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The Inevitable End

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Monday November 10th, 2014
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  •           1.   Skulls
  •           2.   Monument (T.I.E. Version) feat Robyn
  •           3.   Sordid Affair feat Man Without Country
  •           4.   You Know I Have To Go feat Jamie Irrepressible
  •           5.   Save Me feat Susanne SundfÌür
  •           6.   I Had This Thing feat Jamie Irrepressible
  •           7.   Rong feat Robyn
  •           8.   Here She Comes Again
  •           9.   Running To The Sea feat Susanne SundfÌür
  •           10.   Compulsion feat Jamie Irrepressible
  •           11.   Coup De Grace
  •           12.   Thank You


Running To The Sea

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Monday November 25th, 2013
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R�yksopp releases their first single since 2011, the epic, sweeping "Running To The Sea" (featuring vocals by platinum-selling Norwegian artist Susanne Sundf�r), backed with another new track, "Something In My Heart" (featuring Jamie McDermott from London orchestral ensemble The Impressibles).

"'Running To The Sea' and 'Something In My Heart' are in essence both expressions of compulsion and its strong, often uncontrollable, persisting pull," say the duo. "Dependence is a returning theme in our music."

The single release is accompanied by a seven-track remix bundle featuring rewordings of "Running to the Sea" by Pachanga Boys, Villa, LNTG, Man Without Country, DJ HMC, Magnus & Timon, and Seven Lions.


  •           1.   Running to the Sea
  •           2.   Something In My Heart



August 25th, 2014
Toronto, ON
Echo Beach
 
August 24th, 2014
Chicago, IL
Pritzker Pavilion In Millenium Park
 
August 22nd, 2014
Boston, MA
Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
 
August 21st, 2014
Vienne, Washington, VA
Filene Centre at Wolf Trap
 
August 20th, 2014
New York, NY
Pier 97
 
August 15th, 2014
Hasselt, Belgium
Pukkelpop
 
August 8th, 2014
Oslo, Norway
Oya Festival
 
August 7th, 2014
Goteborg, Sweden
Way Out West Festival
 
July 18th, 2014
Berlin, Denmark
Melt! Festival
 
July 17th, 2014
Suffolk, UK
Latitude Festival
 
June 29th, 2014
Hollywood, CA
Hollywood Bowl
 
June 28th, 2014
San Francisco, CA
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
 
June 26th, 2014
Redmond, Seattle, WA
Marymoor Park
 
June 13th, 2014
Barcelona, Spain
Sonar Festival
 

Since they first burst onto the scene with the release of their classic debut album ‘Melody A.M’ back in 2001, Norwegian electronic music overlords Röyksopp have only released three further studio albums. First came 2005's more experimental ‘The Understanding’, then 2009's extrovert, pop-lead ‘Junior’ followed swiftly by its more introvert sister album, ‘Senior’. That was back in 2010. Four years later, however, and following a burst of creativity instigated by personal upheaval and the general living of lives they're about to release their second album in the space of six months – following ‘Do It Again’, their collaborative mini-album with fellow Scandinavian legend, Robyn – in the shape of the multi-faceted, ‘The Inevitable End’. “We feel there's a lot of music out there that just doesn't have any identity - something that we really strive for in our music,” says Torbjørn of the time it takes between releases. “We don't feel like we're in any hurry; we intend to make music we cannot find elsewhere - which is both ambitious and time consuming” agrees Svein. “And we also want our music to have longevity, therefore we always seek to produce and engineer it in a way that steers clear of generic production trends.”

