Search - Royksopp :: Only This Moment

Good but better off getting the album

asturiaz | Belgium | 07/09/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The first single from the new album by Röyksopp is nice but, had I known, I would have bought the album instead. Two of the three songs are from the album and the remix is not great.



The songs are:



1. Only This Moment - 3:42 - good song with vocals by Röyksopp, but no longer by Erlend Oye (Poor Leno, Remind Me). It still has some of the sounds typical of Röyksopp, but with a more pop orientation. In addition to the vocals of Röyksopp, they are beautiful female vocals by Kate Havnevik (sounding like Sheryl Deane in Thrillseekers' Synaesthesia). There is not a lot of music between the lyrics, so that you really feel the song is a radio edit.



2. Only This Moment (Röyksopp Hissige) - 6:17 - a heavy bubbling bassline was added, the variation in notes is good but at some point it is vividly repetitive and sounds like an experimental electronic song of the early 80s. The vocals start after 3:30; the female vocals have been withdrawn.



3. Sombre Detune - 4:52 - great song, but already on the album. The main bassline could easily have been on a Front 242 album in the period of "Geography", the music itself evokes Kraftwerk. The song is pretty dark and spacey.



The cd case is a jewel case.



Given its limited content compared to the album, this cd-single looks more like a promo release. Hence only three stars. A domestic release is scheduled by Astralwerks in August, hopefully it will include more songs."