Röyksopp

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Bergen, Norway (1998 – present)

Röyksopp is an electronic and chill-out music duo based in Bergen, Norway, but the members are originally from Tromsø, Norway. The band consists of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge. The group formed officially in 1998 and released their debut album Melody A.M. in 2001. The Norwegian word “Røyksopp” means puffball fungus (lit. “(a) smoke mushroom”).

Röyksopp have won many prizes for their music, one of them in MTV Europe Music Awards 2002 for the best music video (Remind Me).

Remind Me was also used in the popular Geico insurance “Caveman” TV commercials while their first single

So Easy became popular in the UK after it was used in an T-Mobile advert. In 2007 O2 used in their commercial song What Else Is There? from the album The Understanding. O2 commercial aired in Czech Republic.

The song

Eple was licensed by Apple for use as the welcome music to Mac OS X Panther operating system, playing the first time a user booted a new Mac.

July 12th, 2005 the band released their second album The Understanding, which was preceded by the hit single

Only This Moment on June 27th. The album’s second single,

49 Percent was released September 26th same year, followed by their third single, What Else Is There?, December 5th, 2005, which is a collaboration with Karin Dreijer from the Swedish electronic band, The Knife. The fourth single,

Beautiful Day Without You, was released on June 26, 2006.

1	Eple	4,394
2	Remind Me	4,295
3	So Easy	3,555
4	Sparks	3,413
5	Only This Moment	3,345
6	Poor Leno	3,340
7	What Else Is There	2,939
8	In Space	2,857
9	Triumphant	2,398
10	A Higher Place	2,299
11	She's So	2,096
12	Circuit Breaker	2,038
13	Beautiful Day Without You	1,975
14	Alpha Male	1,883
15	Follow My Ruin	1,780

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shindipdigger wrote:
yesterday evening

Remind me is MY FAVOURITE track at the moment.. x

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PortablePorter wrote:
Thursday morning

lol I love Geico commercials

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guymann wrote:
Monday evening

great stuff

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zero_magazine wrote:
Monday morning

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EloyMadrid wrote:
Sunday afternoon

according to wikipedia there will be new album on late 2008

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antropolohh wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Sparks&What else is there are great tracks,I like 'em.

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VGoRiLLaZ wrote:
7 days ago

They're so damn great! Can't wait for the new album =)

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mehuhetki wrote:
7 days ago

WE WANT A NEW ALBUM, SOON.

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pokart wrote:
8 days ago

im in love!

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hellagoodstar wrote:
9 days ago

so good.

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lekorn wrote:
10 days ago

nice

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gabyfuentes wrote:
13 days ago

röyksoop is for falling in love

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fanartik wrote:
13 days ago

what else is there...top hit for this year for me!!!!

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iona102 wrote:
13 days ago

Wspaniała! Uwielbiam! It's greate! ;)

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BartonFink1918 wrote:
14 days ago

Hi everyone! If you like this, you should check out my project! http://www.last.fm/music/Nyctophilia

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JohnitoBravo wrote:
15 days ago

Thanks god that ugly picture is gone. New one is better but not the best.

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rawls73 wrote:
15 days ago

I love this song it rock

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celeda wrote:
15 days ago

hey ! where gone the best looking picture ever ?!?!

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sawworm wrote:
17 days ago

THEY R HAXS! :{ Open_Console/instant_god-mode/Röyksopp/Progress_%100/God_Mode=turn-On.

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Mr-Gav wrote:
17 days ago

PiNoRo: Torbjørn is Röyksopp's vocalist. That's the guy with the longer hair of the two.

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