Röyksopp

» Clash Music interview Tobjørn

You’ve a slick-looking official site and plenty of social groups – did the band embrace the internet at an early stage?
I’m afraid not! Being seen as a very electronic-inspired act, it’s perhaps a surprise that we can take our time with things, and not rush anything. That’s maybe why, back in 1998, I didn’t have the internet.

Can you imagine a band starting now without using what the internet offers?
A band without internet? That sounds like a band’s name. A band’s name on their MySpace page.

Read the rest of the interview here

» Svein talks to Gigwise

“In the words of Royksopp’s Svein Berge, “there are things brewing in the north.” Not least among them is the third album from the smooth-talking electro-pop pair.  Entitled ‘Junior’, this latest installment of gilded Royksoppian glitch-pop promises to fall somewhere between their million-selling debut of 2001, ‘Melody AM’, and the catchier, melodic sensibilities of 2005’s follow-up, ‘The Understanding’.  Though ‘Junior’s’ list of guest vocalists reads like a roll call of Scandinavian pop goddesses, it’s the return of the internationally acclaimed Norwegian duo that that fans are most anticipating.  In a very special early preview, Svein tells Gigwise what we can expect…”

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» Happy Up Here with Pitchfork!

Pitchfork like the new single…

“Happy Up Here, the first single from Norwegian duo’s upcoming Junior, is a lightly percolating walk through the clouds, its rubbery synthesizers and wispy vocals suggesting a sunny-day equivalent to Air’s Moon Safar.” Pitchfork.

To check out the rest of the review visit Pitchfork over here!

» Röyksopp on Pete Tong’s Essential Selection

World premier of ‘Happy Up Here’ on Pete Tong’s Essential Selection, BBC Radio 1. Listen to the track and interview with Svein and Torbjørn again on the iPlayer.

» Röyksopp Progress Report…

Röyksopp chat to Stereogum about their forthcoming album plans here.