Erlend Øye

Erlend Øye

Erlend Øye is a Norwegian musician from Bergen, best known for being part of the pop duo Kings of Convenience together with Eirik Glambek Bøe. He has released one solo album, Unrest, in 2003 and a mix-CD in the DJ-Kicks series in 2004.

He was born on November 21, 1975 in Bergen and formed the band Skog together with some friends in the mid 1990s. He moved to London and played in the band Peachfuzz in 1997. When he was back home in Bergen for vacations he jammed with Bøe. They formed Kings of Convenience in 1998 and released their first album, Quiet is the New Loud in 2001.

Øye had become interested in electronic music and spent the next years in Berlin or travelling around the world, recording his solo album Unrest in ten different cities (including Barcelona, Helsinki, Rome, and Turku) with ten different electronica artists such as Morgan Geist, Prefuse 73, and Schneider TM. He has toured as a DJ who sings along with the records that he plays, and in 2004 he released a remix CD in the DJ Kicks series. The album featured covers and remixes of "Always on My Mind", "It's a Fine Day" (made famous by Opus III), Cornelius, and his own songs. That year also saw the next release by Kings of Convenience.

Erlend Øye's most recent project is the band The Whitest Boy Alive. The band originally started as an electronic band, but slowly developed into a band with no programmed elements. Erlend sings and plays guitar. The Whitest Boy Alive released the single "Burning" on May 24, 2006. Their debut album, Dreams, was released on June 21, 2006, via their record label Bubbles.

Discography

Albums

• Unrest (2003)

Mixes

• DJ-Kicks: Erlend Øye (2004)

Singles

• Sudden Rush (2003)
• Sheltered Life (2003)
• The Black Keys Work (2004)

Songs Featuring Erlend Øye on Vocals

• Remind Me - Röyksopp on Melody A.M. (2001)
• Poor Leno - Röyksopp on Melody A.M. (2001)
• Talco Uno - Jolly Music on Jolly Bar (2001)
• I Shall Not Die - Ash on Envy (2002)
• No Train To Stockholm - Lee Hazlewood cover on Total Lee! The Songs of Lee Hazlewood (2002)
• Last Christmas - Wham! cover on Seasonal greetings - A Compilation of 13 Christmas and Winter Songs (2002)
• This is the Dream of Evan and Chan (Safety Scissors Remix) - Dntel on This is the Dream... EP (2002)
• The Partner - Ragazzi on Friday (2003)
• Keep on Waiting - DJ Hell on NY Muscle (2003)
• For the Time Being - Phonique on Identification (2004)
• A Place In My Heart - Star You Star Me on A Place In My Heart EP (2004)
• Lessons In Love - Kaos on Hello Stranger (2005)
• I've Been Waiting So Long (credited as Orlando Occhio) - Korsakow on Ears (2005)
• Cool My Fire - Ada on Blondix 2 EP (2005)
• Sunlight's On The Other Side (acoustic version) - Safety Scissors on Sunlight's On The Other Side 7" (2005)
• Breastbone - Safety Scissors on Sunlight's On The Other Side 7" (2005)
• Sunlight's On The Other Side - Safety Scissors on Tainted Lunch (2005)
• Friends And Lovers - Bread cover on Friends And Lovers: Songs of Bread (2005)
• Criticize (credited as Orlando Occhio) - Marco Passarani on Sullen Look (2005)
• All the Way to China - James Figurine (aka Jimmy Tamborello and Dntel and member of The Postal Service) on Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake (2006)
• All Ears - Kompis on All Ears (Limited 7") (2006)
• Casualities - Phonique on Good Idea (2007)

External links

• Erlend Øye's Web site
• Kings of Convenience official site
• The Whitest Boy Alive official site
• The Whitest Boy Alive on Myspace
• Kings of Convenience Appreciation Page