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中 文 名 Kings of Convenience
類 型 組合
國 籍 挪威
代表作品 Failure、Toxic Girl
藝人資料
兩個挪威大男孩Eirik Glambek Boe和Erlend Oye及兩把傳統(tǒng)吉他組成了雙人樂團(tuán)Kings Of Convenience。他們一出道，便被NME推崇美譽(yù)為「新民謠運(yùn)動英雄」。Kings Of Convenience清新完美的二部合聲如同一股清流般輕輕柔柔地流過人們冰封沉疾已久的心；彷佛呼吸著清新舒適的空氣，在唯美浪漫、清新脫俗的樂章里，讓自己享有短暫片刻的恬靜。 在Chill-out風(fēng)潮愈演愈烈今天，Royksopp可以在其唱片廠牌Wall of Sound低調(diào)宣傳的情況下冒出頭來，并如此快搶占?xì)W洲市場，可見其魅力確不可小覬。同一時期的還有Kings of Convenience，同是來自挪威這個北歐小國，不過風(fēng)格卻是大相徑庭。一張頗Easy-listening的Quiet Is New Loud令他們嶄露頭角，之后的混音專輯Versus請來眾多電音界好友拔刀相助。其中當(dāng)然包括Royksopp混的I Don’t Know What I Can Save You From，延續(xù)一貫的漫不經(jīng)心，不過細(xì)看介紹，竟然還有他們家鄉(xiāng)Sandviksfjellet山頂?shù)娘L(fēng)的錄音。
2000年推出處女同名專輯《The Kings of Convenience》。
2001年發(fā)行第一張正式專輯《Quiet Is the New Loud》。
2002年發(fā)行第二張專輯《Versus》。
他們的第三張正式專輯《Declaration of Dependence》，在2009年10月20日發(fā)行。
2012年6月，樂隊在巴塞羅那和波爾圖的 Primavera Sound festivals上表演。
Kings of Convenience is an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway. Consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe, the musical group is known for their delicate tunes, calming voices, and intricate and subtle guitar melodies. Øye and Bøe both compose and sing the songs.
Øye and Bøe were both born in 1975 (Øye on November 21 and Bøe on October 25) and have known each other since they met in the same class at school. Their first musical collaboration was a comedic rap about a teacher.At sixteen, they played together in the band Skog ("forest") with two other friends, releasing one EP, Tom Tids Tale, before breaking up and later forming the Kings duo.
The duo was signed to the American label Kindercore after appearing in European festivals during the summer of 1999. After a spell living in London in 2001, they released their debut album Quiet Is the New Loud. The album was produced by Coldplay producer Ken Nelson. The album was very successful and even lent its name to a small movement of musicians in the pop underground (including acoustic contemporaries such as Turin Brakes) which took Elliott Smith, Belle & Sebastian and Simon & Garfunkel as their inspiration and focused on more subtle melodies and messages.
Versus, an album of remixes of tracks from Quiet Is the New Loud, came out shortly after. After this breakthrough year, not much was heard from the band. Øye spent the next few years living in Berlin and doing solo material, releasing music under the DJ Kicks series as well as a solo album titled Unrest. He also had a side project named The Whitest Boy Alive.
It was not until 2004 that the Kings' follow-up Riot on an Empty Street was released. The video made for "I'd Rather Dance With You," the second single from the album, topped MTV's European list as the best music video of 2004. The album also featured contributions by Feist.
In January 2008 the band played concerts in the Northern Norwegian cities of Tromsø, Svolvær and Bodø, and Swedish city Umeå along with a concert in August in Stockholm. The band then toured North America, Latin America and Europe, including stops in Boston, New York, Toronto, Detroit; Latin American stops in Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Brazil and Chile, where they performed in Santiago with local musician Javiera Mena, who later opened for them in Spain and Portugal.European stops include Italy, Switzerland and Spain. On some of their American tour stops they appeared with the band Franklin for Short who joined them on stage for a few rousing numbers.
Their third album, called Declaration of Dependence, was released on October 20, 2009.
In June 2012, the band performed at the Primavera Sound festivals in both Barcelona and Porto.
