Various Artists / Oye, Erlend "Dj Kicks"
| Album: | Oye, Erlend "Dj Kicks" | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Apr 2004 | |
| Label: | !K7 Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2004-07-05 | Pull Date: | 2004-09-06 | Charts: | Electronic |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 12 | Aug 29 | Aug 22 | Aug 8 | Aug 1 | Jul 25 | Jul 18 | Jul 11 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 08, 2022: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants
Rubicon |
4. | Nov 16, 2021: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants
Poor Leno-Silikon Soul Rmx |
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| 2. | Apr 05, 2022: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants
Rubicon |
5. | Apr 13, 2017: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants
Rubicon |
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| 3. | Dec 14, 2021: | I Like to Dance: Shake Off Your Pants
The Black Keys Work |
6. | Feb 28, 2017: | The Offbeat Generation
Poor Leno-Silikon Soul Rmx |
Album Review
Captain Dee
Reviewed 2004-06-26
Reviewed 2004-06-26
Norway's Erland Oye (of Kings of Convenience fame) adds his own spin to the DJ Kicks series. As you'll hear, the focus isn't on mixing. Instead, Oye covers a bunch of songs (and some of his own work) with his own vocals. Oye's voice has an unmistakable, dreamy quality and is strangely addictive.
Be warned: a lot of the tracks fade into other tracks at their tail ends, so play on continuous mode (but avoid track 7!) or know when to fade.
I totally dug tracks 3 (a Cornelius cover), 6 and 16. Also check out 1, 10, 12, 13, 17.
- Captain Dee, 6-04
*1. Sexy house-y beat with guitar strum. Restrained but soulful female vocals. (3:44)
2. Ambient synths, Kraftwerk-like beat and feel. Oye's vocals merrily daydream. (2:04)
**3. Cover of a great Cornelius song! Sick dreamy guitar strumming with multiple layers of semi-spoken vocals (in Japanese). Cool water sounds in background. (3:30)
4. Get-down funky vibe with multiple soulful vocal tracks. (3:10)
5. Big time funk feel, echoing rapping, laser-ish sounds. (2:05)
**6. Instrumental. Synth heavy, strong 80's feel. Very catchy! (3:58)
7. FCC Violations everywhere! DO NOT PLAY. Two females speak crass sexual/excretory imagery. Minimal beat/melody. This is awful. (2:51)
8. Club feel, beeps in background. Distant but assertive vocals. (1:55)
9. Ethereal vocals from Oye. Somewhat spacey. Mid-tempo. (1:03)
*10. Spoken word. Super spacey/robotic. Blippy sounds. (2;36)
11. Old school vibe, whimsical vocals. Last minute starts the next song. (5:04)
*12. Instrumental. Spacey, Derrick May-esque synths. Uptempo beat. (2:06)
*13. Remix of Royksopp's infamous "Poor Leno." Smooth beat, cosmic sounds. Sparse vox. Good night driving music. (5:33)
14. Vocals float over washed out, spacey background and pounding beat. (2:11)
15. Instrumental. Drone-y. Like you’re all alone in some big room full of giant computer equipment. (2:59)
**16. Fast, beautiful blips and beeps in background. Compelling robot-like vocals. Wind instruments towards end. Great! (3:47)
*17. Simple sound, nice groove. Wistful, innocent sounding vocals. (2:32)
18. Loopy/trippy pulsating sounds, thoughtful vocals. (3:37)
Be warned: a lot of the tracks fade into other tracks at their tail ends, so play on continuous mode (but avoid track 7!) or know when to fade.
I totally dug tracks 3 (a Cornelius cover), 6 and 16. Also check out 1, 10, 12, 13, 17.
- Captain Dee, 6-04
*1. Sexy house-y beat with guitar strum. Restrained but soulful female vocals. (3:44)
2. Ambient synths, Kraftwerk-like beat and feel. Oye's vocals merrily daydream. (2:04)
**3. Cover of a great Cornelius song! Sick dreamy guitar strumming with multiple layers of semi-spoken vocals (in Japanese). Cool water sounds in background. (3:30)
4. Get-down funky vibe with multiple soulful vocal tracks. (3:10)
5. Big time funk feel, echoing rapping, laser-ish sounds. (2:05)
**6. Instrumental. Synth heavy, strong 80's feel. Very catchy! (3:58)
7. FCC Violations everywhere! DO NOT PLAY. Two females speak crass sexual/excretory imagery. Minimal beat/melody. This is awful. (2:51)
8. Club feel, beeps in background. Distant but assertive vocals. (1:55)
9. Ethereal vocals from Oye. Somewhat spacey. Mid-tempo. (1:03)
*10. Spoken word. Super spacey/robotic. Blippy sounds. (2;36)
11. Old school vibe, whimsical vocals. Last minute starts the next song. (5:04)
*12. Instrumental. Spacey, Derrick May-esque synths. Uptempo beat. (2:06)
*13. Remix of Royksopp's infamous "Poor Leno." Smooth beat, cosmic sounds. Sparse vox. Good night driving music. (5:33)
14. Vocals float over washed out, spacey background and pounding beat. (2:11)
15. Instrumental. Drone-y. Like you’re all alone in some big room full of giant computer equipment. (2:59)
**16. Fast, beautiful blips and beeps in background. Compelling robot-like vocals. Wind instruments towards end. Great! (3:47)
*17. Simple sound, nice groove. Wistful, innocent sounding vocals. (2:32)
18. Loopy/trippy pulsating sounds, thoughtful vocals. (3:37)
Track Listing