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Brundtland and Berge

Röyksopp (sometimes spelled 'Royksopp' or 'Røyksopp') is an electronic music duo based in Bergen, Norway composed of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge. The group formed officially in 1998 and released their debut album Melody A.M. in 2001.

Despite the fact that Brundtland and Berge were schoolmates in their home town of Tromsø and did experiment with electronic instruments in the early 90s, Röyksopp only appeared years later when they met again in Bergen. The city had a vital scene for underground electronic music at this time, and they got to work with other Norwegian musicians such as Frost, Kings of Convenience, Those Norwegians and Drum Island in what was called the Bergen Wave. Their first singles were released by local independent label Tellé and later as the word spread, they got to release the album Melody A.M on British label Wall of Sound. It spawned singles like "Eple", "Poor Leno", "Remind Me" and "Sparks".

The popularity of the duo's album was boosted by several graphically experimental music videos. One of them, an infographic-styled video by French company H5 for the track "Remind Me", won the 2002 MTV Europe Music Award for best music video.

The song "Eple" was commissioned by Apple Computer for use as the startup music to the company's Mac OS X Panther operating system, playing the first time a user booted a new Mac.

The word Röyksopp, which literally means "smoke mushroom", is the Norwegian name for the Lycoperdale genus in the fungus kingdom, a type of mushroom that will make a smoky cloud if touched.

Their new album The Understanding was released on 12 July 2005, preceded by the single "Only This Moment" on 27 June, 2005.

Discography

Albums

2001 Melody A.M. #9 UK (charted in 2002)
2005 The Understanding #13 UK

Hit singles

From Melody A.M.:

2002 "Remind Me / So Easy" #21 UK
2002 "Poor Leno" #38 UK
2003 "Eple" #16 UK

From The Understanding:

2005 "Only This Moment" #33 UK

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 '''Röyksopp''' (sometimes spelled 'Royksopp' or 'Røyksopp') is an  [[electronica|electronic music]] duo based in [[Bergen%2C_Norway|Bergen]], [[Norway]] composed of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge. The group formed officially in [[1998 in music|1998]] and released their debut album ''[[Melody A.M.]]'' in [[2001 in music|2001]].
-Despite the fact that Brundtland and Berge were schoolmates in their home town of [[Tromsø]] and did experiment with electronic instruments in the early 90s, Röyksopp only appeared years later when they met again in [[Bergen, Norway| Bergen]]. The city had a vital scene for underground electronic music at this time, and they got to work with other Norwegian musicians such as Frost, [[Kings of Convenience]], Those Norwegians and Drum Island in what was called the [[Bergen Wave]]. Their first singles were released by local independent label Tellé and later as the word spread, they got to release ''Melody A.M'' on British label Wall of Sound. It spawned singles like "Eple", "Poor Leno", "Remind Me" and "Sparks".
+Despite the fact that Brundtland and Berge were schoolmates in their home town of [[Tromsø]] and did experiment with electronic instruments in the early 90s, Röyksopp only appeared years later when they met again in [[Bergen, Norway| Bergen]]. The city had a vital scene for underground electronic music at this time, and they got to work with other Norwegian musicians such as Frost, [[Kings of Convenience]], Those Norwegians and Drum Island in what was called the [[Bergen Wave]]. Their first singles were released by local independent label Tellé and later as the word spread, they got to release the album ''Melody A.M'' on British label Wall of Sound. It spawned singles like "Eple", "Poor Leno", "Remind Me" and "Sparks".
 The popularity of the duo's album was boosted by several graphically experimental [[music video]]s. One of them, an infographic-styled video by French company H5 for the track "Remind Me", won the [[2002 in music|2002]] [[MTV Europe]] Music Award for best music video.