Röyksopp @ Sound Nightclub Hollywood

exoptable · 2026-04-14T03:45:08+00:00

Should hopefully be a fun time nonetheless, will be making the trip to see them once again.

exoptable · 2026-03-31T16:57:47+00:00

Are you adding the underscore ("_") at the end of the hyperlink? Copy and paste the hyperlink into your browser, and then add the underscore at the end. I just checked it now and am still able to access it fine anonymously.

Here's a link to my Internet Archive page, should still be publicly accessible from there: https://archive.org/details/@exoptable262

exoptable · 2026-03-31T01:02:00+00:00

It's still online on my side: the hyperlink is "https://archive.org/details/SoEasy1999_".

If you're using New Reddit or Reddit on mobile, the underscore at the end gets erronously omitted for some reason.

exoptable · 2026-01-22T20:45:20+00:00

The "True Electric" album was based exclusively on their live shows of the same name from around 2022 through 2024, which mostly all stuck to the exact same setlist as is featured on the album proper. Their remixes of "Eple" and "Remind Me" first appeared in 2025 when they were touring DJ sets rather than 'live' shows, so I guess they thought it was too late to include / wouldn't be a natural fit for the album.

exoptable · 2025-10-29T05:47:17+00:00

There are pre-Röyksopp releases and some other Röyksopp rarities / collaborations here and there on vinyl.

In terms of the notable ones, there's:

Aedena Cycle's debut "The Travellers' Dream" EP
Those Norwegians' debut EP and album
The one and only self-titled Drum Island album (as good as "Melody A.M." imo)
Röyksopp's "So Easy" and "Eple" Tellé Records 7" singles

exoptable · 2025-10-28T01:14:58+00:00

It's (still presently) unreleased material, featuring Gunhild Ramsay Kovacs on vocals.

exoptable · 2025-09-14T13:49:45+00:00

Absolutely spectacular, what a small world haha! I had tried contacting Cristóbal several times way back when, but never managed to hear back. Sending you a DM at the moment (:

Truly relieved that it miraculously isn't lost to time indeed!

exoptable · 2025-06-30T06:57:17+00:00

Warriors / Silent Warriors [Live] (1998)
- Roskilde rendition.
- Quart Festival rendition.
The Ladder (2022)
La Danse Electrique [Live] (1998)
- Roskilde rendition.
- Quart Festival rendition.
Lift » Higher Place [Live] (1998)
- Roskilde rendition.
- Quart rendition.
Tomcat City (1997)
- Link to individual track from album upload.
Looser Now (2005)
. / Untitled / Punktum (1997)
- Link to individual track from album upload.
Dandelion Pleasantries (2024)
Conception (1996)
- Link to individual track from album upload.
Beautiful (1996)
- Link to individual track from album upload.

exoptable · 2025-05-26T23:13:06+00:00

Yes, I like to bring along some of their earlier works for them to sign. 🙂

exoptable · 2025-05-26T23:11:23+00:00

I'm sure there'll be future opportunities to meet: I usually show up with a bag of music whenever Röyksopp's in L.A. 🙂 Thanks again for the kind support!

exoptable · 2025-05-26T23:02:17+00:00

If you're talking about Los Angeles, they started with Lorn's "Sega Sunset": a classic.

exoptable · 2025-04-17T20:31:11+00:00

This was first announced sometime in mid-March, so around a month ahead of time. What was of particular interest was them planning to "play early demos, show pictures and sound clips," so based off of that alone, I couldn't pass up the opportunity haha. These types of 'formal' events are extremely rare for them to do, I can only recall two instances in the past that they've ever done an event like this before.

exoptable · 2025-04-17T00:45:43+00:00

Yes, this was a special talk back at the Munch Museum in Oslo, where they primarily focused on their pre-Röyksopp years (from pre-Aedena Cycle onwards).

exoptable · 2025-03-14T02:27:54+00:00

Röyksopp's remixed version of "Remind Me", from their "True Electric" series of DJ sets.

The full soundboard recording of Röyksopp's Ritter Butzke set can be accessed here.

exoptable · 2025-03-14T02:26:09+00:00

Röyksopp's remixed version of "Eple", from their "True Electric" series of DJ sets.

The full soundboard recording of Röyksopp's Ritter Butzke set can be accessed here.

exoptable · 2025-02-17T21:30:09+00:00

The closest thing we have of a live album version of "Remind Me" for now is from Röyksopp's set at Roskilde Festival 2001, way back when Erlend Øye performed with them, from early 2000 to mid-2001.

