Kings of Convenience are an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway. Consisting of Erlend Øye and Eirik Glambek Bøe, the musical group is known for their delicate tunes, calming voices, and intricately subtle guitar melodies. Both Øye and Bøe sing in their tracks, and both of them compose. Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... County Hordaland District Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2004) Herman Friele (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 215 465 km² 445 km² 0. ... Erlend Øye is a Norwegian musician from Bergen, best known for being part of the pop duo Kings of Convenience together with Eirik Glambek Bøe. ... Eirik Glambek Bøe born October 20th 1975 is from Bergen Norway and is a musician, writer and vocalist, best known for being part of the pop duo Kings of Convenience together with Erlend Øye. ...

History

Erlend and Eirik were both born in 1975 (Erlend on November 21 and Eirik on October 20), and have known each other since the age of eleven. At sixteen, they played together in the band Skog ("forest") with two other friends, releasing one EP Tom Tids Tale, before breaking up and later forming the Kings duo. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... An extended play (or EP), is typically the name given to vinyl records or CDs which are too long to be called singles but too short to qualify as albums. ...

The twosome found the American label Kindercore after appearing in European festivals during the summer of 1999. After a spell living in London in 2001, they released their debut album Quiet Is the New Loud. The album was very successful and even lent its name to a small movement of musicians in the pop underground (including acoustic contemporaries such as Turin Brakes) which took Belle and Sebastian and Simon and Garfunkel as their inspiration and focused on more subtle melodies and messages. Kindercore Records was an independent record label based in Athens, Georgia, which was founded in 1996 by Ryan Lewis and Daniel Geller to document the emerging music scene in Athens, Georgia. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... } London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... See also: 2000 in music, 2001 in music (UK), other events of 2001, 2002 in music, 2000s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 1 - Comeback of Guns N Roses in House of Blues January 1 - Hum disbands. ... An acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the Classical guitar, but generally strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. ... Turin Brakes are a modern folk pop duo comprising two friends Olly Knights and Gale Paridjanian, hailing from Balham, London, signed to the Source label. ... Belle and Sebastian (sometimes written as Belle & Sebastian) are a Scottish paper pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. ... Simon and Garfunkel, Bookends. ...

Versus, an album of remixes of tracks from Quiet Is the New Loud, came out shortly after. After this breakthrough year, not much was heard from the band. Øye spent the next few years living in Berlin and doing solo material, releasing music under the DJ Kicks series. This article is about the capital city of Germany. ... The logo of the DJ-Kicks series DJ-Kicks (spelt DJ-KiCKS on all cover artwork) is a series of mix albums by various artists for the independent record label !K7 Records. ...

It was not until 2004 that the Kings' follow-up Riot on an Empty Street was released. The video made for I'd Rather Dance With You, the second single from Riot on an Empty Street, topped MTV's European list as the best music video of 2004. The album also featured contributions by Leslie Feist. See also: 2004 in music (UK) other events of 2004 list of years in music 2000s in music // Events January 1 - Vienna New Years Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna, conducted by Riccardo Muti January 1 - Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol January 3 - Britney Spears marries Jason... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Leslie Feist (born February 13, 1976 in Amherst, Nova Scotia,Canada) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. ...

Discography

Albums

• Quiet Is the New Loud (CD) - Astralwerks - (2001)
• Versus (CD) - Astralwerks - (2001)
• Kings of Convenience (US release only) (CD) - Kindercore - (2000)
• Riot on an Empty Street (CD) - Astralwerks - (2004)
• Toxic Girl 7 (Ellet 1999)
• Failure 7 (Ellet 1999)
•  ? 7 (Ellet Records 1999)

Quiet Is the New Loud is the debut album from Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience. ... See also: 2000 in music, 2001 in music (UK), other events of 2001, 2002 in music, 2000s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 1 - Comeback of Guns N Roses in House of Blues January 1 - Hum disbands. ... Versus is an album of remakes, remixes, and collaborations of Kings of Convenience. ... See also: 2000 in music, 2001 in music (UK), other events of 2001, 2002 in music, 2000s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 1 - Comeback of Guns N Roses in House of Blues January 1 - Hum disbands. ... Kindercore Records was an independent record label based in Athens, Georgia, which was founded in 1996 by Ryan Lewis and Daniel Geller to document the emerging music scene in Athens, Georgia. ... // Events John Tavener is knighted in the New Years Honours List. ... Riot on an Empty Street is the second album from Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience. ... See also: 2004 in music (UK) other events of 2004 list of years in music 2000s in music // Events January 1 - Vienna New Years Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna, conducted by Riccardo Muti January 1 - Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol January 3 - Britney Spears marries Jason...

Singles

• "Winning a Battle, Losing the War" (2001)
• "Toxic Girl" (2001)
• "Failure" (2001)
• "Misread" (2004)
• "I'd Rather Dance with You" (2004)
• "Know-How" (2005)

Winning a Battle, Losing the War is the first song from the album Quiet is the New Loud (2001), by Kings of Convenience. ... Misread is the second song from the album Riot on an Empty Street, by Kings of Convenience. ... Id Rather Dance with You is the eighth song from the album Riot on an Empty Street by Kings of Convenience. ...

Collaborations

• Cornelius - Drop (The Tusen Takk Rework). (2002)
• Feist - 'Know How' and 'The Build Up' (Riot on an Empty Street) and in 'Cayman Islands' from the (Know-How) single.

Keigo Oyamada Cornelius (born Keigo Oyamada (小山田圭吾) 27 January 1969 in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese recording artist and producer. ... Leslie Feist (born February 13, 1976 in Amherst, Nova Scotia,Canada) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. ...

Audio/Video

• Artist of the Day Feature (ManiaTV.com)

External links

• Kings of Convenience official site
• Kings of Convenience appreciation page
• Erlend Øye official site
• Kings of Convenience article