As with most things Röyksopp do there is a multi-faceted reason behind the album's title, ‘The Inevitable End’. While they're keen to point out that it doesn't mark the end of Röyksopp, they do see it as their final album. “We feel like this is a goodbye to the traditional album format,” explains Svein. “In our consecutive run of albums, we have been able to say what we want to say and do what we want to do with the LP. We're not going to stop making music, but the album format as such, this is the last thing from us.” Having now created five complete bodies of work, the pair feel like the future is open to being more experimental with how they share their music, be it with EPs, one-off singles or something more visually focused. “With ‘Melody AM’ we felt like we established our own voice and take on electronic music. Then, with ‘The Understanding’, we wanted to move slightly off-centre and experiment more - without losing what is uniquely identified as Röyksopp. With ‘Junior’ we wanted to be a bit more extrovert, focusing on vocals and youthful energy. With ‘Senior’, we wanted to flip it around completely; instrumental, introvert and hidden,” continues Svein. “With ‘The Inevitable End’ we've moved into a darker subject matter, with emphasis on the lyrical content. This candid approach feels very both personal, sincere and conclusive.” “With this album it became clear we wanted to make an album in a classical sense even if it's the last one we make,” adds Torbjørn. With a story running from the opening, fuzzy electronics of ‘Skulls’ – with its teasing “if you want to ride” mantra – to the closing, fan-dedicated ‘Thank You’, this is an album to be enjoyed from start to finish; a complete story that takes you from A to Z.

The title also relates to the album's core themes of loss (be it emotional or physical), the passing of different eras in people's lives and the effects of conflicting emotions, themes that are showcased exquisitely in ‘Monument (T.I.E. Version)’, the epic collaboration with Robyn that acts as bridge between ‘Do It Again’ and The Inevitable End’. Re-worked for this album, its power is even more magnetic. “I think it's fair to say that the two records are dwelling on the same themes. This album has a strong lyrical content and I think that's more evident than on any of our other albums - I guess writing songs and working closely with Robyn has had an effect,” says Svein. “Without being too gloomy or dark, there's been turmoil in our lives. And prior to making ‘Do It

Again’, Robyn was in a similar space, which is one of the reasons why we're so compatible.” With the two records being worked on simultaneously, ‘The Inevitable End’ may share a similar headspace to ‘Do It Again’, but this is very much a quintessentially Röyksopp album, even if that definition is itself brilliantly malleable. “We're always looking to push certain boundaries, but there's something there that's been there all the time and that binds it altogether,” explains Torbjørn. “We're not keen on repeating ourselves.”

So while the opening track ‘Skulls’ feels like a classic Röyksopp song – all squelchy bass lines, filtered synths and vocodered, yet soulful vocals – the album also takes in sophisticated, delicate heartbreak on the Man Without Country collaboration ‘Sordid Affair’; odd, shape-shifting ambience on the Robyn-featuring ‘Rong’; bouncing electro pop on the deceptively upbeat ‘Save Me’ (featuring regular contributor Susanne Sundfør on vocal duties) and the deliriously sad, cry- on-the-dancefloor classic, ‘I Had This Thing’, one of four collaborations with Jamie Irrepressible. In fact, as with all their albums, the importance of picking the right vocalist for each song was paramount. “We always want to find the right voice matching the specific sentiment of a track,” states Svein. “And the people we've been fortunate enough to work with, are people who not only possess brilliant vocal abilities individually - they also in their own unique way, bring their own universe with them,” he continues. “We are inviting them to collide their universe into ours. It's not about having a voice for hire. We want the people we work with to feel like they can involve themselves to the fullest - it's about finding the perfect voice for our state of mind,” adds Torbjørn.

At the core of the album is this universal sense of conflicting emotions and choice; in pursuit of fulfillment, how far can you go? Should one heed one's conscience or succumb to one's desires - albeit the moral ramifications? And then there's doubt and denial. And the battle between reason and desire, that's summed up perfectly on ‘I Had This Thing’ as Jamie softly flits between the lines “I still don't know just what I've done” and the emotional final mantra of “I never meant to let you go” while a cavalcade of electronic textures descends around him. But while the lyrics deal with darker themes, this isn't a musically introspective album. This is a cohesive, fully realised electronic symphony from a pair of production geniuses constantly looking to innovate. “’Senior’, for example, is very introspective; both secret and raw production-wise. ‘The Inevitable End’, on the other hand, has a very clean and crisp production in comparison,” explains Svein. “We wanted this pristine surface to act as a contrast to the grittier subject matter that lies beneath. At first listen, one might get the impression that T.I.E is a place of solace and bliss. But if you pay attention to the lyrics, you'll tap into the somber undercurrent running through it all - as if the music is bleeding. This is not a dance album at all. This is home listening as far as we're concerned. It's headphones music.” All you need do is pop them on, sit back and let Röyksopp take you into their own special world again. 



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