Erlend Øye
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Erlend Øye is a Norwegian musician from Bergen, best known for being part of the pop duo Kings of Convenience together with Eirik Glambek Bøe. He has released one solo album, Unrest in 2003 and a mix CD in the DJ-Kicks series in 2004.
He was born November 21st 1975 in Bergen and formed the band Skog together with some friends in the mid 1990s. He moved to London and played in the band Peachfuzz in 1997. When he was back home in Bergen for vacations he jammed with Bøe. They formed Kings of Convenience in 1998 and released their first album, Quiet is the New Loud in 2001. Øye had become interested in electronic music and spent the next years in Berlin or travelling around the world, recording his solo album Unrest together with ten different electronica artists such as Metro Area, Prefuse 73 and Schneider TM, in ten different cities. He has toured as a DJ who sings along with the records that he plays, and in 2004 he released a mix CD in the DJ Kicks series. This year also saw the next release by Kings of Convenience.
Erlend Øye's most recent project is the band 'The Whitest Boy Alive'. The band originally started of as an electronic band, but slowly developed in a band with no programmed elements. Erlend sings and plays guitar. The Whitest Boy Alive will release a single ("Burning") on 24 May 2006. Their debut album, Dreams, will be out on 21 June 2006, via their record label Bubbles. [The Whitest Boy Alive]
Discography
Albums solos- Unrest (2003)
- (2004)
- Sudden Rush (2003)
- Sheltered Life (2003)
- The Black Keys Work (2004)
Songs Featuring Erlend Øye on Vocals
- Remind Me - Royksopp on Melody A.M. (2001)
- Poor Leno - Royksopp on Melody A.M. (2001)
- Talco Uno - Jolly Music on Jolly Bar (2001)
- Drop - Cornelius (KOC Remix) on Drop EP (2002)
- This is the Dream of Evan and Chan (Safety Scissors Remix)- Dntel on This is the Dream... EP (2002)
- For the Time Being - Phonique on Identification (2004)
- Keep on Waiting - DJ Hell on NY Muscle (2003)
- A Place In My Heart - Star You Star Me on A Place In My Heart EP (2004)
- Lessons In Love - Kaos on Hello Stranger (2005)
- Cool My Fire - Ada on Blondix 2 EP (2005)
- Sunlight's On The Other Side - Safety Scissors on Tainted Lunch (2005)
- All the Way to China - James Figurine aka Jimmy Tamborello aka Dntel aka The Postal Service on Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake (2006)
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