Royksopp
Norway
Formed: 1998
Years Active: 2000
Genres: Electronic
Styles: Trip-Hop, Electronica, Downbeat, Euro-Dance, Dance, Ambient Breakbeat, Jungle/Drum'n'bass, Downtempo, Club/Dance
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Norwegian duo Röyksopp compensated for the cold climes of their native Tromsø by making some of the warmest, most inviting downbeat electronica of the new millennium, exemplified by early tracks like "Eple" and "Poor Leno." The pair, Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge, both grew up in Tromsø and began recording in the early '90s. Local-made-good Geir Jenssen (aka Biosphere) provided tutelage and almost convinced the duo to record for R&S sublabel Apollo. After a few years apart, Brundtland and Berge met up again in Bergen and re-formed Rö...
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