" at the event.[20] One year later the duo received a nomination for "Best Group" at the Brit Awards.[21]

It was during this time that Röyksopp slowly began to gain popularity in the United States. "Remind Me", one of the two Röyksopp and Erlend Øye collaborations found on Melody A.M., was featured in a Geico car insurance commercial.[11] The commercial was the fourth of the "It's so easy a caveman could do it" ads, and featured said caveman riding a moving sidewalk in an airport terminal when he comes across a poster displaying the inflammatory ad campaign.[11]

The Understanding: (2005-2008)

Röyksopp's second studio album The Understanding was released on July 12, 2005,[22] preceded by the single “Only This Moment” on June 27, 2005.[22] The single managed to peak at number 33 in the United Kingdom.[23] 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.[6] The album's second single, “49 Percent”, was released on 26 September, 2005. A third single, "What Else Is There?", including vocals from Swedish singer Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife and Fever Ray,[24] became the album's biggest hit, peaking at number 32 in the United Kingdom,[25] and at number 4 in Norway.[26] "Beautiful Day Without You" was the album's fourth single, and a non-album track, "Curves", was also released.

Building upon the success of Melody A.M., The Understanding was very successful in Europe. The album peaked at number one in Norway,[15] and at number 21 in the UK.[16] During this time, Röyksopp's popularity continued to increase in the United States. The album charted on many Billboard charts, and peaked at number 2 on the Top Electronic Albums chart, number 22 on the Top Heatseekers chart, and number 32 on the Top Independent Albums.[27]

Many of Röyksopp's singles soon were licensed for movie appearances. "What Else Is There?" was featured during a scene in the 2007 American film, "Meet Bill"[28] and during the end credits of the 2006 film "Cashback",[29] and "Circuit Breaker" was used in the 2007 snowboard film Picture This.[30][31]

Röyksopp performing at Fuji Rock, Niigata, Japan, in 2005

On June 19, 2006, Röyksopp released a nine-track live album, called Röyksopp's Night Out.[22] Notably, the album contains a reinterpretation of the song “Go with the Flow”, originally by Queens of the Stone Age.[32][33]

On March 5, 2007, Röyksopp compiled their favourite tracks by other artists for the Back to Mine series (Back to Mine: Röyksopp).[34] The album was released in the US on March 5 2007 and in the UK on April 27 2007.[34] The album also includes their own track “Meatball”, released under the pseudonym “Emmanuel Splice”.[34] Additionally, Svein Berge also contributed as a board member for the celebration of the Grieg year, as Norway celebrated their famous composer Edvard Grieg.[35]

On Röyksopp's 10th birthday - December 15, 2008 - the band released a new track “Happy Birthday” for free to celebrate this event.[36] The song is currently available for free streaming on the band's website.[36]

Junior and Senior: (2009-)

On March 23, 2009, Röyksopp's third studio album Junior was released, which features the single "Happy Up Here".[22] The song debuted on BBC Radio 1's Pete Tong show on 9 Jan 2009. It was officially released digitally on March 16, 2009.[22] The music video, made by Reuben Sutherland, features elements from the arcade game Space Invaders.[37] Both the single and the video were met with positive reactions from the press and fans.[38]

"The Girl and the Robot", the second single from the album Junior including vocals from Swedish singer Robyn, was released on June 15, 2009.[39] The vinyl and digital version of the single included remixes of the song by Kris Menace, Chateau Marmont and Spencer & Hill.[39] At the 52nd Grammy Awards, the Jean Elan remix of "The Girl And The Robot" was nominated for a Grammy for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical.[40] "This Must Be It" is the third single from the album, including vocals from Swedish singer Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife and Fever Ray.[41] The single also featuring remixes by Thin White Duke, LehtMoJoe, Rex the Dog and Apparat, among others.[41] The band later released "Tricky Tricky" stems as part of a remix competition and the winning entries were released on October 27, 2009.[42]

Junior was a success around the world. The album peaked at number one in Norway, the band's third consecutive album to do so.[15] The album also peaked at number 21 on the UK Albums Chart.[16] In addition, the album also charted on many Billboard charts, including the Billboard 200 - the first Röyksopp album to do so - where it peaked at number 126.[27] The album also peaked at number 4 on the Top Electronic Albums chart and number 3 on the Top Heatseekers chart.[27]

Junior will be followed by an album Senior, a counterpart to Junior, which is quiet, "withdrawn and introspective" and "create an atmosphere and an ambience".[43][44] The album is also slated to be entirely instrumental.[45] The first single, "The Drug" was released on August 9, 2010,[22] and the album is expected to be released on September 13, 2010.[46]

