Following the surprise December 2024 release of Röyksopp’s ambient album Nebulous Nights (An Ambient Excursion into Profound Mysteries), the acclaimed electronic duo of Svein Berge and Torbjørn Bruntland begin 2025 with details of a new album, True Electric, due out on April 11.
Svein and Torbjørn introduce the True Electric album project with “What Else Is There?” (ft. Fever Ray) [True Electric], a pulsating, intense new version of the classic Röyksopp track from their 2005 album, The Understanding. A high-energy visualizer edit for the single, directed by regular Röyksopp collaborator Stian Andersen, was recorded on location at the band’s 2023 True Electric show in Athens featuring the live show in full kinetic flow.
True Electric gathers together 19 studio versions of the music from Röyksopp’s True Electric tour in 2023, featuring previously unreleased track “The ‘R'” as well as newly-reworked versions of originals and remixes taken from their acclaimed catalogue. These include the celebrated Robyn collaboration “Do It Again” featuring Robyn (from the 2014 Röyksopp & Robyn EP Do It Again) and “Running To The Sea” featuring Susanne Sundfør (from the 2014 Röyksopp album The Inevitable End), as well as several tracks from their critically acclaimed Profound Mysteries creative universe that resulted in three albums released throughout 2022.
Speaking about the album, Svein and Torbjørn explain:
“True Electric consists of recordings and renditions, meant to capture the essence of our live shows bearing the same name. The idea was to put an emphasis on the clubbier aspects of our music, as well as returning to our roots within the realms of electronic music.”
True Electric will be released on streaming platforms on April 11. Physical versions across limited edition 3LP vinyl with a fold-out poster and 2CD with an 8 page booklet will arrive on May 9. LA-based art director Christina Huang was commissioned to design the album which features photography from Röyksopp’s True Electric tour by Stian Andersen and Suie Le.
Röyksopp – True Electric
Tracklist:
1. The Ladder [True Electric]
2. Impossible (ft. Alison Goldfrapp) [True Electric]
3. This Time, This Place (ft. Beki Mari) [True Electric]
4. The Girl And The Robot (ft. Robyn) [True Electric]
5. Here She Comes Again (ft. Jamie Irrepressible) [True Electric]
6. Monument (ft. Robyn) [True Electric]
7. Oh, Lover (ft. Susanne Sundfør) [True Electric]
8. Unity (ft. Karen Harding) [True Electric]
9. You Don’t Have A Clue (ft. Anneli Drecker) [True Electric]
10. The “R” (True Electric)
11. Breathe (ft. Astrid S) [True Electric]
12. Running To The Sea (ft. Susanne Sundfør) [True Electric]
13. What Else Is There? (ft. Fever Ray) [True Electric]
14. Never Ever (ft. Susanne Sundfør) [True Electric]
15. Sordid Affair (ft. Man Without Country) [True Electric]
16. I Had This Thing (ft. Jamie Irrepressible) [True Electric]
17. Feel It (ft. Maurissa Rose) [True Electric]
18. Do It Again (ft. Robyn) [True Electric]
19. Like An Old Dog (ft. Pixx) [True Electric]
Röyskopp have also announced nine new dates across the U.S, as part of their DJ world tour, including Elsewhere, New York on May 17 and The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles on May 23. Tickets available here
True Electric North American DJ Dates
May 15 – CODA, Toronto, OT
May 16 – Metro, Chicago, IL
May 17 – Elsewhere: Rooftop, Brooklyn, NY (SOLD OUT)
May 17 – Elsewhere Hall, Brooklyn, NY
May 23 – The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
May 24 – ReelWorks Denver, CO
May 25 – ZeyZey, Miami, FL
May 30 – The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA
May 31 – The Concourse Project, Austin, TX
June 1 – It’ll Do, Dallas, TX
Photo credit: Stian Andersen
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