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The Understanding (CD)

By: Royksopp (Artist)

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Royksopp Artist Snapshot:

Formed in 1998 by Svein Berge and Torbjorn Brundtland, the Norwegian electronica duo Royksopp unveiled its debut album, MELODY A.M., in 2001 to considerable accolades. Widely regarded as a chill-out classic, the largely laid-back record featured vocalists Erlend Oye (Kings of Convenience) and Anneli Drecker (Bel Canto), setting a template for the act's later work with singers such as Karin Dreijer Andersson (The Knife), Lykke Li, and Robyn. Although Royksopp has ventured into club-leaning house territory, it is often at its best working in a mellow, downbeat vein.

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DISC 1 for The Understanding (CD) Album By Royksopp (Artist)
1   Triumphant
2   Only This Moment
3   49 Percent
4   Sombre Detune
5   Follow My Ruin
6   Beautiful Day Without You
7   What Else Is There?
8   Circuit Breaker
9   Alpha Male
10   Someone Like Me
11   Dead To The World
12   Tristesse Globale
 

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Review

Spin (pp.98-99) - "THE UNDERSTANDING finds Royksopp intentionally aiming for the super-clubs....Their harder sound is still offset by softer edges." - Grade: B+
Magnet (p.110) - "The duo traipses through all kinds of post-Kraftwerk, European electronic sounds, doing Erasure better than Erasure..."

Title Note

Royksopp: Svein Berge, Torbjorn Brundtland.

THE UNDERSTANDING, the long-awaited follow-up to Royksopp's acclaimed MELODY A.M., finds the Norwegian electronica duo refining their atmospheric sound. On many tracks here, Torbjorn Brundtland and Svein Berge focus on more accessible pop-song structures. "Only This Moment" is a surging, Pet Shop Boys-like dance number, and "49 Percent" ventures into contemporary-R&B territory, while "Follow My Ruin" is an '80s-inspired tune, replete with funky bass and synth-drum rolls.

Although the guest vocalists on THE UNDERSTANDING don't quite complement Royksopp the way Erlend Oye and Anneli Drecker did on MELODY A.M., there's still plenty to please fans of the breezy earlier album, particularly the pulsing "Beautiful Day Without You" and the gently shuffling "Someone Like Me." A departure, but not a complete about-face, THE UNDERSTANDING reveals new aspects of Royksopp, without abandoning the dreamy, keyboard-heavy aesthetic associated with the group.

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