Style

Musical style

Röyksopp's music is often referred to as "warm",[1][2] a reference to the bands downbeat electronica that combines elements of house music, drum and bass, and afro-american sounds.[2]

A notable component of Röyksopp's song repertoire relies on the use of multiple lead vocalists. For instance, Melody A.M. features the vocal talents of Anneli Drecker and Erlend Øye,[47] The Understanding features Kate Havnevik, Chelonis R Jones, and Karin Dreijer Andersson,[24] and Junior features Robyn, Anneli Drecker, Karin Dreijer Andersson, and Lykke Li.[48]

Röyksopp enjoy using classic synthesizers, including the monophonic Korg MS-20, the polyphonic Roland Juno-106, and multiple members of the Akai Sampler Series.[5] The band has stated that they prefer using analogue synthesizers over digital ones.[2][5] Svein Berge said, "It’s fairly limited the fun you can have with the use of a mouse. We like to mix."[5]

The duo has also expressed their enjoyment for remixing songs.[5] Berge said, "It’s obviously fun remixing people like Coldplay, artists of such a big calibre. Whenever people approach us for a remix it’s very nice; being approached by Roots Manuva, The Streets, and even Peter Gabriel is quite fun."[5] The band was also approached by Britney Spears for a remix, but had to turn down the offer due to scheduling conflicts.[20]

Influences

Growing up in northern Norway, Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland grew up listening to local artists like Bel Canto and Biosphere.[2] The band has also expressed their interest in the music of Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, Giorgio Moroder, Art of Noise, Vangelis, Erik Satie, and Francis Lai.[2] Svein Berge has also stated that he is very fond of the production and programming skills of Datasette, who produced a remix of the Röyksopp single “Happy Up Here”.[43]

Röyksopp often include references and homages to their musical influences. For instance, “Röyksopp Forever” pays homage to famous electronic pioneers of the 70s, including, "the likes of Vangelis and these people, and Krautrock, like Tangerine Dream and even Pink Floyd and King Crimson."[43]

Live performances

Röyksopp is known for their elaborate concert performances. Marc Hogan of Pitchfork Media said that "Those who have heard Röyksopp's two albums [...] won't be surprised to learn the Norwegian duo's live set is much better and more raucuous than hunching next to the speakers at yer local Crate & Barrel".[49]

When performing live, the duo often perform in eccentric outfits. Ari Stein, of Electronic Beats, said, that during one particular live set, "Röyksopp returned with two separate encores, one which included Berge playing “Eple” with a space suit capsule on his head".[50]

Discography

Reception and Awards

Röyksopp at the 2005 Glastonbury Festival

Critical reception

In addition to sales success, Röyksopp has managed to garner good critical reception from many music critics. The band has also been nominated for many prestigious awards, including multiple Spellemannprisens and a Grammy.

The tracks "What Else Is There?" and "Eple" were chosen among the top 500 tracks of the decade by Pitchfork Media and were placed in respectively 375th and 336th place.[51][52] Another track written by Röyksopp, Annie's "Heartbeat" was placed 17th on the same list.[53] On November 24th 2009, Melody A.M. was named the best Norwegian album of the decade by Norways largest newspaper, VG.[54] The Understanding came 5th on the same list.[54] In a ranking of the top 10 Norwegian tracks of the decade by VG, "Eple" and "What Else Is There?" were placed 3rd and 6th respectively.[55]

Awards

Year Award Category
2001 Spellemannprisen
  • Best Music Video for "Eple" (Won)[56]
  • Best Electronic Album for "Melody A.M." (Won)[56]
2002 Spellemannprisen
  • Best Music Video for "Remind Me" (Won)[57]
  • Spellemann Special Award (Won)[57]
MTV Europe Music Awards
  • Best Music Video for "Remind Me" (Won)[19]
Alarmprisen
  • Best Pop for "Melody A.M." (Won)
  • Best House/Techno for "Melody A.M." (Won)
  • Best Music for "Eple" (Won)
2003 Brit Awards
  • Best International Group (Nominated)[21]
2005 Spellemannprisen
  • Best Pop Group (Won)[58]
2006 Alarmprisen
  • Best Club for "The Understanding" (Won)
2009 Grammy Awards
  • Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for "The Girl And The Robot (Jean Elan Remix)" (Nominated)[40]
2010 Spellemannprisen
  • Best Composer for "Junior" (Won)[59]
  • Best Electronic Album for "Junior" (Won)[59]

See also

  • Anneli Drecker
  • Kate Havnevik
  • Karin Dreijer Andersson
  • Chelonis R Jones
  • Robyn
  • Lykke Li

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