Sheltered Life - Música

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. He Has Released One Solo Album Unrest In 2003 And A Mix-CD In The DJ-Kicks Series In 2004. He Was Born On November 21 1975 In Bergen And Formed The Band Skog Together With Some Friends In The Mid 1990s. He Moved To London And Played In The Band Peachfuzz In 1997. When He Was Back Home In Bergen For Vacations He Jammed With Bøe. They Formed Kings Of Convenience In 1998 And Released Their First Album Quiet Is The New Loud In 2001. Øye Had Become Interested In Electronic Music And Spent The Next Years In Berlin Or Travelling Around The World Recording His Solo Album Unrest In Ten Different Cities Including Barcelona Helsinki Rome And Turku With Ten Different Electronica Artists Such As Metro Area Prefuse 73 And Schneider TM. He Has Toured As A DJ Who Sings Along With The Records That He Plays And In 2004 He Released A Remix CD In The DJ Kicks Series. The Album Featured Covers And Remixes Of "Always On My Mind" "It's A Fine Day" Made Famous By Opus III Cornelius And His Own Songs. That Year Also Saw The Next Release By Kings Of Convenience. In The Meanwhile He Founded Another Project In Berlin The Whitest Boy Alive. The Band Originally Started As An Electronic Band But Slowly Developed Into A Band With No Programmed Elements. Erlend Sings And Plays Guitar. The Whitest Boy Alive Released The Single "Burning" On May 24 2006. Their Debut Album Dreams Was Released On June 21 2006 And The Latest Album Rules Was Released On March 30 2009 Both The Records Were Released By Bubbles Records The Independent Label Founded By Erlend Øye And Marcin Öz In 2006 . In 2009 He Also Released The Kings Of Convenience's Third Album Declaration Of Dependence. In 2012 During A Small Concert Organized In A Vernissage In Ortigia In Sicily He Publicly Stated That He Had Bought A House In The City Of Siracusa For Moving There With His Mother. In 2013 He Released A New Single Entitled La Prima Estate Sung In Italian And Inspired By His Time Living In Italy Which Is Accompanied By A Videoclip Shot In Siracusa. He Is Currently Working On More Songs In Italian Which Will Be Collected In The Future In A Record. In 2014 The Whitest Boy Alive Announced The End Of The Project. On 3 October 2014 He Released His Second Solo Album Legao Recorded In Reykjavík With Hjálmar A Reggae Group From Iceland Which Was Anticipated By The Single Garota With A Videoclip Shot In Seoul. Despite Currently Living In Sicily He Is Still Involved In The Bergen Music Scene Promoting Local Bands And Assisting The Organization Of The Annual Traena Music Festival. read less