Röyksopp

Röyksopp (sometimes spelt 'Royksopp' or 'Røyksopp') are an electronic music duo based in Bergen, Norway composed of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge. The group for

Röyksopp (sometimes spelt 'Royksopp' or 'Røyksopp') are an electronic music duo based in Bergen, Norway composed of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge. The group formed officially in 1998 and released their debut album Melody A.M. in 2001.

Despite the fact that Brundtland and Berge were schoolmates in their hometown of Tromsø and experimented with electronic instruments in the early 90s, Röyksopp only appeared years later when they met again in Bergen. The city had a vital scene for underground electronic music at this time, and they got to work with other Norwegian musicians such as Frost, Kings of Convenience, Those Norwegians and Drum Island in what was called the Bergen Wave. Their first singles were released by local independent label Tellé and later as the word spread, they got to release the album Melody A.M. on British label Wall of Sound. It spawned singles like "Eple", "Poor Leno", "Remind Me" and "Sparks".