Synthpop

""We never said we were lesbians, but everyone said that we were and now everyone said that we lied. We simply love each other." Lena Katina, 2005"

""What first caused you to think to yourself, man, this is a great fucking job?" "When me, Han Solo and RoboCop had our first gig on top of the Great Pyramid of Khufu in front of 6 billion people. I was in the middle of my guitar solo when Wolverine shouted to me from behind his drum kit, “Man, this is a great fucking job!”"

"It was me on that road But you couldn`t see me Too many lights out, but nowhere near here It was me on that road Still you couldn`t see me And then flashlights and explosions Roads end getting nearer We cover distance, but not together I am the storm and I am the wonder And the flashlights, nightmares And sudden explosions I don't know what more to ask for I was given just one wish It`s about you and the sun A morning run The story of my maker What I have and what I ache for I`ve got a golden ear I cut and I spear But what else is there? Roads end getting nearer We cover distance, still not together If I am the storm, if I am the wonder Will I have flashlights, nightmares And sudden explosion? There's no room where I can go and You`ve got secrets too I don`t know what more to ask for I was given just one wish (Why)"

"Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing I won't try to dent your night Or stop your flight I've known our plight You know I'm right I know about your little fling How you hide your ring You senseless thing I'll cut this string The heat has simmered for a while It's not my style So versatile and with a smile At anytime, I could explode When you kissed your toad You killed your princely episode Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing Bit off more than one could bite And the taste is slight It leaves this dullish appetite About time I've finally seen the light And said goodnight For the sling is tight We'll lose this fight In a corner painted white As you fly your kite I shun the sight, i've seen the light And now i've got to say goodnight You know I'm right Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing I won't try to stop you flight Or chage your night or nothing Less than half Why won't you try To make this damage better Math and imagery Equates cacophony Multiplies muteness A sum better disturbed For silence subtracts And shadows divide light Less than half is slight Math and imagery Equates cacophony Multiplies muteness A sum better disturbed For silence subtracts And shadows divide light Less than half is slight The heat has simmered for a while The heat has simmered for a while The heat has simmered for a while The heat has simmered for a while The heat has simmered for a while Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing I won't try to stop you flight Or chage your night or nothing Less than half Why won't you try To make this damage better Forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing Oh forty-nine percent One percent short of half And less than half Ain't really much of nothing, yeah The heat has simmered for a while The heat has simmered for a while The heat has simmered for a while"

"Only this moment Holds us together Close to perfection Nothing else out there No one to guide us Lost in our senses Deep down inside I know our love will die Only this moment Holds us together Lost in confusion Feelings are out there Scared of devotion Doubting intentions Deep down inside I know our love will die Stay or forever go Play or you’ll never know What heaven decided You can't deny it’s All you’ve been waiting for Stay or forever go Play or you’ll never know Your spirit’s divided You will decide if I’m All you’ve been waiting for Clouds in my head have been parted with grace By the voice of an angel revealing her face And her words they make sense and I do understand Falling in love isn’t part of a plan Forces within me mix reason with lust, but I’ll try to accept it and not make it worse 'Cause I know I might lose it by taking the chance, (But) love without pain isn’t really romance Only this moment Holds us together Close to perfection Nothing else out there Always beside her Trusting my senses Deep down inside I know love will survive Only this moment Holds us together Close to perfection Nothing else out there Always beside her Trusting my senses Deep down inside I know love will survive"

"No matter gray or grim It's those tiny little sparks Daily life that makes me Forget my wounded heart It doesn't matter when It may rain or it may shine Blurry memories of us Come back from time to time No matter gray or grim It's those tiny little sparks Daily life that makes me Forget my wounded heart It doesn't matter when It may rain or it may shine Blurry memories of us Come back from time to time No matter gray or grim It's those tiny little sparks Daily life that makes me Forget my sulky heart It doesn't matter when It may rain or it may shine But you will always be here Stored inside my mind Can I give you all my love Suck some air Tell me what I'm dreaming of Oh, whoa, oh... Maybe within a thousand years You'll be here Maybe within a thousand tears Oh, whoa, oh... Can I be so alone? Can I be so alone? Oh, whoa.. La la la la..."

"Hello? Yeah it's me I wanna give you some good frequencies 170, 2.6, 2245... Yeah 3032, 400 Four hundred? Yeah. I'm coming over. Do that. Hehe. I'll be there in two seconds."

"There's a new Röyksopp record out which is called Senior which I'm really looking forward to hearing."

"“I always listen to new music. I get new CDs every week from England and America. I prefer listening to new things rather than old, and so at the moment I’m really enjoying listening to the band Röyksopp.”"

"Apparently the original title of this striking debut was For Kids and Elderly People, and you can hear why: cornerstone hit Eple is likely to beguile any age."

"This is genius – it is no wonder they are laughing."

"This is the one that puts them firmly and officially up there in the top tier of the dance-music crossover-album crowd, up with the Daft Punks and, umm, Basement Jaxxes. Really: Good for them."

"Röyksopp's album Melody A.M. is one of the best records ever made"

"Tromsø is a city with crime and dope, and with the nature right beside. You can sit by the sea, eat ecstasy, surf on the internet and eat seagull eggs. We have a half-naive love relation to the midnight sun and the nature in Northern Norway. Old people aren't the only ones who can claim that."

"On being asked about their favourite album in Röyksopp's discography:"

"On their album The Understanding:"

"On asked by KCRW about things that influence their creative process:"

""What's next for you? We are going to start a farm where we trying to make nothing grow. that's really difficult. That's gonna be a heavy work."

"When you do interviews it's not like you're a politician that people are going to say "Ahh, he didn't really answer the question". If you're an artist it's good to just not answer the question sometimes."

"The most annoying [pop star]? Well, that's gotta be 50 Cent. Why? I mean, because of the story that goes with him. This story, the story that sold him to a lot of newspapers. I just imagine a reader who's like 50 years old and who's really not into hip-hop... "But this guy, he's been shot 7 times then he must be good", and that story is just so crap so I instantly had a dislike of the whole package."

"I had this bow and arrow that my uncle had given me, and I found a knife and sharpened the arrows. It was a deadly weapon. And I killed birds, I killed a lot of polar bears. I went on a killing spree for days, killing every animal I could see in Northern Norway."

"I get angry when I have to read...Like if you put a DVD into a DVD player, and you actually have to read, that thingy, where it has the copyright control. And if that's on for like half a minute and there's no button that you can press that gets you through it. That fills me with double rage."

""Where would your ideal place be to listen to one of your own songs?". "I think, in a blimp. Over Antarctica"."

"Röyksopp is more than a band. It's also a transport system."

"Seriously, who was supposed to add the pressure? The record buying public? I don't think so. The critics? We're not afraid of them. Our mindset, even on Melody A.M., has always been to do our own thing."

"People have certain expectations of how a festival concert will be, with a vocalist, bassist, drummer and two guitarists. When the singer screams "Woaaaaaaaa", the audience must respond "YEAAAA". When we play live, we try not to be too clever and "arty". There shall be an element of party in what we do."

""I feel so unattractively enthusiastic about the new album"."

"You see, it's part of the process you go through: the longer the hair and the beard, the more Beaujolais you drink. It's stage three of the seven stages of songwriting."

"I think someone should make a pair of jeans made of banana peel; that’s what I’m thinking. Instead of washing them, you just throw them away and they will decompose. Ideally, it shouldn’t be lots of banana peels – you should be able to make it in one piece so it’s one big seamless thing. They would be yellow, which is the colour of the insane"

"They took the credit for your second symphony. Rewritten by machine and new technology, and now I understand the problems you can see."

"God, you know it's hard to keep the fighting clean"

"Elstree, remember me? I had a part in a B-movie. I played a man from history"

"In my mind and in my car We can't rewind, we've gone too far. Pictures came and broke your heart. Put the blame on VTR."

"And now we meet in an abandoned studio. We hear the playback and it seems so long ago."

"Video killed the radio star."

"I heard you on the wireless back in '52 Lying awake intent at tuning in on you. If I was young, it didn't stop you coming through."

"Hello, Doctor, lift my face I wish my skin could stand the pace."

"They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest And as they drag you through the door, they tell you that you've failed the test."

"We never ever argue, we never calculate The currency we've spent (Ooooh) I love you, oh, you pay my rent"

"Will I get in your way or open your eyes? Who will give whom the bigger surprise? Young offender, how you resent The lovers you need; it hurts when they bleed..."

"But for all of those who don't fit in, Who follow their instincts and are told they sin, This is a prayer for a different way."

"There where the air is free we'll be what we want to be Now if we make a stand we'll find our promised land"

"Before we ever met I thought like everybody did You were just a moron, a billion-dollar kid You flew up all the way like a hawk chasing a dove I never thought that I would be a sacrifice in love"

"Remember when you were more easily led Behind the cricket pavillion and the bicycle shed Trembling as your dreams came true You looked up into those blue eyes and knew It was love, and now you can't pretend You've forgotten all the promises of that first friend... "Can you forgive her?" Consider for a minute who you are What you'd like to change, never mind the scars Bury the past, empty the shelf Decide it's time to reinvent yourself"

"Dreaming of the Queen Visiting for tea You and her and I and Lady Di The Queen said, I'm aghast Love never seems to last However hard you try And Di replied That there are no more lovers left alive..."

"The sunset is deeper and longer The scent of the jasmine is stronger Stray dogs don't bite, birds start to sing Lightning daren't strike, you suddenly bring Bluer skies..."

"You've got a home here Call it what you want You've got a home here You're gonna want it when you can't face the world and you need some support to succeed You've got a home"

"So my baby's on the road, doing business, selling loads, Charming everyone there with the sweetest smile... Oh tonight I miss you, oh tonight I wish you Would be here with me, but I won't see you Till you've made it back again home and dry..."

"My father fought in Afghanistan His widows pension aint worth a damn My mother works and goes home to cry I want to live before I die"

"Give me hope, give me all your love Tell me now you're coming home tonight Have some faith in the love we share Is it fate? Does darkness end in light? Never been closer to heaven – never been further away..."