Track Listing

1. Jurgen Paape - So Weit Wie Noch Nie
2. Erlend Oye - Sheltered Life (Remix)/Fine Night (Acapella)
3. Cornelius - Drop (Kings of Convenience Remix)
4. Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better
5. Erlend Oye - Radio Jolly – Jolly Music/Prego Amore (Acapella)
6. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Rubicon
7. Avenue D - 2D2F
8. The Rapture - I Need Your Love
9. Erlend Oye - Lattialla Taas – Uusi Fantasia/Venus (Acapella)
10. Erlend Oye - 2 After 909 – Justus Kohncke/Intergalactic Autobahn (Acapella)
11. Erlend Oye - The Black Keys Work (Phonique Remix)
12. Jackmate - Airraid
13. Royksopp - Poor Leno (Silikon Soul Remix) / Erlend Oye - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (Acapella)
14. Skateboard - Metal Chix / Erlend Oye - Always On My Mind (Acapella)
15. Ricardo Villalobos - Dexter
16. Minizza - Winning a Battle, Losing The War
17. Morgan Geist – Lullaby / Erlend Oye - A Place In My Heart (Acapella) / Ada - Luckycharm / Erlend Oye - Intuition (Acapella)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #85572 in Music
• Released on: 2004-04-20
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
The job title of DJ may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Erlend Øye. The singer, songwriter and indie pop star behind Kings Of Convenience has only owned a set of turntables for a few months, but despite all this, Erlend Øye the DJ is anything but a joke. With his compilation for the latest installment of the DJ-Kicks series, the Berlin-residing Norwegian not only redefines the DJ mix, but unleashes a monster set of leftfield party tunes as well.

In a certain way, Øye brings to mind DJ-Kicks alums like Kruder & Dorfmeister, however, where they enriched their mixes in the studio using dub effects, keyboard overlays and distortions, Erlend Øye takes to the microphone. Having re-sung nine songs for this mix, Erlend deftly blurs the line between a DJ mix and a full on artist album. Three of these are so far unreleased compositions of his own and the other six are cover versions of tunes by Elvis, Bananarama, Pet Shop Boys and others.

Erlend’s selection for his DJ-Kicks draws from the best of both the dance and rock worlds. NYC dance rockers The Rapture are here, as are French house heads Phoenix, Japanese quirk-rock master Cornelius and electronica stars Royksopp. While this type of eclecticism is a constant in the DJ-Kicks series, few have left as distinctive a mark on their mixes as Erlend Øye.

Customer Reviews

Bloody Marvelous!
So seamless, the way tracks merge into each other. The intro to Rubicon is really slick! & Funny too! Even the writing on the insert is fun to read. Thats how good this album is! Erlend Øye shows you how cool geeks can be.
You will bob your head in your sleep,
You will count tracks instead of sheep,
You will dance to hypnotic beats.

Incredible innovation
This cd is extremely special and unique in it's quality and in it's reinvention of what it means to be a DJ. This isn't a "mix" per se, this guy has melded these songs and altered them in a way that SCREAMS personal touch. OPNly he could do this, because it is so personal, the way he seesthese songs, the way he feels hem. I can't see anyone else in music creating something quite like this, and although he is relatively unknown sauf his kings of convenience cd's he is completely woth getting to know. This cd is a secret, and a part of me wants it to stay that way, but i truly think that the more people get exposed to his type of music, the better for them.

One of My Favorite Albums of ALL TIME
First heard this - going on 3 years now - during the summer after my entire life had shifted position. Girlfriend moved abroad, friends moved away, I was finishing college, etc.

For the entire year thereafter, this album would become a soundtrack to my transitional period. Even now, I can STILL listen all the way through and not get tired, bored or even the slightest bit turned off to any track.

There are multiple reasons for this.

Erlend is a fantastic DJ, mixing the tracks seamlessly, with timing that most DJs don't seem to utilize to their advantage; he tells a story with these tracks, illustrated brilliantly by the way he transitions between them.

Adding incredible accappellas, he creates a humble, albeit fun, atmosphere. Having never heard the instrumental tracks of what he sings over, I think I would prefer them coupled with Oye's soft voice. Granted, he only sings over a few - so he doesn't overdo it, but rather makes the mix a very personal creation.

And the tracks in general flow so well, the entire album spans a massive range of emotions, and seems to end in a suitable, satisfiable place.

One thing, however: the actual-released version is slightly different, with one-less track (17 instead of 18), some different transitions, and some horns added in on the final song. I HIGHLY recommend the PROMO version, if you can find it, as that is - in my opinion - the prized (or lost?) jewel (promo has 18 trks). It's kind of like the original Director's Cut, vs. whatever was released to the general public.

I promise you, even if you don't like House/Dance music much (and I did not a few years back), this will possibly change your life, if you let it.