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ROYKSOPP - new album out in June

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:38 am
by Shrineboy
ROYKSOPP BACK WITH NEW ALBUM
Royksopp are returning with a new album this summer. The Norwegian duo will release long player 'The Understanding' on Wall Of Sound on 27 Jun, preceded by a single release, 'Only This Moment' on 13 Jun. They will also be playing a series of yet to be announced "live" dates.

Commenting on the new album, Royksopp told CMU: "I can tell you that this is definitely a sound which for us is more looking towards the future, than being as reminiscent of the past as our last album was. We always feel we have to move on and venture into things we really haven't done before.
Even though the last one was called Melody AM, this one is even more about melody."

The full tracklisting for the album is as follows:

Triumphant
Only This Moment
49 Percent
Boys
Follow My Ruin
Beautiful Day
What Else Is There?
Circuit Breaker
Alpha Male
Someone Like You
Dead To The World

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:26 pm
by memly
*cough*
Glastonbury
*cough*

About time they released some more material.

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:42 pm
by Loopz
Have to agree...good marketing for glastonbury. Oh look Autechre are not touring at the end of June! hmm :lol:

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:43 pm
by usernick
I like the way that the word live in "live" dates is surrounded by quotes! :lol: :P

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:17 pm
by Dollydagger
:lol: of course, well we all know how "live" it is :wink:

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:37 pm
by memly
Dollydagger wrote::lol: of course, well we all know how "live" it is :wink:
I dont :cry:
Tell me Tell me Tell me.

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:29 pm
by Dog
In their case it's more 'Memorex' ;)

S'funny because Manns and myself were only discussing the other day how bloody long it's been since we heard the new Royksopp material at Brixton...

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:11 pm
by Shrineboy
I put the quotes round live! Looking forward to this album :)

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:26 pm
by usernick
Shrineboy wrote:I put the quotes round live! Looking forward to this album :)
LOL! :lol:

Yup, I'm looking forward to the album - it's been a long time since the last one... :roll:

Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:42 pm
by stylustrouble
Heard Tong play the new single a couple of weeks back and I wasn't overly convinced by it on first play-sounded like the beat was out of synch with the rest of the track(or maybe that was Tong's atrocious mixing :evil: ).

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:26 am
by usernick
Well, they're confirmed for Glastonbury, so if you're gonna be there, check out what the fuss is all about! :P

Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:20 pm
by Dog
stylustrouble wrote:Heard Tong play the new single a couple of weeks back and I wasn't overly convinced by it on first play-sounded like the beat was out of synch with the rest of the track(or maybe that was Tong's atrocious mixing :evil: ).
How dare you infer that the most important man in UK Dance music can't mix!!! ;)

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:11 am
by Clipitar
Here's one song from the next CD, it's 1h25 into Saturday's show.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/dance/blueroom/

The song is "49 Percent", and I'm not totally convinced it's good. The beat is excellent, so is the production, but geez, what's with the singing?

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:26 pm
by Timbob
Clipitar wrote:Here's one song from the next CD, it's 1h25 into Saturday's show.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/dance/blueroom/

The song is "49 Percent", and I'm not totally convinced it's good. The beat is excellent, so is the production, but geez, what's with the singing?
hmm

that sounds like a track they played a while ago at the drum rhythm festival.
2 years ago or something.

except for the singing .. that's new

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:01 pm
by Hexaphim
Timbob wrote: hmm

that sounds like a track they played a while ago at the drum rhythm festival.
2 years ago or something.

except for the singing .. that's new
They've been playing it for years, with completely different vocals (and lyrics). In the live version they sang the vocals themselves, heavily vocoded.

The singing on this new version made me really hate it.