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Royksopp: Late Night Tales
Röyksopp announced themselves in 2001 with their hugely successful platinum selling debut album ‘Melody AM’, establishing themselves among the elite of the hip Scandinavian music scene. A further trio of albums have followed: ‘The Understanding’, ‘Junior’ and ‘Senior’ – which includes collaborations with some of Scandinavia's finest: Lykke Li and Karin Dreijer Andersson (The Knife, Fever Ray) – and there is also the matter of Grammy nominated ‘The Girl & The Robot’ featuring Swedish pop songstress Robyn and remixes for Depeche Mode, Coldplay, Beck and Lady Gaga. Their Late Night Tales mix is eclectic, diverse and wonderful. Sliding from light folk to widescreen ambience to experimental rock to prog-pop (seasoned with the occasional guilty pleasure); it’s all in the spirit of the night. Following exclusive introduction track ‘Daddy’s Groove’, Rare Bird’s beautiful 1975 B-side ‘Passing Through’ leads into Australian supergroup Little River Band. The first of several delicate folk moments, its joined by the ever soulful John Martyn and the surprisingly chart-topping acapella cover of Neil Young’s ‘After The Goldrush’ by UK trio Prelude. There’s a strong representation of alternative European sounds. Röyksopp mine deep and wide to unearth the rare and unusual German psych-pop of Richard Schneider Jnr (featuring none other than Can’s Jaki Leibezeit on drums), France’s unique F.R. David and the new age melodies of Switzerland’s Andreas Vollenweider - its pop Jim, but not as we know it. There are also the more familiar names of XTC and Thomas Dolby, as well as Röyksopp’s exclusive cover of Depeche Mode’s ‘Ice Machine’. The music draws to a close with goth-dream-pop 4AD founders The Mortal Coil’s Emmylou Harris cover ‘Till I Can Gain Control Again’; blending into a cinematic moment from German electronic avant-garde band Popol Vuh, contributing to the soundtrack of Werner Herzog’s 1972 movie Aguirre, the Wrath of God. The second part of the Benedict Cumberbatch narrated story ‘Flat of Angles’ closes time on this coolly individual edition of Late Night Tales.
Tracklist
1. Röyksopp – Daddy’s Groove (Exclusive New Track)
2. Rare Bird – Passing Through
3. Little River Band – Light Of Day
4. Tuxedomoon - In A Manner Of Speaking
5. Vangelis - Blade Runner Blues
6. Röyksopp – Ice Machine (Exclusive Depeche Mode Cover Version)
7. Johann Johannsson – Odi Et Amo
8. F.R.David – Music
9. Prelude – After The Goldrush
10. Richard Schneider Jr – Hello Beach Girls
11. Acker Bilk – Stranger On The Shore
12. Thomas Dolby – Budapest By Blimp
13. Byrne & Barnes - Love You Out Of Your Mind
14. Andreas Vollenweider - Hands And Clouds
15. John Martyn – Small Hours
16. XTC – The Somnabulist
17. This Mortal Coil - 'Til I Gain Control
18. Popol Vuh – Aguirre I Lacrime di Rei
19. Benedict Cumberbatch – Flat Of Angles - Part 2 (Exclusive Spoken Word Piece)
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