Brundtland and Berge were schoolmates in their hometown Tromsø, experimenting with electronic instruments in the early 90s and being a part of their city's techno scene. As they grew up in northern Norway, they listened to local artists like Bel Canto and Biosphere. The band has also expressed their interest in the music of Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, Giorgio Moroder, Art of Noise, Vangelis, Erik Satie, and Francis Lai. They were members of various electro acts in their youth, such as Alanïa, Drum Island and Aedena Cycle. After recording as part of Aedena Cycle, Berge and Brundtland left the group to form their own band, Röyksopp.
In 8 October 2001, Röyksopp released their debut album Melody A.M. on Wall of Sound label. This critically acclaimed downtempo album reached #1 in Norway charts, #9 in UK Albums Chart, #18 in US Top Electronic Albums. Melody A.M. spawned five singles: "So Easy" (released in 1999, re-released in 2002), "Eple" (released in July 2001, re-released in 24 February 2003; #16 UK), "Poor Leno", featuring Erlend Øye (released in 3 December 2001, re-released on 18 November 2002; #38 UK), "Remind Me", featuring Erlend Øye (5 August 2002; #21 UK), and "Sparks", featuring Anneli Drecker (2003; #41 UK).
The band became famous for their original music videos (the infographic-styled video by French company H5 for the track "Remind Me", won the 2002 MTV Europe Music Award for best music video). The single "Eple" (meaning "apple") was used by Apple Inc. as the music for the startup video for Mac OS X 10.3.
In 4 July 2005, the band issued their sophomore album The Understanding on Wall of Sound. The album was preceded by the hit single "Only This Moment", featuring Kate Havnevik (27 June 2005; #33 UK). Another four singles followed: "49 Percent" (26 September 2005; #55 UK), "Curves" (non-album single; 3 October 2005), "What Else Is There?", featuring Karin Dreijer of The Knife (5 December 2005; #4 Norway, #32 UK) and "Beautiful Day Without You" (26 June 2006).
Röyksopp's Night Out EP was released in 27 February 2006 and it contains live recordings from a concert in Norway, Rockefeller (Oslo) in November 2005. The album contains a new dance version of their single "Sparks" and a reinterpretation of the song "Go With the Flow”, originally by Queens of the Stone Age. In 5 March 2007, the group issued Back to Mine: Röyksopp, a compilation album from the Back to Mine series, compiled and mixed by the band.
On 23 March 2009, Röyksopp released their third album Junior on Wall of Sound. Röyksopp have invited several guest artists, like Robyn, Anneli Drecker, Karin Dreijer, Lykke Li, to perform on various songs from Junior. The first single "Happy Up Here" was released on 19 January 2009 (digital)/16 March 2009 (vinyl) and peaked on #3 in Norway and on #44 in UK. Another two singles supported the album' sales: "The Girl And The Robot", featuring Robyn (15 June 2009; #2 Norway) and "This Must Be It", featuring Karin Dreijer (2 November 2009).
Since 2010, the band started posting on their official site new exclusive songs available for free download (usually a song every month), known as Röyksopp.com Track Of The Month.
In 13 September 2010, Röyksopp released the fourth album Senior, the atmospheric counterpart of Junior. The first single from the album, "The Drug", was released on 9 August 2010.
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Sordid Affair
Röyksopp Lyrics
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Exciting and new, shameful untrue
Free to explore we had it all.
Towering trust, insatiable lust
Clouding the truth both of us knew
This sordid affair is ending in tears
Yes we must go on knowing the wrong
Oh, all our love fell down to Earth.
Here, broken and cold, with great remorse
Before a while it all made sense
It might have been just a dark pretense
But you had me
And I left it
To be with you, to be the one,
To live a lie
It really got me all excited.
I felt wanted
Then in the dark a sorrowing sigh
Was taken away. Deliverance came
Fell from the sky. Heaven replied
Salvation in strings, silent and clean.
All that we were, all that we knew
Faded away with tears in the rain.
Yes all that we were, all that we knew
Is fading away like tears in the rain.
All that we were, all that we knew
Fading away
All that we were, all that we knew
Fading away
All that we were, all that we knew
Fading away
All that we were, all that we knew
Fading away
The lyrics of Röyksopp's "Sordid Affair" describe a tumultuous and ultimately failed relationship between two people who were once free to explore their desires but are now left with great remorse. The song suggests that the relationship was founded on infatuation and excitement, but as time wore on, the truth became clouded and the pair began to drift apart. The singer reflects on their feelings of being wanted and desired but ultimately realizes that the relationship was a lie, and they were just living a dark pretense.
As the song concludes, the singer recognizes that their love has fallen down to earth, and they are left feeling broken and cold. The phrase "tears in the rain" suggests that their memories and the intensity of their emotions are being washed away, like tears that are lost amidst the rain.
