Palace of Pleasure made their debut on the Norwegian
electronica scene in 1996 and have released five
albums, of which two got the Norwegian Grammy award
for best dance album (1998 and 2000 respectively.) The
band have also released six singles, two EPs and
contributed to several compilations, such as
Nicolette: DJ-kicks and Sunday Best vol. 3.
The band's sound is hard to categorise, as P.O.P. play
everything they feel like playing,
but dubby electronica mixed with new wave is often a fitting description.
A strong affection for analog equipment, deep bass
and strong melodies can be heard in all of their
music and there is always traces of dub in a P.O.P.
track, but you're never sure if the next number is dub,
funk, punk or new wave.
Palace of Pleasure have toured extensively in Norway and Europe, and played the major Scandinavian festivals.
The band has a very good live reputation
and a strong stage presence. A unique style of
filtering and echoing has been developed over the
years and this, coupled with all kinds of live
instruments and strong vocals, ensures an unusual live
experience for an electronic act.
P.O.P. also sometimes play with a horn quartet that blows your mind away.
They are featured on The World Next Door which had the hit song "Ville Hester".
P.O.P. have also produced music for television,
cooperated with performance artists
and theatre groups, remixed other electronic acts from
the Oslo scene (and a-ha), and written text and music
for a children's sci-fi radio drama.
The new album "Lifelong Fury" has just been mastered and is due for release in October 2008. The sound has, as always, changed a bit since last time, but it still sounds very much like Palace of Pleasure. A new single and video, "Taste of Tin", is ready to be consumed right now.
'Taste Of Tin' (For an even tastier experience go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3V5c7AEvYg
and klick on 'watch in high quality')
'In the Sky'
hei justin! thanks for a cool gig last thursday and i'm glad you enjoyed the music! We're playing support for The Hidden Cameras this coming sunday- so maybe i'll see you then:)
Kudos for fantastisk konsert torsdag! Dei Tilsølte Bondepikene vart særs for å endeleg kunne svinge electropop-foten til dykker fjantastiske rytmar. Vi har om mogleg gått ned fem kilo til saman!:)
http://www. vimeo. com/1475945 thats a surprise, but you can show EVERYONE! I will give you a hint, its kinda like a music video! There's even behind the scenes footage on the page!!!!
Hello! Ja, jeg kommer gjerne på release, har ferie da. Akkurat avsluttet alen, FOR en helg. Bare mer rydding som gjenstår. Magi på hele linja.. You know. Skakke på Øya i år, siste jobbuke før fri og feriedager.. Kos dere masse, så sees vi nok 21. :)
