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 released in October 2008, to favourable reviews in the Norwegian national and regional press. Nettavisen review (in Norwegian) 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' video (for an even tastier experience go to YouTube and click on 'watch in high quality')
'In the Sky ' video
Dear Friend, finally it is out! The LONG expected release of our EP "Interrupted (Triptych I)" !!!
"you wonder why get interrupted / was life too fast / the nights too long / you give a fuck / get interrupted / you want no break / keep speeding on..."
Watch the music video, created by the young & wild Japanese video artist Yukihiro Taguchi. Be Surprised! You will also find some wicked REMIXES on Youtube and iTunes ;-)
Learn more about our current project "Triptych I-III" on our MySpace site...
Ompakara med selveste Benny Borg på laget, har spilt inn ny og heftig versjon av den legendariske Balladen om Morgan Kane.
Det 12 manns store Elverumsorkesteret med Balkansound og patent på Gangsterpolka , har denne gangen kastet seg på Mariachiompa genren, hvor den Mexicanske Mariachitropmeten kommer til sin rett.
Ompakaras fele høres denne gangen ut som en Marimba , banjoen er bytta ut med stringswing flamenco gitar, og det trente øre vil høre et godt gammeldags 70 talls stueorgel vugge med.
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Hi, I'm pleased to announce that "Toughts of Rabbits Are Rabbits" album is finally OUT and it's available on iTunes at a very special price. Just click on the image here below to be redirected on iTunes:
Yo Palace of Pleasureasaurus. I just found out that we're related...and as a special family only present we've made a new song for you called "End of Days" (start doing backflips now). It's an epic instrumental opus to the moment when our ancient Dino relatives saw a large fiery object plummeting towards them. Please come to our page, give it a listen and let us know if it makes you feel like something catastrophic is gonna happen. If the song upsets you too much we will be holding several s support groups (read: comcerts) in the near future. Check our page for locations, dates and times.
These boys are criminals on a looting spree in the history of music. They grab whatever sticks to their suits, stuff it full of Hell, Damnation and the Fourth of July and roll the resulting cataclysms at their audience with murderous intent.
Do not miss this chance to experience the likes of Dolly Parton, The Osmonds, Donna Summer and Roger Whittaker performed as hot headed, cold sweating rock'n'roll!
Vi gjør Norwegian Wood Music For China vol 11 samleren med Norske band i Kina nå, kun 2 ledige spotter igjen. Kommer ut i Kina i 10.000 eksemplarer. Ta kontakt om du/dere ønsker å være med, dere finner mer info i bloggene våre også.
A special DVD set of the February shows is now available to pre-order at the wire-sound shop
This strictly limited edition 2 disc, region free, PAL format DVD set will be shipped in June.
The ‘Real Life + Thereafter’ DVD contains the entire concert filmed at Manchester Academy …
PLUS … Extra features include ‘Feed The Enemy’ filmed at the rehearsals, an alternate take of ‘A Song From Under The Floorboards’ and exclusive images from the period …
PLUS … On the second CD disc, you get an audio recording straight from the desk of 11 songs from the show at The Forum, London …
PLUS … In the package, you get a free tour T-Shirt in any size you like ranging from Super Small to Mighty XL and all stops in between.
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