
Gray Area makes another step in its mission to “unify and strengthen the House Music community around the world,” today by partnering with Spotify for an official editorial playlist on the streaming platform. Gray Area Guest List launched with over five hours of house and techno from the forward-thinking and creative voices that are defining the myriad sounds of underground dance. 



Spotify’s Guest List playlists allow noted brands and artists to take over an official editorial playlist curating it from top to bottom precisely to match that brand’s unique footprint. And the Gray Area list is lovingly selected to reflect the future of dance music.



Included are songs from Gray Area Spotlight featured artists QRTR, LP Giobbi, Vintage Culture, and Will Clarke. Alongside bonafide legends like Ricardo Villalobos, Miss Kittin, Maya Jane Coles, Anja Schneider, Guy Gerber, Steve Bug, The Martinez Brothers, Joseph Capriati, Jamie Jones, Louie Vega, Pig & Dan, Royksopp, and Maceo Plex. 2022 GRAMMY Award nominee Black Coffee, Repopulate Mars boss Lee Foss, Drumcode front-man Adam Beyer, and Godfather of House Frankie Knuckles are also featured.


The Gray Area Guest List is a great way to get familiar with the sweeping sonic footprint of house and techno. Too often, we get stuck in our own lane, and the beauty of dance music is that it encompasses an array of shifting moods and aural textures. So take yourself on a journey through the expanse of underground dance music, turn up the volume and Let There Be More House Music.




Gray Area Takes Over Spotify's Official Guest List Playlist

Torbjørn Bruntland and Svein Berge began experimenting with electronic music in 1993 in their hometown of Tromsø, Norway. As schoolchildren, they would test out different devices from the local electronics shop, using them to make sounds and music and returning them when they felt they had exhausted the possibilities.

After finishing school the pair parted ways, but during a reunion a few years later, the old friends got to talking and the ideas behind their eventual moniker, Royksopp—and their first album under this name, 

 was released to critical acclaim, becoming both the No. 1 album in Norway and topping several top 40 charts in the UK.

Bruntland and Berge released three subsequent albums, 

, in 2005, 2009, and 2010, respectively. But, riding the coattails of a Grammy nomination for their EP, 

, Royksopp announced that their fifth album, 

And for awhile, it was. In 2022, though, Bruntland and Berge revived Royksopp’s Instagram account and began teasing fans with elusive works of visual art, later announcing their return and two new projects, 


The group’s eclectic, not quite pin-down-able sound, which vacillates between ambient, synth-pop, and house, has made them darlings of fans, critics, and music media alike. Unsurprisingly, their music is lauded in their home country, where they’ve earned four No 1 albums, as well as seven Spellemannprisen Awards, which are the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammy Awards. Worldwide, they’re notable and recognized for their numerous tracks that join forces with various Swedish musicians, like Lykke Li, Astrid S., and Robyn, and after announcing their comeback, they’ve been featured in 

Royksopp

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Alexander Dias