Erlend Øye lyrics
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Artist's albums
Matrimonio di Ruggiero
2023 · single
Everyone's In Love With You (Spotify Singles)
2023 · single
Winter Companion
2023 · EP
Abril's Theme
2022 · single
Bravo Marco
2022 · single
Lockdown Blues
2021 · single
Quarantine at El Ganzo
2020 · album
Valdivia
2020 · EP
For the Time Being
2019 · single
Paradiso
2019 · single
Estate
2015 · single
Rainman (Barck & Comixxx Remix)
2015 · single
Legao
2014 · album
Rainman
2014 · single
Fence Me In
2014 · single
Garota
2014 · single
La prima estate
2013 · single
For The Time Being
2010 · album
The Black Keys Work (DJ-KiCKS)
2004 · EP
Sheltered Life
2003 · single
Sudden Rush
2003 · single
Unrest
2003 · album
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Biography
Since the late '90s, Norwegian singer/songwriter Erlend Øye has been a prolific force of nature, releasing numerous albums, EPs, and singles with his two primary bands, the acoustic duo Kings of Convenience and the more electronic-based the Whitest Boy Alive. Outside of these two projects, he has acted as a collaborator with a wide array of pop and electronic acts, most notably appearing as the vocalist on Röyksopp's 2001 debut album Melody A.M. A native of Bergen, Norway, Øye moved to London in 1998, playing guitar in a band called Peachfuzz. During visits home, he and former high school bandmate Eirik Glambek Bøe would play together, eventually forming Kings of Convenience. Their quiet introspective indie pop drew inspiration from acts like Simon & Garfunkel and Belle & Sebastian, culminating in their 2001 breakthrough debut album Quiet Is the New Loud. After his collaboration with Röyksopp that same year, Øye developed an interest in electronic music and relocated to Berlin, immersing himself in numerous projects and traveling the world from this new home base. In 2003, he released the highly collaborative solo album Unrest, which was recorded in ten different cities with ten different electronic artists; he toured as a DJ, singing along live to the tracks. 2004 saw the return of his partnership with Bøe, as Kings of Convenience released their critically acclaimed follow-up Riot on an Empty Street. Around this same time, Øye formed the Whitest Boy Alive, a project which began as an electronic, dance-oriented act but later became focused on more organic, live playing. This band made its debut on Øye's newly formed Bubbles Records in 2006. In 2009, both Kings of Convenience and the Whitest Boy Alive released new albums. Over the following years, Øye became involved as a producer, making a pair of records with Norwegian indie band Kakkmaddafakka in 2011 and 2013. During this time, he relocated to the Sicilian town of Siracusa and released a new solo single sung entirely in Italian. Officially announcing the end of his Whitest Boy Alive project in 2013, he shifted his focus squarely on his solo work, traveling to Reykjavík to record his long-awaited second solo album with Icelandic reggae band Hjálmar. The resulting album, Legao, was released in October 2014. ~ Timothy Monger, Rovi