Posts tagged with karin dreijer andersson

06/13/2010

Royksopp – What Else is There? Remixes

One of the reasons we love Royksopp so very much is their use of guest vocalists of only the highest caliber. Take Karin Dreijer Andersson for example. She’s definitely a visionary in so many ways, and her one of a kind, instantly recognizable voice adds so much to the Royksopp beats. On their 2005 album The Understanding, she memorably sang a slower tune “What Else is There?” which has resulted in some fantastic remixes that you should probably hear. First, we’ve got the original track below for reference. Next, a remix by Stuart Price, also known as Thin White Duke (whose Friendly Fires remix was included in our Blogwave Summer mixtape). And finally, a remix by Denmark’s Trentemøller Check them both out below and let us know what’s your favorite. I happen to think that both of these remixes kill.

Royksopp – What Else is There?

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Royksopp – What Else is There? (Thin White Duke Remix)

Royksopp – What Else is There? (Trentemøller Remix)

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09/23/2009

fever ray – seven

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things have been pretty good for karin dreijer andersson the past few years. besides the continued success of the knife, shes provided vocals for a few tracks for the royksopp albums “the understanding” and one of my favorite albums thus far this year, “junior”. but most notably is that very early this year she released her first solo album under the name fever ray, and in my opinion, her portfolio is strong to quite strong. the first time i listened to the album was early on a cool sunday morning driving through the mostly empty streets of detroit and the subsequent mostly empty highway, and it mood of the album fit the situation perfectly.

the album has quite a few standout tracks, but the one ive been listening to a lot lately is “seven”. and i dont really know why i like it so much. it just seems like sort of a bright spot among all of the darkness on the album. and lets be clear, when i say that, i dont mean the darkness in a bad way, because its not. and if you havent heard any of the fever ray album, you are probably going to think im crazy when i refer to “seven” as a “sort of bright spot”, but keep in mind that everything is relative. there are tons of remixes out there for tons of the songs on this album so keep an eye out for them and love them.

fever ray – seven

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07/06/2009

royksopp – the girl and the robot

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im pretty excited about todays tune. i figured that lots of people might be reading today because many of us had a long weekend, and now we are back at work and searching for any distraction we can find. and i think this site, if not anything credible or entertaining, can at the very least be considered a distraction, no? so i figured this song might be a great distraction, and you might actually like it. the funny thing about this track is that i actually got the album a few months ago, listened to it once, really enjoyed it, and then completely forgot about it until about 2 weeks ago when i heard this song at grahams house as part of a j alexander mix and rediscovered it and boy am i glad i did.

the tune is “the girl and the robot” by norwegian dj duo royksopp. you may remember them from those geico caveman commercials a few years back. you know, the campaign where you enjoyed the first few commercials, then with each new commercial you hated it more and more. and then you heard that they were going to do a caveman tv show based on the commercials and really hated them. and then the show flopped, much to your chagrin. well, their song “remind me” was featured in one of those commercials, the one where the caveman is walking through an airport. while that is a great song, its very elevator music-y (in a good way though), and if thats your only exposure to this group, you will be very pleasantly surprised by their latest album “junior”. not only does it have block rockin beats, but it features some great scandinavian female vocalists such as my girl lykke li, karen dreijer andersson (aka fever ray and lead singer of the knife), and anneli drecker, another norwegian songstress who often tours with royksopp as their vocalist.

todays track features swedish sensation robyn on vocals and its kind of an awesome performance. damn gina, this girl has a great voice, especially for this genre. while you may remember her from pop hits such as “show me love” back in the day, she seems to have become pretty popular among the indie crowd after releasing some new material over the past few years as well in an interesting turn of events. this might be my favorite dance song of the year thus far. its especially enjoyable to enjoy the contrast when listening to the album between this song and the song that precedes it, the uber-fun opener “happy up here”.

royksopp – the girl and the robot

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