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This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Röyksopp - Junior
02. BigBang - Edendale
03. Diverse artister - Melodi Grand Prix 2009
04. Jonas Fjeld og Chatham County Line - Brother Of Song
05. CC Cowboys - Morgen & kveld
06. Sigvart Dagsland - Hymns
07. Marius Müllers Funhouse - Plugged 2 - Rett og slett
08. Steff Nevers - Closest to My Heart
09. Noora Noor - Soul Deep
10. deLillos - Huskeglemme
11. Silje Nergaard - A Thousand True Stories
12. Åge Aleksandersen - Åge 1
13. Kristin Asbjørnsen - The Night Shines Like the Day
14. Karpe Diem - Fire vegger
15. Elisabeth Andreassen - Spellemann
16. Kari Bremnes - Ly
17. Pegasus - Min første natt
18. Åge Aleksandersen - Åge 2
19. Sie Gubba - Hemafrå
20. Vestlandsfanden - Tipping & Trygd
PopMatters on the new Röyksopp album "Junior": https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/71037-royksopp-junior/
I agree, definitely the group's best work so far.
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 albums of the week:
01. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
02. Röyksopp - Junior
03. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
04. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
05. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
05. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
07. Frida Hyvönen - Silence Is Wild
08. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
09. Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
10. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
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Röyksopp's new record "Junior" is now streaming in its entirety at myspace: https://myspace.com/royksopp
Director Martin de Thurah (Glasvegas, Carpark North, Röyksopp) has been selected to handle the video for Fever Ray's next single "When I grow up".
Röyksopp's new album "Junior" is officially due out on March 23. The first single "Happy up here" drops on March 9.
Röyksopp are celebrating their birthday with a free download track called, appropriately enough, "Happy birthday": https://www.royksopp.com/
MIC Norway reports that Röyksopp have a new album on the way in October: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2008082613304989829251
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Pop music can be about a lot more than shifting hundreds of a thousands of records and continuously rotating overly-glitzy music videos, and Andreas Kleerup's self-titled debut is verification of this idea. Holding more in common with The Knife's songwriting approach than that of Max Martin, and reveling in similar production tricks to that of Justice, Kleerup's compositions seem almost "accidentally" radio friendly; too much effort has been put into these tracks for them to be dismissed as pop fluff, and yet too much pop sensibility has gone into their writing for the songs to feel pretentiously avant-garde -- the album's strengths exist somewhere in between these two judgments. While the record is rather star-studded with tracks featuring numerous well-known artists: Robyn, Lykke Li, Neneh Cherry, and Marit Bergman, to name a few, Kleerup's own tracks stand up well on their own. "Thank you for nothing" runs cleverly between Europop-like catchiness and the allure of well-produced remixes of bands like Phoenix, and opener "Hero" is an engaging first look at the album, evoking a strange mix between Vangelis and Röyksopp. "With every heartbeat", the Robyn-featured single, is my favorite track, though the Marit Bergman led "3am" and Lykke Li's "Until we bleed" are not far behind. Overall, "Kleerup" is a skillfully produced pop record that's as much fun as it is expertly written and executed -- a pleasant departure from the soulless gloss of so many other pop albums.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
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Where once the market was well and truly saturated with young men, heavy hearts, and acoustic ballads, the scene today has its fair share of Björk inspired vocalists, each with an electronic orchestra backing their efforts - Imogen Heap, Bat for Lashes, and The Knife (to an extent, though Karin Dreijer Andersson's collaboration with Röyksopp on their single "What else is there?" may be a better example), amongst others. Sara Berg has now interjected herself into these ranks with "When I was a young child I used to feel pleasure from playing with others", an album that carefully carries itself along a number of precipitous lines - attempting explorations of darkness and pop flash, featuring pliable organic elements alongside rough digital instrumentation, drawing as much from the fluid approach of Björk's records as from The Knife's sinister focus, with Berg's voice unfolding her range and varying tones throughout this lofty attempt. The whole is definitely not as well put together as many of its parts, "Crawl back from under" and "This can't be desire" being two of the finest examples, but Berg is a talent worth keeping one's eye on. She may not have hammered the point home on this effort, but there's every reason to believe that she will, and soon.
- Lars Garvey Laing-Peterson
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Dimmu Borgir - In Sorte Diaboli
02. BigBang - Too Much Yang
03. Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør
04. Magnet - The Simple Life
05. Tord Gustavsen Trio - Being There
06. D.D.E. - No går det så det suse
07. Christel Alsos - Closing The Distance
08. Jonas Fjeld og Chatham C. - Amerikabesøk
09. Heroes & Zeros - Strange Constellations
10. Finn Kalvik - Komplett Klassisk Kalvik
11. Steinar Albrigtsen - Moments of Peace
12. Silje Nergaard - Darkness out of blue
13. Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao
14. Rune Rudberg - Rett fra sofaen
15. Thomas Dybdahl - Science
16. Lomsk - Amerikabrevet
17. My Midnight Creeps - Histamin
18. Jokke & Valentinerne - Prisen for popen
19. Kristin Asbjørnsen - Wayfaring Stranger - A Spiritual Songbook
20. Röyksopp - The Understanding
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. BigBang - Too Much Yang
02. Tord Gustavsen Trio - Being There
03. D.D.E. - No går det så det suse
04. Susanne Sundfør - Susanne Sundfør
05. Jonas Fjeld og Chatham C. - Amerikabesøk
06. Magnet - The Simple Life
07. Steinar Albrigtsen - Moments of Peace
08. Christel Alsos - Closing The Distance
09. Sivert Høyem & The Volunteers - Exiles
10. Vamp - I full symfoni (med KORK)
11. Silje Nergaard - Darkness out of blue
12. Ane Brun - Live in Scandinavia
13. Marit Larsen - Under The Surface
14. Röyksopp - Back to mine
15. Askil Holm - Harmony Hotel
16. My Midnight Creeps - Histamin
17. Madrugada - Live At Tralfamadore
18. Susperia - Cut From Stone
19. Kristin Asbjørnsen - Wayfaring Stranger - A Spiritual Songbook
20. Kjell Inge Torgersen - Aks av gull
Kleerup
Sara Berg