DJ-Kicks

Erlend Oye | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: K7
• ASIN: B0001ENY30
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,660 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #28 in Music > Dance & DJ > Techno > Minimal Techno

Track Listings

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)

Editorial Reviews

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

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have in the genre, in my opinion, August 15, 2004

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Spin Doc (SoCal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DJ-Kicks (Audio CD)

Erlende Oye's "Kicks" album is the most enjoyable of the bunch I've heard so far (including Thievery Corporation, DJ Cam, Kruder&Dorfmeister, and Kid Loco). Just for sheer feeling, this one tops the bunch as EO provides his vocals for many of the cuts on his own mix. With that said, if you can't stand his vocal style, which I describe as a sleepy, yawny, monotone, then chances are, you'd hate this album. Otherwise, his refreshing, understated singing,combined with the melodic, loungy beats will keep you wanting more. While his solid mixing skill isn't on par with the best of the best (which is no slight to EO), then you'd at least be impressed with his selection, which showcases a smorgasbord of self-sung covers and "pop secrets" that he takes and almost makes his own. Besides, EO's main concern with this album seems to be putting together something cohesive and sonically-pleasing, which he accomplishes pretty well. This album would be great at setting a cool mood and vibe at a chill, dim lounge as opposed to an all-out dance fest. So if you're like me, and like to get a nice groove on as opposed to busting moves, this one's for you.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars addictive listenable dance music, October 14, 2005

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torque (NYC, United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: DJ-Kicks (Audio CD)

I personally don't like repetitive boom*tch-boom*tch-boom*tch type of music that goes on for 10 minutes, erlende oye does a great job of selecting songs that are catchy but doesn't get played out easily. Maybe I'm biased too, i like kings of convenience and royksopp, but this album is very upbeat, funky, yet diverse (Phoenix, Avenue D). There's no categorizing it, electro, house, pop, it's just good catchy beats.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars super fun dance sing along, December 4, 2005

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somethingexcellent (Lincoln, NE United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DJ-Kicks (Audio CD)

Although I'm not their biggest fan, I do enjoy the work that I've heard by Kings Of Convenience and enjoyed their Versus disc in which they were remixed by a variety of excellent artists. Although I didn't care much for Erlend Oye's first solo album (found it a bit bland), I have to admit that I'm completely won over by this DJ Kicks mix compiled by him. Another in the line of outstanding mixes (the Kruder And Dorfmeister and Andrea Parker efforts are definitely worth having as well), Oye puts his personal stamp on the mix by not only picking out the tracks but actually singing karaoke style over several of them. It sounds cheesy as hell, but it works quite well.

After opening with some German dancefloor by Jürgen Paape, the disc moves into its first such combination as Oye not only drops a remix of one of his own tracks ("Sheltered Life"), but sings vocals from an Opus 3 track over the top. He pops back in at the beginning of "If I Ever Feel Better" by Phoenix and when it makes the transition to the actual band vocals it's flawless. That last reason is really the way that the mix pulls it off. Although Oye changes melodies to fit the tracks that he's singing along with, he has a knack for blending vocals in alongside tracks that you wouldn't think of putting together.

Two examples stand out on the disc in particular. Over the Silikon Soul remix of "Poor Leno" by Röyksopp, Oye sings vocals to the excellent (and much-covered) "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" and it fits like a charm (especially when his own vocals from the original track softly breath in at the end). Even stranger is Oye singing "Always On My Mind" (Willie Nelson!) over the dancefloor grinder "Skateboard" by Metal Chix. In addition to his unique vocal coups, Oye includes some downright awesome tracks on the disc as well, including the fluttering electronics of "Winning A Battle, Losing The War" by Minizza, the banging minimal dancefloor of "Airraid" by Jackmate and the obscuro and hilarious "Radio Jolly" by Jolly Music. All in all, this is a fun electro-dance release that is 55 minutes well spent. Heck, you'll probably even find yourself singing along with Oye after awhile.

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