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Banana Man | Happy Up Here
“Junior is a proper fantastic return for the ’sopp, and is the sort of thing you could imagine sound tracking all the best events in life – whether having a cuppa, or shape-throwing down the rave-up. Interesting fact: very few albums will be as enjoyable as this in 2009. Brilliant”
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“For those who appreciated The Understanding’s shift toward craftier, radio-ready pop, Junior is bound to please. Though Röyksopp have always relied on the contributions of friends for their vocals, Junior leans even more of its weight on its guests. And what an A-list of Scandinavian’s finest they’ve assembled, with cuts from Robyn, Lykke Li, Karin Dreijer Andersson and former Bel Canto lead Anneli Drecker. The caliber of the vocalists notwithstanding, it’s their often idiosyncratic and bizarre timbres that make Junior distinctive. Where their prior work sometimes went with generic singers that, while technically flawless, often sounded too sweet and syrupy, Junior benefits from this contrast of jumpy, thick-bellied electro and eccentric, instantly recognizable vocalists.”
Full review by Derek Miller here.
“Junior is Röyksopp’s third album in eight years and finds them synthesizing the highs and lows from their previous records to strike a knowing middle ground. While it might be oversimplifying matters to suggest that it splits the difference between the cute, poppy Röyksopp and the darker, techno-friendly Röyksopp, the most satisfying thing about Junior is how convincingly they’ve bridged that divide. In doing so, they’ve managed to solve the niggling problems inherent to Melody A.M. and The Understanding — neither sickly sweet or unsuitably gloomy, Junior is arguably the pair’s strongest album.”
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Confused? You will be… From The Journeys Of Röyksopp
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Data Transmission asked Svein and Torbjorn to talk about the soundtrack to their Desert Island Disco – check it out here. Includes tracks from Kraftwerk, Burial, The Irrepressibles, The Knife, M83 and Vangelis!
“In the second of our features with the lovely Norwegian duo, we asked them to run us through their essential Desert Island records. OK, so they didn’t quite get the 7 albums concept, but what the hell – their new album Junior is out this week and it’s bloody lovely, so we’ll let them off the hook.”
“Junior is intoxicating, ecstatic electro at its peak that twists, turns and evolves with every spin. And as for the Norwegians’ chameleonic adaptability assigning the record an ambience where it’d be out of place seems nigh on implausible. Listen closely and even the crunch of a few guitar strings pricks the subconscious.”
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