Röyksopp Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Röyksopp
Röyksopp in September 2014
Background information
Origin	Tromsø, Troms, Norway
Genres	Electronic ambient downtempo chill-out house synth-pop
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Tellé Wall of Sound Virgin Astralwerks Dog Triumph Cooking Vinyl Cherrytree
Associated acts	Robyn Jonna Lee Erlend Oye Karin Dreijer Andersson Susanne Sundfør Anneli Drecker Lykke Li Alanïa Drum Island Aedena Cycle Bjørn Torske Those Norwegians The Knife

Members	Svein Berge Torbjørn Brundtland

Röyksopp is an electronica musical group from Tromsø, Norway that formed in 1998. They are currently based in Bergen. The members are Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland. They won an award for best music video in 2002 by MTV Europe for their song, "Remind Me". They have released four studio albums and one EP.

Berge and Brundtland formed a band with Kolbjørn Lyslo and Gaute Barlindhaug called Aedena Cycle. They released a vinyl EP called Traveler's Dreams under Apollo Records in 1994. After this they left to form Röyksopp. Their first single "So Easy" was released by Tellé. It was used in a T-mobile advert in the UK.

Brundtland was a member of Those Norwegians in 1997.

They have worked with many other musicians. They released a single called "Running to the Sea" and a cover version of "Ice Machine" by Depeche Mode from their album Late Night Tales: Röyksopp in 2013. Both songs have vocals from Susanne Sundfør.

Their first album Melody A.M. has two songs with Erlend Øye, "Poor Leno" and "Remind Me".

'Røyksopp' is a Norwegian word that means puffball fungus.

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Röyksopp performing at Fuji Rock, Niigata, Japan, in 2005
Röyksopp performing in Berlin on 7 April 2009

Röyksopp facts for kids

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