Royksopp’s Night Out. In London.
A couple of months ago a good friend of mine offered me to go with him to the Get Loaded in the Park festival in South London. Lots of electronica on several stages, and one of its highlights was Royksopp. Well, of course I would go! :)
I discovered the band back in 2005 after listening to The Understanding and being in love with their work since, and that was the first time I saw them performing live. They had a 40 minute session and with their unique sound, feel and look it was awesome.
Later that night I was checking their website and found out that my favorite Scandinavians would be performing soon in London, O2 Academy in Shepherd Bush. Well, that was an easy choice for me, since it’s just 10 minute bus drive away from my place. I booked tickets immediately.
Time went by and here is the night and here we are. We decided to skip supporting act and arrived just some ten minutes before Royksopp began their act.
It was a mix of the material from all of their releases - from famous Elpe from Melody A.M. to, of course, What Else Is There from The Understanding and, well, naturally to the songs from the latest CD, Junior. Also Robyn made her appearance on Girl and the Robot and everyone was very cheerful about it. Everyone had their compacts and mobiles phones out and up in the air :)
No doubts the show was great, but I felt the set could have been a bit longer (even though they were encored twice). Also I must admit, the performance was pretty much the same as at the festival I saw, just a longer version of it, but I must be blaming myself for that, I should have had a bigger pause between the shows :)
What next? Well, Depeche Mode in O2 Arena in December. I just need to find the tickets, as I can’t remember where I put them…
You can also see the bigger version of these pictures, if you go to my Flickr set.