Line by Line Meaning
There was a time, dark and divine,
Once we experienced an exhilarating, sinful period of our lives.
Exciting and new, shameful untrue
Our relationship was novel and novel was the temptation to be with each other even if it's morally wrong.
Free to explore we had it all.
We were free to explore our mutual attraction with abandon and it seemed like we had everything.
Towering trust, insatiable lust
We had an intense, passionate relationship that was built on trust as well as lust.
Clouding the truth both of us knew
Despite knowing that we were in the wrong, we decided to keep a blind eye to the truth and continue our affair.
This sordid affair is ending in tears
As our relationship ends, it's leaving us with tears to deal with.
Yes we must go on knowing the wrong
We have to find a way to move on even though we know that what we did was wrong.
Hunting the day it was taken away
We're searching for the moment when it all went wrong and our relationship was taken away from us.
Oh, all our love fell down to Earth.
Our love had a tragic end and fell apart with regret and sadness.
Here, broken and cold, with great remorse
We're left in a broken and cold place, filled with great guilt and regret for what we did.
Before a while it all made sense
Our relationship made sense for a while, but it didn't last long.
It might have been just a dark pretense
Perhaps our relationship was just a pretense, something temporary that we both knew couldn't last.
But you had me
You had my heart and my devotion, and I couldn't resist being with you.
And I left it
But I had to leave it behind, knowing that it was the right thing to do.
To be with you, to be the one,
I wanted to be the one you could count on, to be with you despite the consequences.
To live a lie
But in reality, we were living a lie and pretending that everything was okay.
It really got me all excited.
Being with you was so thrilling and exciting, despite the dark nature of our relationship.
I felt wanted
You made me feel desired and loved, even if on some level I knew it was wrong.
Then in the dark a sorrowing sigh
As our relationship came to an end, there was a deep sense of sorrow and loss.
Was taken away. Deliverance came
But that sigh was eventually taken away, and we found a sense of deliverance and peace.
Fell from the sky. Heaven replied
We received a sign from the heavens, a signal that our relationship had to end.
Salvation in strings, silent and clean.
In the end, we found salvation in letting go, in detaching ourselves from our affair and moving on.
All that we were, all that we knew
Our relationship represented everything we were as individuals and everything we knew about love.
Faded away with tears in the rain.
But in the end, it all faded away, like tears in the rain.
Fading away
And all we're left with now is the memory of our affair, which is slowly fading away.
Contributed by Grace A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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There was a time, dark and divine,
Exciting and new, shameful and true
Free to explore we had it all.
Towering trust, insatiable lust
Clouding the truth both of us knew
This sordid affair is ending in tears
Yes we must go on knowing the wrong
Hunting the day it was taken away
Oh, all our love fell down to Earth.
Here, broken and cold, with great remorse
Before a while it all made sense
It might have been just a dark pretence
But you had me
And I love it
To be with you, to be the one,
To live a lie
It really got me all excited.
I felt wanted
Then in the dark a sorrowing sigh
Was taken away. Deliverance came
Fell from the sky. Heaven replied
Salvation in strings, silent and clean.
All that we were, all that we knew
Faded away with tears in the rain.
Yes all that we were, all that we knew
Is fading away like tears in the rain.
All that we were, all that we knew
Fading away
All that we were, all that we knew
Fading away
All that we were, all that we knew
Fading away
All that we were, all that we knew
Fading away
@linachatzispyrou1463
2023 and this masterpiece doesn’t fade away,it never will!
@crispycock5964
Barely found this song because of a random Mexican radio so glad I heard it
@juanjuanes2201
@@crispycock5964y yo, en un podcast español.
@dim0768
Oh yes!!
@MugenNoJiyuunin
A thing of beauty will never fade away ❤
@volcano83
The sadness of a failed relationship is conveyed so beautifully here
@lonnleaf
They are not failed, they are sordid affair which is how it supposed to be.
@danielthommen8243
@@lonnleafIt is a failed relationship, that obviously resulted in the sordid affair that ultimately also failed...
@con.x
this song reminds me of my late wife. It ended in tears for me. I knew she was sick. I lived that lie that she wasnt going to outlive me. It made me excited for the future, for our future. It all made sense for a while. It was a dark pretense... I knew she was sick. I knew she would not live, I ignored it... I didn't want to see it. I couldn't or wouldn't see it. To be the one, to be with her, I felt wanted. but in the night... deliverance came. All that we knew... all that we were... fading away. Now, I'm falling out of the sky... like so many tears in the rain. My Love fell gently into the earth, cold, broken, Grave, ...Remorse. I miss here so much. I miss here so... so... much.
@trabelsimehdi7768
may God bless her