Dj-Kicks (2004)

Product Summary Label: K7 Studio UPC: 00730003716126 Release Date: 4/20/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60626735 Item#: MSQX3S Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. So Weit Wie Noch Nie - (with Jurgen Paape) ~ Erlend Oye 2. Sheltered Life / Fine Day - (Acappella) ~ Erlend Oye 3. Drop - (Kings Of Convenience remix, with Cornelius) ~ Erlend Oye 4. If I Ever Feel Better - (with Phoenix) ~ Erlend Oye 5. Radio Jolly / Prego Amore - (A Cappella, with Jolly Music) ~ Erlend Oye 6. Rubicon - (with Alan Braxe/Fred Falke) ~ Erlend Oye 7. 2D2F / I Need Your Love - (with Avenue D/The Rapture) ~ Erlend Oye 8. Lattialla Taas / Venus - (A Cappella, with Uusi Fantasia) ~ Erlend Oye 9. 2 After 909 - (Intergalactic Autobahn Acappella, with Justus Kohncke) ~ Erlend Oye 10. Black Keys Work, The - (DJ Kicks) ~ Erlend Oye 11. Airraid - (with Jackmate) ~ Erlend Oye 12. Poor Leno - (Silicone Soul's Hypno House Dub, with Royksopp) ~ Erlend Oye 13. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - (A Cappella) ~ Erlend Oye 14. Metal Chix / Always On My Mind - (A Cappella, with Skateboard) ~ Erlend Oye 15. Dexter - (with Villalobos) ~ Erlend Oye 16. Winning a Battle, Losing the War - (with Minizza) ~ Erlend Oye 17. Lullaby / A Place In My Heart - (A Cappella, with Morgan Geist/Eelend Oye) ~ Erlend Oye   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Following up his electronics-based solo debut, UNREST, Erlend Oye strays further from the acoustic folk sound of his band, Kings of Convenience, on this DJ outing. Rather than taking the usual DJ-mix route of merely compiling his favorite songs, Oye makes this an even more personal project by singing along to a majority of the album's tracks, either on his own or, in the case of tracks by Cornelius and Minizza, as half of Kings of Convenience. In addition to the solo track "The Black Keys Work," Oye sings the rave classic "Fine Day" over musical elements of his own "Sheltered Life," and replaces his vocals on Royksopp's "Poor Leno" with his rendition of lyrics from the Smiths' "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out." Even when Oye isn't credited on a track, it doesn't mean he's not present. Listen closely to the bouncy "If I Ever Feel Better" by Phoenix and the gloomy "I Need Your Love" by the Rapture, and his vocals are there, helping to make this installment of the DJ-KICKS series an unusual and inventive album.   Compilation Appearances Ultra Chilled Dj Kicks:exclusives Renaissance Presents Sequential American Rag 2   Technical Info Release Date : 01/01/2006 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 7161 Label : !k7 Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00730003716126   Professional Reviews Uncut (p.101) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[E]njoyably idiosyncratic..."    Related Videos Christmas In The Heart : ... A Cherry Cherry Christmas... In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray