Album
Vermilion Sands

Melody A.M. Röyksopp

released: 2001-10-08
on label: Wall of Sound
artist: Röyksopp
genre: Downtempo
with some: Deep House

“The music is a spectral combination of bleepy 80s synths, lightly crunching backbeats and dreamy vocals; the mood is pure post-clubbing afterglow, in bed with your loved one, in some snowbound Ikea log cabin. Sounds nice? It is. If summer’s Balearic, then let winter be Baltic Beat.” - Alex Needham, NME

“Melody AM is the sound of wrapping up warm in frosty climes, at once playful and melancholy. Refreshingly, they aren’t handcuffed by genre, so while the skipping Eple and the eerie So Easy will grace many a chill-out compilation, Poor Leno is a lonesome house anthem. Better yet, the tense, cinematic funk of Royksopp’s Night Out suggests James Bond whizzing across arctic wastes on a motorised sled. A marvellous debut to see you through the winter months.” - The Guardian