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Nebulous Nights (An Ambient Excursion Into Profound Mysteries)
''Nebulous Nights (An Ambient Excursion into Profound Mysteries)'' is the tenth studio album by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp, released on 13 December 2024, on the band's own label Dog Triumph. The album is a compilation of ambient reinterpretations of tracks from the ''Profound Mysteries'' trilogy of albums, '' Profound Mysteries'', '' Profound Mysteries II'', and '' Profound Mysteries III'', released throughout 2022. Background Following the original 2022 versions, the ambient reinterpretation, were recorded live for ''Nebulous Nights'', and feature collaborations with original vocalists including Alison Goldfrapp, Susanne Sundfør, Pixx, and Astrid S, as well as the designer Jonathan Zawada. In 2025, ''Nebulous Nights'' was followed by a compilation Compilation may refer to: *In computer programming, the translation of source code into object code by a compiler **Compilation error **Compilation unit *Product bundling, a marketing strategy used to sell multiple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Röyksopp
Röyksopp () a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø formed in 1998. The duo consists of childhood friends Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland who formed Röyksopp during the Bergen Wave. After experimenting with different Electronic Music Genres, genres of electronic music, the band solidified their place in the electronica scene with their 2001 debut album, ''Melody A.M.'', released on the Wall of Sound (record label), Wall of Sound record label. Röyksopp has consistently experimented with various genres pertaining to electronic music. Stylistically, the band makes use of various genres, including ambient music, ambient, house music and synth-pop. The band is also known for its elaborate concert performances, which often feature Eccentricity (behavior), eccentric outfits. Since their 1998 debut, the duo has gained critical acclaim and popular success around the world. To date, Röyksopp has been nominated for two Grammy Awards, won seven Spellemannprisen awards, perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanne Sundfør
Susanne Aartun Sundfør ( (local Haugesund dialect; Help:IPA/Norwegian, [sʉˈsɑ̀nːə ˈɔ̀ʈːʉːn ˈsʉ̀nføːr] in Urban East ("standard") Norwegian); born 19 March 1986) is a Norwegians, Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer. Born and raised in Haugesund (town), Haugesund, Sundfør started touring in 2005. Susanne Sundfør (album), ''Susanne Sundfør'' (2007), her self-titled debut studio album, reached number three on the Norwegian album chart. It was followed by ''Take One (Susanne Sundfør album), Take One'' in 2008, a live album consisting of songs from her debut. Her second studio album, ''The Brothel'', was released in 2010, peaking at number one in Norway and becoming the best-selling album of that year. The album saw a shift from the piano-driven Pop music, pop of previous releases towards a more ambitious and electronic music, electronic direction; its title track reached number two on the Norwegian singles charts, the highest of Sundfør's career. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Harding
Karen Harding (born 18 November 1991) is an English singer and songwriter from Consett, County Durham. Her first single, " Say Something", released in February 2015, entered the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. Early life Born to an English father and Filipino mother, Harding grew up in Consett and attended Moorside Community Technology College. She used to work at her parents' oriental food store and, in 2008, won a regional music competition called Music Means Life. One of her first recordings was a cover version of the anti-racism song "Strange Fruit", made famous by Billie Holiday. She is a supporter of Newcastle United. Music career In 2010, she competed on the television programme '' Eurovision: Your Country Needs You'', the national final deciding who would represent the United Kingdom in that year's Eurovision Song Contest. She was eliminated in the penultimate round after singing Kylie Minogue's " What Do I Have to Do". Harding was a contestant on the tenth series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irrepressibles
The Irrepressibles is the creative guise of British musician Jamie McDermott (aka Jamie Irrepressible). History Formed in 2002, the Irrepressibles have released three full studio albums and six EPs. All songs are written by Jamie Irrepressible. According to the musician, the project's name is "about breaking boundaries in music and being honest about being gay in music". Based in London, England, for many years, Irrepressible currently works from Manchester, after a period in Berlin, Germany. The artist changed his name from "Jamie McDermott" to "Jamie Irrepressible" in 2013, on his collaboration with Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp. ''2009: From the Circus to the Sea'' The project's first release was the soundtrack to Shelly Love's ''The Forgotten Circus'', issued in January 2009. ''The Independent'' described the group as one of Britain's best-kept secrets. ''2010: Mirror Mirror'' On 11 January 2010, the Irrepressibles released their debut studio album, ''Mirror Mirror'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergens Tidende
is Norway's fifth-largest newspaper, and the country's largest newspaper outside Oslo. is owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norwegian owners held a mere 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015. History and profile Founded in 1868, is based in Bergen. The newspaper is published in two sections. Section one contains op-eds, general news, sports, and weather. Section two contains culture, views, local news, and television listings. The feature magazine ''BTMagasinet'' is published on Saturdays. is owned by the public company Schibsted, which also owns , and . At least 30% of the shares of Schibsted are owned by foreign investment banks and insurance companies, such as Goldman Sachs. The paper began to be published in tabloid format in 2006. The paper was awarded the European Newspaper of the Year in the regional newspaper category by the European Newspapers Congress in 2011. In 2005, reached about 260,000 readers every day, mainly in the county of Vest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aftenposten
