&ME Delivers a Dream-Inducing Take on Röyksopp and Goldfrapp’s 'Impossible'

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 

and have announced tour dates across Norway, Spain, and Greece.

Norway

downtempo

electronica

indietronica

neo-synthpop

trip hop

Royksopp

Chile

german techno

microhouse

minimal techno

techno

Ricardo Villalobos

United States

RAFI

France

disco house

filter house

Bob Sinclar

Belgium

techno rave

Ahl Iver

United Kingdom

house

uk dance

Hannah Wants

Netherlands

dutch trance

trance

uplifting trance

Gouryella

Croatia

croatian electronic

Petar Dundov

dance pop

electro house

moombahton

pop dance

Diplo

Rio Tashan

Germany

Ben Klock

Royksopp

Articles

Other artists