Röyksopp (sometimes misspelled as 'Royksopp' or 'Røyksopp' even "Royskopp") is an electronic and chill-out music duo based in Bergen, Norway, but the members are originally from Tromsø, Norway. The band consists of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge. The group formed officially in 1998 and released their debut album Melody A.M. in 2001. In Norwegian, "The word "Röyksopp", which literally means "(a) smoke mushroom", refers to a type of mushroom that will make a smoky cloud when touched. (The English term is fuzz ball or puffball).
Röyksopp have won many prizes for their music, one of them in MTV Europe Music Awards 2002 for the best music video (Remind Me). Remind Me was also used in the popular Geico insurance "Caveman" TV commercials.
2005年7月12日，Röyksopp 推出了他们的第二张专辑 The Understanding。 此专辑中包括了他们在先前6月27日推出的热门单曲 "Only This Moment" 专辑的第二首单曲 "49 Percent" 在同年9乐26日发布，紧接这的是第三首单曲 "What Else Is There?" （由来自瑞典电子乐队 The Knife 的 Karin Dreijer 协作而成），在2005年12月5日发布。
July 12th, 2005 the band released their second album The Understanding, which was preceded by the hit single "Only This Moment" on June 27th. The album's second single, "49 Percent" was released September 26th same year, followed by their third single, "What Else Is There?", December 5th, 2005, which is a collaboration with Karin Dreijer from the Swedish electronic band, The Knife. The fourth single, "Beautiful Day Without You", was released on June 26, 2006.