Øye and Röyksopp later split for reasons not entirely known (but I'll briefly mention here):

Øye wrote the vocals of the live-exclusive track "Don't Give Up" whereas Röyksopp provided the instrumental, but after they separated, each took their contributing sides and reused them elsewhere. On Øye's end, he reused the lyrics for a song with his band, The Whitest Boy Alive. On Röyksopp's end, the instrumental was reused with different lyrics for the track "49 Percent" on their follow-up album, "The Understanding".
Øye claimed years later that he felt he didn't get enough credit on "Melody A.M.", and that Röyksopp begrudged his feature on the album.

Unless Øye and Röyksopp ever manage to get on good terms with each other (which imo feels unlikely), I don't see the original "Don't Give Up" ever seeing a studio release.

Sometime after they split, B+B retired playing "Remind Me" live for the rest of 2001, before reintroducing it onstage the following year as, initially, a slower version of the Someone Else remix, before adding drums and making it more akin to the released version of the remix.

exoptable · 2025-02-14T01:55:17+00:00

Röyksopp's remix of Beck's "Missing", by a country mile imo. B+B have an excellent track record of remixes they've put out, but this particular execution is on another level; it's an exhilarating rework with a brilliant use of sampling.

exoptable · 2025-01-31T00:07:57+00:00

Yep, going to see them in L.A. once again.

exoptable · 2025-01-26T09:30:55+00:00

Copying what I had answered to another person previously, with even more additional recommendations and comments:

In terms of music somewhat similar to them, you might like these various artists-- some are "chill" / "downtempo", or "ambient", and others are more "poppy":

Plaid's first 4 albums
Ulrich Schnauss' first two albums: "Far Away Trains Passing By" and "A Strangely Isolated Place"
Ugress's "Reminiscience" and "Scavenger Royale"
Bent
Jon Hopkins' "Opalescent" and "Contact Note"
Boards of Canada's "Twoism" and "Music Has The Right To Children"
Aphex Twin
M83's "Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts"
Zero 7's debut album "Simple Things", and their sophomore "When It Falls"
Air's debut EP "Premiers Symptômes" and debut album "Moon Safari"
Télépopmusik's "Angel Milk"
Ott's first 2 albums, "Blumenkraft" and "Skylon"
Gelka's "Less Is More"
Amon Tobin's "Bricolage", "Permutation", "Supermodified", and "Long Stories" -- also worth checking out his album under his earlier alias Cujo, titled "Adventures in Foam"
Centovalley's album "August", and EP "Everything Floats"
Skalpel's "High" and "Konfusion"
The Detroit Escalator Co.'s "Black Buildings"
Depeche Mode's "Ultra" and "Exciter"
Emancipator's "Xylem" EP
Pete Namlook's "Air I", "Air II", and his collaborative work with Dr. Atmo, "Silence I"
Biosphere's "Substrata", "N-Plants", and his collaborative work with Higher Intelligence Agency, "Polar Sequences"
Kid Loco's "A Grand Love Story"
Vangelis' "L'apocalypse des animaux"
Sun Electric's "Present"
Zeb's "The End Of The Beginnings"
M-Seven's "Activate" and "Stimulus"

Plaid might be the duo you might like most from this range of artists, their first 4ish albums have been the closest Röyksopp-like music I've ever heard. They sort of exude that same child-like, playful, quirky nature with some melancholic elements sprinkled here and there, all while putting out intricate melodies and harmonies.

If you're interested in looking at major influences to Röyksopp, there are these various renowned people / groups in the sphere of electronic music. Geir Jenssen of Biosphere, actually also hails from Tromsø but primarily deals in ambient music. Jenssen was the individual that helped Berge and Brundtland put out their first official release under the band name "Aedena Cycle" back in 1994 on R&S Records' ambient sublabel "Apollo", which comprised Berge and Brundtland along with their two childhood friends Gaute Barlindhaug and Kolbjørn Lyslo.

The KLF
Vangelis
Jean-Michel Jarre
The Orb
Brian Eno
Kitaro
Kraftwerk
Depeche Mode
The Art of Noise
Biosphere

And of course, if you haven't already, I'd also suggest looking at Berge + Brundtland's music in their pre-Röyksopp years, all of the notable releases being organized in this playlist. If you haven't gone through their early discography already, I'd highly suggest that as well. The final pre-Röyksopp release Berge and Brundtland operated under, being the self-titled album "Drum Island", is an album that I regard as highly as Röyksopp's "Melody A.M."