(; ; stylized as in the masthead) is Norway's largest printed newspaper by circulation as well as Norway's newspaper of record. It is based in Oslo. It sold 211,769 daily copies in 2015 (172,029 printed copies according to University of Bergen) and estimated 1.2 million readers. It converted from broadsheet to compact format in March 2005. ''Aftenposten''s online edition is at Aftenposten.no. ''Aftenposten'' is a private company wholly owned by the public company Schibsted ASA. Norway's second largest newspaper, ''VG'', is also owned by Schibsted. Norwegian owners held a 42% of the shares in Schibsted at the end of 2015. The paper has around 240 employees. Trine Eilertsen was appointed editor-in-chief in 2020. Aftenposten has correspondents based in Kyiv, Brussels, Washington D.C, Moscow and Istanbul (2025). History and profile ''Aftenposten'' was founded by Christian Schibsted on 14 May 1860 under the name ''Christiania Adresseblad''. The following year, it was renamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klassekampen
(Lit. translation: ''"The Class Struggle"'') is a Norwegian daily newspaper in print and online. Its tagline is "The daily newspaper of the Left". The paper's net circulation was 33,265 in 2022, and it has around 111,000 daily readers on paper (160,000 on Saturdays). This makes it the third largest Norwegian print newspaper, based on readership. Chief editor from 2018 is Mari Skurdal. It started out in early 1969 as a monthly periodical published by a group of Oslo-based Marxist-Leninists, with Pål Steigan as a key founder and Anders M. Andersen as the first editor. Part of the alternative media landscape of the era, it promoted the positions of the Workers' Communist Party (AKP; founded 1973) and its predecessors. became a weekly in January 1973, a bi-weekly in January 1976 and finally a daily newspaper in April 1977. It was the official organ of the AKP until April 1991. Its mission statement now describes itself as "revolutionary socialist." As with most Norwegian newspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remix
A remix, also sometimes called reorchestration or rework, is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, poem, or photograph can be remixes. The only characteristic of a remix is that it appropriates and changes other materials to create something new. Most commonly, remixes are a subset of audio mixing (recorded music), audio mixing in music and song recordings. Songs may be remixed for a variety of reasons: * to adapt or revise a song for radio or nightclub play * to create a stereophonic sound, stereo or surround sound version of a song where none was previously available * to improve the fidelity of an older song for which the original audio mastering, master has been lost or degraded * to alter a song to suit a specific music genre or radio format * to use some of the original song's materials in a new context, allowing the original song to reach a different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrid S
Astrid Smeplass (born 29 October 1996), known professionally as Astrid S, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. In 2013, she placed fifth in the Norwegian version of '' Pop Idol'', entitled '' Idol – Jakten på en superstjerne''. In 2020, she released her debut studio album, '' Leave It Beautiful'', through Universal. Early life Growing up in the tiny village of Berkåk in Rennebu Municipality, Smeplass played piano at home and flute in her school's marching band. However, she felt classical music was too confining, so she learned guitar and began writing her own songs, inspired by her main influence, John Mayer. At age 13, Smeplass learned to speak English. Career 16-year-old Smeplass released her first single "Shattered", which was co-written by American singer-songwriter Melanie Fontana, after participating in '' Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne'' in 2013. She signed a publishing deal with Sony ATV Music Publishing shortly after. Her first single under her new a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Goldfrapp
Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp (born 13 May 1966) is an English musician and record producer, known as the vocalist of English electronic music duo Goldfrapp. Early life and education Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp was born on 13 May 1966, in Enfield, London, the youngest of six children. Her mother, Isabella Barge, was a nurse. Her father, Nicholas Goldfrapp, had been an army officer, and worked in advertising. Goldfrapp's surname is of German origin. While Goldfrapp was growing up, her family moved frequently, eventually settling in Alton, Hampshire, where Goldfrapp attended the independent Alton Convent School. She sang in a choir at the school and has said that she loved being in a school with nuns. However, she was forced to leave at age 11 after failing the senior exam, and attended the local comprehensive school, Amery Hill School. She moved into a squat in London aged 16, then lived in Belgium for a brief time. Four years later, she went to art school, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Profound Mysteries III
''Profound Mysteries III'' is the eighth studio album by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp, and is the third and last album in the '' Profound Mysteries'' series of albums. The album was released on 18 November 2022. It was released with collections of short films (each by a different director) and animated visualizations (by artist Jonathan Zawada) created to accompany each track. Background and development Critical reception ''Profound Mysteries III'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 71, based on 5 reviews. Thomas Bedenbaugh of ''Slant Magazine'' stated that "Röyksopp concludes their Profound Mysteries trilogy with some of their most ambitious songs to date", and further noted that the track "Speed King" is the centerpiece of the album and described that "the song serves as the boldest and most memorable com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Profound Mysteries II
''Profound Mysteries II'' is the seventh studio album by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp, released on 19 August 2022. It is the second of three albums in the '' Profound Mysteries'' series of albums. It was released with collections of short films (each by a different director) and animated visualizations (by artist Jonathan Zawada) created to accompany each track. Background and development In an interview with ''NME'' Svein Berge stated that "We are focussing on what we call ''the mystery'' – it’s rather pompous, I know," "We even added ''profound'' to turn up the nobhead-hood of it all! But anyway, the thing with ''part two'' in particular is that with this one, we point to the inspirational genres and artists who helped to forge us when we were kids." He further commented that those with a keen ear will notice heavy references to other artists like Kraftwerk and Depeche Mode, and also genres like Italo Disco and '90s UK rave. It's something they've always used in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
