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artist · erlend oye
release · dj-kicks
year · 2004
genre · pop
label · !k7
catalogue · !k7161cd
website · www.k7.com
date · 26-apr-2004
quality · 205kbps/44,1khz
source · compact disc
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01 jurgen paape - so weit wie noch nie
02 erlend oye - sheltered life / fine day
03 cornelius - drop [kings of convenience rmx]
04 phoenix - if i ever feel better
05 jolly music / e. oye - radio jolly / prego amore
06 alan braxe & fred falke - rubicon
07 avenue d - 2d2f
08 the rapture - i need your love
09 uusi fantasia / e. oye - lattialla taas / venus
10 justus kohnke / e. oye - 2 after 909 / intergalactic autobahn
11 erlend °ye - the black keys work [dj-kicks]
12 jackmate - airraid
13 r÷yksopp / e. oye - poor leno / there is a light that never goes out
14 skateboard / e. oye - metal chix / always on my mind
15 villalobos - dexter
16 minizza - winning a battle, losing the war
17 morgan geist / e. oye - lullaby / a place in my heart
playtime · 00h 52m 05s
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getting straight to the point: the job title dj isn't exactly the
first thing that comes to mind when thinking of the name erlend
╪ye. the singer, songwriter and indie pop star has only owned a
double deck for a few months (evidence of this can be seen on the
second page of the booklet to his solo album "unrest") and much
prefers playing cds anyway. despite all this, erlend ╪ye 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 also unknowingly uses !k7
classics to do it: you don't have to be the technically gifted
record spinner to come up with an exciting mix. and, in a certain
way, he also brings to mind dj-kicks highlights like kruder &
dorfmeister: but where these guys enriched their mixes in the
studio using dub effects, keyboard overlays and other distortions,
erlend ╪ye takes to the microphone.
erlend ╪ye has re-sung nine songs for his dj-kicks album. three of
these are so far unreleased compositions of his own
("intergalactic autobahn", "the black keys work" and "a place in
my heart") and the other six are cover versions. ╪ye also
interprets these in such a way that the penny often only drops for
the listener after the first or second verse. and when erlend
sings hits such as "venus" and "always on my mind" with his
enchantingly soft voice, it's not clear whether he's covering
bananarama or shocking blue, the pet shop boys or elvis. erlend
╪ye generally sings his versions a cappella over pre-existing
instrumental tracks and it wouldn't be too surprising if some of
these mash-ups even became club hits. highpoints include the mix
of justus k÷hncke's "2 after 909" with erlend's "intergalatic
autobahn", and silikon soul's instrumental mix of r÷yksopp's hit
"poor leno" (on the original of which erlend's voice can be heard)
with "there is a light that never goes out".
the idea of combining this smiths classic with the r÷yksopp remix
came to erlend two years ago when the r÷yksopp cd was released and
he heard schneider tm's version of the smiths song. the genesis of
this approach wasn't so much the burning bootleg fever of the time
but erlend oye's entrance into electronic music. "until the end of
the 90s, i wasn't really interested in electronic music at all",
says ╪ye. "i first came into contact with it when my friend erot
played me a track he'd produced for the swedish house label svek.
i thought it was magnificent and i wrote some lyrics to go with
it. subsequently, we re-recorded the piece with my vocals. for me
as a singer, it's no big difference whether i sing to a piece
especially produced for me or an already existing techno or house
track." that was four years ago. in the ensuing period, the
celebrated kings of convenience debut, "quiet is the new loud" was
released, the acoustic project made world famous by erlend and his
partner eirik glambeck. then there was the remix collection,
"versus", which also included erlend's song with erot under the
title, "gold for the price of silver". erlend ╪yeÆs debut solo
album, "unrest", subsequently brought him together with electronic
producers like morgan geist, schneider tm and prefuse 73 at the
start of last year.
erlend ╪ye's selection for his dj-kicks mix is a mixture of tracks
by these producers (morgan geist is there, as are minizza and
jolly music) as well as a striking number of a tracks from the
cologne label kompakt and its genre (jⁿrgen paape, justus k÷hncke,
jackmate and ada). all tracks that erlend ╪ye first encountered in
berlin clubs. "i always dance when i go out. and when i
particularly like a track i'm dancing to i have to know what it
is. so i go to the dj and ask him." says erlend. he picked up one
or two mixing techniques in the same way. "djs often mix in a few
bars of the track coming next. i do the same thing, but i don't
announce the track by playing it. i sing a verse of it." on the
dj-kicks cd, this technique can be heard in the fabulous
transition from cornelius's "drop" to phoenix's "if i ever feel
better". there's more of it to come in one of the clubs where
erlend ╪ye is stopping off in the coming months on his dj-kicks
tour.
unlike previous releases of the cd, this is neither taken from
soulseek, nor merged single tracks. enjoy!
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