Royksopp announce details of new album

[u2popmofo]

http://pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-04/11.shtml

June 28th

I love the last album, cant wait to hear a sophomore effort.


PS - 'Alpha Male' is a great title

[Bunbury]

Who they?

[beau2ifulday]

Can't wait. Melody A.M is still one of my most played albums, and there seems to be a real deficit of good electronic bands at the moment.

[HeartlandGirl]

Royksopp


You can bet your sweet bippy I'll be buying this album.

[u2popmofo]

Originally posted by Bunbury
Who they?

From allmusic.com:

Nordic duo Röyksopp compensated for the cold climes of their native Tromsø by making some of the warmest, most inviting downbeat electronica of the new millennium, exemplified by early singles like "Eple" and "Poor Leno." The pair, Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge, both grew up in Tromsø and began recording in the early '90s. Local-made-good Geir Jenssen (aka Biosphere) provided tutelage and almost convinced the duo to record for R&S sublabel Apollo. After a few years apart, Brundtland and Berge met back up in Bergen and re-formed Röyksopp in 1998. The group released a few singles on Tellé, then signed up to the big beat label Wall of Sound. The Röyksopp debut was 2001's "Eple" single; both "Eple" and another track ("Poor Leno") earned a slot on over a dozen chill-out compilations that year or the next. The first full-length, Melody A.M., appeared in late 2001.

[yertle-the-turtle]

ooooh!

[Elvis Presley]

Originally posted by beau2ifulday


Can't wait. Melody A.M is still one of my most played albums, and there seems to be a real deficit of good electronic bands at the moment.

Well said, agreed.

[phanan]

It's about time!

[SkeeK]

Originally posted by phanan
It's about time!

Agreed! I'm really, really looking forward to this hunk of plastic. I think that Royksopp can possibly do no ill.. I mean have you heard all their wickedawesome remixes??

also peeps who like royksopp.. look into Drum Island's self-titled disc taht came out in i think 98 (if you can find it).. there's some stuff there that royksopp kinda borrowed for melody am. and all around it's a pretty cool record if you like royksopp probly up your alley.

[u2popmofo]

Originally posted by SkeeK


I think that Royksopp can possibly do no ill.. I mean have you heard all their wickedawesome remixes??

Their remix of "Clocks"

etc.

[SkeeK]

Originally posted by u2popmofo


Their remix of "Clocks"

etc.

they have a new one as a bonus on the new beck cd also.
though the boards of canada beck remix is better.

[u2popmofo]

So this is being released next week (July 12). I'm sure some of you have heard it (seeing as I "received" a copy of the single from a member of this board), what do you think?

All I've heard is the single, 'Only This Moment'. I quite like it

[phanan]

I actually haven't heard it yet, but am very much looking forward to it.

[u2popmofo]

Here's the first review I've seen:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record...standing.shtml

The best part is that this album has Röyksopp being a lot more Röyksopp than the last one. If bits of Melody A.M. had them sounding all masterful and immaculate but not entirely league-of-their-own, this one does a lot to correct that. Meaning this is the one that puts them firmly and officially up there in the top tier of the dance-music crossover-album crowd, up with the Daft Punks and, umm, Basement Jaxxes. Really: Good for them.





Sounds good. Am I the only person hyped about this?!

[HeartlandGirl]

Heck no, you aren't! It's the only thing I have written down on my calendar for the month of July.

[kakvox]

Here is Pitchfork's review

[u2popmofo]

Originally posted by kakvox
Here is Pitchfork's review

Yeah, that's what I just posted.....

[kakvox]

Originally posted by u2popmofo


Yeah, that's what I just posted.....

oops, my bad

[dandy]

[HeartlandGirl]

Just got back from the local record shop, and they already had their signs out for tomorrow's new releases. They had two signs for Royksopp--one regular, one limited edition. I just scanned the Pitchfork review and didn't see anything about the two editions. Any info on this? Which one is everyone getting?

Can't wait to pick it up.