I know I just posted on the strange but weird “This Must Be It” video from Royksopp and Fever Ray’s Karin Dreijer Anderson, but soon after I discovered that Royksopp had started a remix contest for perhaps my favorite track off Junior, “Tricky Tricky” which also feature the haunting voice of Dreijer Anderson. The contest is closed now and I’ve heard a lot of marginal efforts. By far my fave is the spaced out Salem [**CORRECTION - this is Salem but not the Salem you think of when you read the name Salem. I was duped. Oh well. It's not the first time and it certainly won't be the last. THIS Salem is from Sweden**] version. They take that minimal electronic back bone synth line and splatter it with psychedelia. The outcome sounds a lot like early 90s electronic industrial pop a la Depeche Mode’s Violator. That’s aces in my book.
mp3: Royksopp – Tricky Tricky featuring Karin Dreijer Anderson (Salem Remix)
mp3: Royksopp – Tricky Tricky featuring Karin Dreijer Anderson
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mp3: Salem – Whenusleep
Photo of Salem by Bea Fremderman
this is NOT Salem.
You are correct. D’oh! Made the adjustment.