A few months after releasing their debut, Øye and Bøe compiled a remix album, Versus, with new versions of almost all the songs on Quiet Is The New Loud. The remixes, courtesy of artists such as Ladytron, Four Tet and Röyksopp, manage to almost better the original material since they keep the melancholy touch but add many different influences and open new musical directions. - Um Strum Music
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Hugh McClure
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Aug 29, 2012
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Having released an album back in 2007 under the moniker The Commas, Melbourne's Mark Pearl is all set to release a follow-up album (due out later in the year) as Texture Like Sun. Produced by local producer Count Bounce, the album's first single is "...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Jul 10, 2013
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Here's a fun little fact: 20-year-old Ãsgeir Trausti's debut album Dyrd I Daudathogn was the fastest selling album ever released by an Icelander in Iceland, with around 10% of the population getting hold of it. Sure, the country's population is just...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Aug 11, 2012
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I'm currently flying out to Idaho to spend a week on a lake near Sandpoint. It's going to be an amazingly relaxing experience, filled with stargazing (Perseid meteor shower!) and lounging on the lake. And for all the right reasons, Kings of Convenien...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Nov 18, 2012
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There are few bands that can put me in a relaxed mood as quickly as Kings of Convenience. Their album Declaration Of Dependence ranks among one of my favorites, with darn good reason.The album was released in 2009, eight years after the Norwegian ban...
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