Röyksopp Goes Pop: It's Junior

What I wrote on the other thread:

"While "Happy Up Here" is a pleasant enough "Eple" rehash, the rest of the album is very good, specifically the bouncy "Miss it So Much", the Kate Bush-y "You Don't Have a Clue" and the stupendously dramatic "The Girl and the Robot" with Robyn. My only problem is with the very irritating "Tricky Tricky" which will probably be a big hit to spite me.

Royksopp do reinforce my theory that Robyn, Lykke Li, Karin Dreijer and Kate Havnevik are all the same person though."

Also, I don't know if it's really them "going pop", as they were pretty pop already.

'Happy Up Here' reminds me as much of 'Radio #1' as 'Eple' - the criticism for this reminds me of the Get Me Bodied/Single Ladies argument, MEH

Also, I don't know if it's really them "going pop", as they were pretty pop already.

I classified it as such, mainly due to the presence of so many vocalists this go-round.

Gotcha.

Hey, dahnce neophyte here, but this album was pretty enjoyable off one listen. I like the Karin tracks here way more than those on her mope-through-the-blandness solo album.

man if it was Kate Bush singing 'You Don't Have A Clue' i think i would die (add Liz Frasier on backing to be sure). i love Anneli Drecker's voice anyway.

wow i'm excited. lol rev

i'm confused why you guys think "you don't have a clue" is the kate bush jam. it's obviously "this must be it"!

i think just because Drecker sounds closer to Bush in subtle cooing mode than Dreifer does to loud screechy Bush

I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO HEAR THIS.

Anyone else recognise something familiar in Vision One? (Listen to the first ten seconds of Stevie Wonder's Innervisions album)

Ha, I was just about to post that.

The Parliament and Stevie cops seemed so obvious as to not be worth pointing out.

i think just because Drecker sounds closer to Bush in subtle cooing mode than Dreifer does to loud screechy Bush

Would say Drecker's voice is considerably closer to Liz Fraser than to Kate Bush.

anxiously awaiting

Geir OTM, Drecker sounds more like Fraser than Bush especially towards the end of the song. Beautiful track BTW.

Röyksopp Album Streaming on MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/royksopp

This sounds surprisingly good. I would say their best album yet.

interview in The Independent

Röyksopp - A chilled duo find warmth

Röyksopp are known for their eerie and atmospheric instrumentals. The Norwegians tell James McNair why their latest album is full of pop songs
http://bit.ly/vTk6S

Enjoying this a lot.

'Vision One' intro in my head all week

Recently I've taken a shine to the Lykke Li song. Pretty sure this has become my favorite of their albums, though.

The Girl And The Robot has remixes by Kris Menace, Spencer & Hill, Joakim, Chateau Marmont, Ocelot, Jean Elan AND Davide Rossi. TOO MANY MIX. What is this, a Ladyhawke song?

I noticed that. It's like a 10-track single. Tell me if any of them are any good.

Kris Menace Re-Interpretation (as opposed to the mere Remix) makes the grade

gonna enter this 'remix Tricky Tricky' competition they have goin on their site - ends in 7 days tho fuck

Post here when you're done/if you finish.

xposts. I like the Rossi Mix A LOT. It's almost classical in feel. Not much beats going on either but sounds gorgeous.

Is Senior still coming out then?

I never established whether this was the, er, Nordic sense of humour ...

this interview says it shld be out in feb - http://www.bedroomdisco.de/?p=828

Cool, thanks!

Really getting into this album now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRy8oG-6Kxc

that song ruins the rest of the album for me

In love with aroba.