‘All we ever wanted was to be touched by the gentle fingertips of Vangelis,’ the men of Röyksopp take a moment to spill their collective thoughts, ‘…but that is still to come.’
They have, however, sold over one million copies of their 2001 debut “Melody AM”, won an MTV Europe Award for Best Video (for Remind Me), and toured the world. They’ve chased the success of their second album “The Understanding” (2005) with the live album “Röyksopp’s Night Out” (2006) and the compilation album “Back To Mine” (2007). So what’s brewing next, gentlemen?
‘Alchemy..’ begins Berge, ‘or at least the idea of what alchemy represents - the thought of turning less into more, has traditionally been a concept very much in tune of how we think. This time around though, black magic was set aside, and we had to turn to alternative means of refining.’
‘Making this new album was like mining in the mountains,’ says Brundtland. ‘When you think of a mine you think of one that is already many kilometres deep, and people work inside it. But sometimes one has to start a new mine, so you start digging the crust of the earth. And we had to find a good spot to start digging.’
‘The key,’ notes Berge, ‘is to feel very confident that this digging is starting from deep within. I think the concept here is something that’s inside us.’
Is this a metaphor too far? It might be. Is “Junior”, the third album from Röyksopp, their best yet? It is.
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