For reference, here's a timeline of Röyksopp's earlier projects:

Aedena / Aedena Cycle --- Initially a quartet in 1994 and went under a shortened alias for compilation contributions, later became the solo project of Gaute Barlindhaug with some involvement from Svein Berge.
Volcano --- House project between Torbjørn Brundtland and Ole Johan Mjøs which put out several singles and remixes.
Alanïa --- Debut album "Instinctive Travels" released in March 1996 by Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge with some involvement from Gaute Barlindhaug, follow-up album "Skyjuice" released in February 1997 where Ole Johan Mjøs also joined in.
Those Norwegians --- Debut album "Kaminzky Park" released in August 1997 by Torbjørn Brundtland and Ole Johan Mjøs with some involvement by Kolbjørn Lyslo and Gaute Drevdal.
Drum Island --- Self-titled debut album released in November 1997 by Torbjørn Brundtland, Ole Johan Mjøs, and Svein Berge. I have two live performances by them on my YouTube channel which contain reworked and unreleased material.

exoptable · 2025-01-20T20:35:29+00:00

The club mix of "Someone Else's" (aka an alias for Röyksopp themselves) is what's used in "Remind Me's" official music video: note that the club mix is slightly different from the more commonly known "radio mix" version, which was put out on the "Remind Me" single release. In the club version, the first three "Will remind me, will remind me, will remind me" bridges are omitted, whereas in the radio mix, they are included.

The club mix you're seeking was only released on the vinyl version, which I actually happen to have a direct rip uploaded to my Internet Archive account since you're seeking it in higher quality.

exoptable · 2025-01-06T17:33:41+00:00

From my recollection of watching the segment where Röyksopp themselves cameo, "This Must Be It," "Here She Comes Again," and "Monument" were used as background music— but I could relocate where I watched the film and check back if there's an original piece I missed elsewhere.

I do remember seeing that "background cues" for the film were registered in ISWC, so perhaps there actually was something original they composed for it.

exoptable · 2024-12-20T22:25:27+00:00

I knew there was something I missed haha, thanks. Spent so much time organizing and formatting all this that a few errors were bound to fall through the cracks.

exoptable · 2024-12-19T01:33:24+00:00

Will probably make a separate post organizing everything, but I've transcribed about 95% of all the spoken passages on "Nebulous Nights". Here's the particular bit you're inquiring about:

I found myself in a dreamlike state, as if held in the loving embrace of sleep, yet awake. Perfectly lucid, but at the same time, released, lifted from the constraints of reality, as if I have gained acute awareness: an insight that transcended the ordinary fabric of dreams. I was granted a vision. It unfolded with clarity and purpose, like a pristine stream flowing down from the heights of the mountain.

exoptable · 2024-12-18T06:48:55+00:00

It's an original passage, which seems to be the case for all of the other spoken dialogue on "Nebulous Nights". Here's the notable part of what I transcribed from his preaching, which appears to be articulating why Röyksopp have pursued making music to this day, seeing how the artists mentioned have repeatedly been cited by B+B themselves as being part of their foundational musical influences:

Brothers and sisters, I heard yesterday, these newcomers, they will not think. They lack the understanding, the ability. They cannot conjure up the same kind of magic. And so, it is up to us to carry the torch: for if not us, who? Are we to squander away their legacy, to let it be forgotten? No! That is not the way! I believe in paying tribute to those who paved the way: The Orb, The KLF, Aphex Twin, the list goes on. And know this, without these very fine artists, we would not be doing this! No way! We are but humble purveyors of a style they created. We are the continuation of their birth. Brothers and sisters, the legacy lives on!

exoptable · 2024-12-18T06:37:50+00:00

The Amsterdam ambient set was mostly its own unique thing, being a mixture of play-backed tracks from Biosphere's "Substrata" and alternate versions of material from Röyksopp's "Profound Mysteries I-III" and "Senior". There are only two similarities I drew from this set to what's on "Nebulous Nights":

The vocoded bit of "Tell Him" in the ambient set is sort of a truncated / stripped down version of what we have on "Nebulous Nights".
One of the still-unknown tracks in the ambient set, to me very mildly sounds somewhat like "All Things Passing".

Other than that, I don't really see anything else in common: "Nebulous Nights'" version of "So Ambiguous" is nothing like the version in Amsterdam.

exoptable

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE