It's not surprising to hear that shadowy, electro-inclined outfit Salem chose the Fever Ray track from Röyksopp's Junior LP for their remixing purposes; the Michigan/Chicago/New York trio bury their tunes in dark murk while there's something pristine and laser-like about... CONTINUE READING SALEM SALEM IMPOSTERS REMIX RöYKSOPP (FEAT. FEVER RAY)»
Posted on October 9, 2009 in (5 comments)
Tags: Fever Ray | Röyksopp
Röyksopp's futuristic "The Girl & The Robot" video starred a lonesome stay-at-home Robyn longing for her electro-mechanical man. "This Must Be It" includes the voice of Karin Dreijer Andersson, but instead of Fever Ray, the Filip and Andreas Nilsson-directed video... CONTINUE READING NEW RöYKSOPP (FEAT FEVER RAY) VIDEO - "THIS MUST BE IT"»
Posted on September 28, 2009 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Fever Ray | Röyksopp | Stuart Price | The Knife | Thom Yorke
As those production stills suggested, the Michael Baldwin-directed video for oft performed "The Girl & The Robot" offers a very literal interpretation of the track. Basically, we find poor lonesome Robyn home alone in her best dress, cocktail in hand,... CONTINUE READING NEW RöYKSOPP (FEAT. ROBYN) VIDEO - "THE GIRL & THE ROBOT"»
Posted on May 22, 2009 in (7 comments)
Tags: Röyksopp | Robyn
Röyksopp have rightly identified their Robyn collab "The Girl And The Robot" as the flagship piece of their junior LP Junior, making it an early listen and the focus of their first television appearance in seven years. It features Robyn... CONTINUE READING NEW RöKYSOPP - "THE GIRL AND THE ROBOT (KRIS MENACE RE-INTERPRETATION)"»
Posted on May 12, 2009 in (1 comments)
Tags: Green Man Festival | Röyksopp | Robyn | Weezer
It seems the Norwegian duo have been pretty video camera shy since their support tour of Melody A.M., so it makes sense that they broke their live TV abstinence on the track that Robyn guests on. She has a way... CONTINUE READING RöYKSOPP'S FIRST TV APPEARANCE IN SEVEN YEARS INVOLVES ROBYN AND "THE GIRL AND THE ROBOT"»
Posted on April 21, 2009 in (10 comments)
Tags: Röyksopp | Robyn
The Swede reprised her studio turn for Junior's "The Girl And The Robot" at London's Royal Festival Hall. We're told Karin Dreijer Andersson, who assisted Röyksopp on a number of songs and opened the night with a Fever Ray set,... CONTINUE READING ROBYN JOINS RöYKSOPP ONSTAGE IN LONDON»
Posted on April 13, 2009 in (1 comments)
Tags: Fever Ray | Grizzly Bear | Röyksopp | Robyn
Connect the dots between "Happy Up Here," "The Girl And The Robot," and "Miss It So Much" at MySpace. Karin Dreijer for the win on ecstatic standout "Tricky Tricky."... CONTINUE READING STREAM RöYKSOPP'S JUNIOR»
Posted on March 12, 2009 (2 comments)
Tags: Fever Ray | Röyksopp | Tegan And Sara
Yesterday we presented Robyn's Röyksopp assist "The Girl And The Robot." Today Lykke Li makes her previously mentioned Junior presence known via a vocal turn on "Miss It So Much," a bittersweet anthem about mechanical hearts, days turning into weeks,... CONTINUE READING NEW RöYKSOPP (FEAT. LYKKE LI) - "MISS IT SO MUCH"»
Posted on March 10, 2009 (20 comments)
Tags: I'm In You | Lykke Li | Röyksopp | The Very Best
When talking about Röyksopp's forthcoming Junior, we've mentioned that the longstanding Norwegian duo's post-birthday collection includes guest vocal spots from the Scandinavian all-star team of Lykki Li, Anneli Drecker, Karin Dreijer, and Robyn. The collection's lead track "Happy Up Here"... CONTINUE READING NEW RöYKSOPP (FEAT. ROBYN) - "THE GIRL AND THE ROBOT"»
Posted on March 9, 2009 (12 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Jarvis Cocker | Röyksopp | Robyn
Yesterday a fan fooled the internet with his button-eyed cartoon characters being all happy up here to Röyksopp's "Happy Up Here." As a few of you pointed out, the real version was some infinitely cooler Space Invaders-inspired madness. Thanks to... CONTINUE READING NEW RöYKSOPP VIDEO - "HAPPY UP HERE"»
Posted on February 24, 2009 in (9 comments)
Tags: Comic-Con | of Montreal | Röyksopp | Twilight
After the Norwegian duo of Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland celebrated their 10th happy birthday, they stopped by for a Progress Report, then reminded everyone that they're "Happy Up Here" (aka in Norway aka a rich country). Now there's a... CONTINUE READING NEW RöYKSOPP VIDEO - "HAPPY UP HERE" (FAN-MADE VIDEO)»
Posted on February 23, 2009 in (13 comments)
Tags: Mellowdrone | of Montreal | Röyksopp
We just offered you a jam-packed Röyksopp Progress Report and before that the Norwegian duo ushered in their 10th birthday with an appropriately titled "Happy Birthday" song. Here they give us another one with happy in the title, "Happy Up... CONTINUE READING NEW RöYKSOPP - "HAPPY UP HERE"»
Posted on January 12, 2009 (7 comments)
Tags: Leeds | Radiohead | Röyksopp
NAME: Röyksopp PROGRESS REPORT: Wrapping up their third studio LP, Junior, recorded "all over the world." As reported here a couple weeks back, Norwegian duo Röyksopp just celebrated 10 years together. And like good friends (or an old married couple)... CONTINUE READING PROGRESS REPORT: RöYKSOPP»
Posted on January 5, 2009 in (7 comments)
Tags: Lykke Li | Neverever | Röyksopp | Robyn | The Knife
Röyksopp are celebrating their 10th birthday. (The Norwegian duo of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge released their first album Melody A.M. in 2001, but the guys actually got together and officially formed in 1998.) To celebrate longevity, the twosome have... CONTINUE READING NEW RöYKSOPP - "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" »
Posted on December 15, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Röyksopp
Leave it to Erlend Øye of Kings Of Convenience (Norway's answer to Simon & Garfunkel) to reinvent the genre. 1. Jurgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie 2. Erlend Oye - Sheltered Life (Remix)/Fine Night (Acapella) 3. Cornelius -... CONTINUE READING DJ MIXES USUALLY SUCK, BUT...»
Posted on April 30, 2004 (10 comments)
Tags: Cornelius | Erlend Øye | Fred Falke | Morgan Geist | Morrissey | Phoenix | Röyksopp | The Rapture | The Smiths