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So, what on earth is in the water in Norway these past few years?
The Röyksopp are Svein Berge and Torbjorn Brundtland, and their debut album is a stunning example of that "human-faced" electronic music that captures followers from all four corners of the world.
Graceful melodies amidst typically pop structures, then immersed in a bath of sweet, dreamy sampled sounds, wrapping you in allure from the first to the last moment.
In the two singles released, their work features the unmistakable voice of Erlend Øye, half of the "neoacoustic" Kings of Convenience, also Norwegians [Note: present on de-baser with the reviews of their CDs "Quiet Is The New Loud" and "Versus"], and you can feel the touch of class.
If "Remind Me" is even in rotation on MTV, then something is truly changing in this world going adrift, even if deep down we're not quite sure whether to celebrate or not, as it's nestled between Christina Aguilera and Pink.
But trust me, this little disc won't be easily forgotten, with its perfect symbiosis of pop and electronics, like Lamb without angels to invoke, or like a slightly dazed Notwist. Listen to believe in "Eple", where what seems like an effective refrain reveals itself to be a mesmerizing harmonic loop, so mesmerizing that you practically don't notice that the whole song is just a refrain.
Then you get a fright when you hear it as the background to Solaris on Rete4 (devil... the mainstream with a thousand arms!!).
Tracklist Lyrics and Samples
01 So Easy (04:10)
Blue on blue, heartache on heartache
Blue on blue, now that we are through
- Hello?
- Yeah it's me. I wanna give you some good frequencies. 1710, 2.6, 2245...
- Yeah?
- 3032, 400
- 400?
- Yeah.
- I'm coming right over.
- Do that.
- I'll be there in two seconds.
03 Sparks (05:25)
No matter gay or grim, it's those tiny little sparks
Daily life that makes me forget my wounded heart
It doesn't matter when, it may rain or it may shine
blurred memories of us come back from time to time
(repeat)
No matter gay or grim, it's those tiny little sparks
Daily life that makes me forget my sulky heart
It doesn't matter when, it may rain or it may shine
You will always be here stored inside my mind
Come I'll give you all my love
Suck some air
Tell you what I'm dreaming of
Oh, whoa, oh....
Maybe within a thousand years
You'll be here
Maybe within a thousand tears
Oh, whoa, oh.....
Whoa, whoa....oh, oh
Can I be so alone?
Can I be so alone?
Hmm....
Oh, oh....whoa, oh, oh......
La la la la la la...hmm.....
05 Poor Leno (03:58)
Poor Leno
Where you'll be, I'll go
Where you'll be, I'll know
Where you'll be, I'll find you......
(repeat)
Poor Leno
Where you'll be, I'll go
Where you'll be, I'll know
Where you'll be, I'll find you.....
(repeat)
Poor Leno
Where you'll be, I'll go
Where you'll be, I'll know
Where you'll be, I'll find you
Poor Leno
Have you due in time
Reunite as one
Please, I'll always find you..
Poor Leno
Where you'll be, I'll go
Where you'll be, I'll know
Where you'll be, I'll find you
Poor Leno
Have you due in time
Reunite as one
Please, I'll always find you...
08 Remind Me (03:39)
Itâs only been a week
The rush of being home in rapid fading
The failing to recall
What I was missing all that time in England
Has sent me aimlessly
On foot or by the help of transportation
To knock on windows where
My friend no longer live, I had forgotten
And everywhere I go
Thereâs always something to remind me
Of another place in time
Where love that travelled far had found me
We stayed outside till two
Waiting for the light to come back
We didnât talk I knew
Until you asked what I was thinking
Until you asked what I was thinking
Brave men tell the truth
The wise men tools are analogies and puzzles
A woman holds her tongue
Knowing silence will speak for her
Brave men tell the truth
The wise men tools are analogies and puzzles
A woman holds her tongue
Knowing silence will speak for her
Will speak for her
And everywhere I go
Thereâs always something to remind me
Of another place in time
Where love that travelled far had found me
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