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James Berry asks ERLEND OYE of (amoungst other things) KINGS OF CONVENIENCE, 'Where's Your Head At?

16/02/2003

You’d guess he was one of the quiet ones in class. He’s in Kings of Convenience, the fragile Norwegian acoustic pair with ‘handle with care’ gently sponged onto their foreheads, he must have been. He’s probably got a few allergies too. On his debut solo single ‘Sudden Rush’ he still utters with that same timid inflection (or like Marc Almond with a timid inflection, as it seems) but this time over the sound of a slightly beefed-up Royksopp-esque signature, with leather gloves on, at a disco, but still chilled, natch. Quiet one or not though, Erland Oye has an active and angular imagination in there. Edging above a murmur is the new quiet then?

1) Where are you now and what can you see?

I can see train tracks, rain, the sky over London. I can see my pink hat and my own reflection in a television.

2) What was the last thing you ate?

It was a mozzarella and ham sandwich. It was good apart from the bread but this is part of being in London.

3) What was the last thing you hated really quite passionately?

I hated the light in the bathroom of my hotel. They were very modern spotlights. They have a very strong amount of light but only in a particular location and if your eyes are in that location it's really blinding. In all fashionable places now they have these spotlights and they aren't really giving good light. It's irritating me that they are taking over so much. Well anyway, the reason they are used is cos they are so small and they can fit in with a slick design. They sound good on paper but not really good in practice.

4) What's the next piece of music you intend to buy?

Let me see. I really keep trying to get this track Numbers by Kraftwerk. It's not so easy because every time I try to get the track it's not on the CD or available to purchase. It was released about 20 years ago. This guy Morgan he was always raving about it.

5) What was the last film you saw?

I saw the second episode of Lord of the Rings. My opinion was that I want more landscape and less war. It's great. It's different to the first one I guess.

6) What did you dream about last night?


Actually I was dreaming that I broke my glasses. No wait a second that was the dream I had the night before. The night before I dreamt I had broken my glasses. Oh man let me get the facts...and then last night when I went to bed I put my glasses on this side of the bed (points to the left) and I woke up with the telephone on that side of the bed calling and the first thing I do is nearly breaking my glasses taking the telephone. Maybe it was a sign?

7) What's the most important thing you've ever done?

The most important thing I've ever done? Well in one way, if you know about the Butterfly Effect, the most important thing I've ever done is to go for a walk over to Robert McTaggart's house in Chorton, Manchester in '99. I got over there and they were buying tickets to go to a festival. It seemed that all the chalets were taken so they could only get 2 and 2 four-birth chalets at this festival - it's like a Pontins holiday camp festival - so they had to get one with 5. But who? Do we have one more person? I said 'I'll go' but at this time I didn't have the money. But I said 'Yeah I'll get the money'. So then I went to this festival and on the way to this festival I met a girl that I fell in love with. Because of her I went to New York. Because I went to New York I met people who wanted to put out Kings of Convenience. So I record these demos for the American album back in Norway and these demos was what attracted people in Manchester and London and they sent them to Source records who wanted to sign us for a real record deal. I was always told that if I didn't go for that walk to Tags place that night a lot of things wouldn't have happened.

8) What do you idolise, if anything?

Idolise? Idolise? Who wants to idolise anything? Next question

9) Denim or leather?

Corduroy

10) Where do you see yourself in 12 years time?

Erm...I will then be 39. That question makes me very happy because I really don't know. I'm sure by then new things will have entered my life - new exciting things. That means I could be doing things that I'm not even thinking about now. What could it be? I'll probably live somewhere else. I'll finally move to Italy...no America - I'll finally move to California. By 12 years time you won't be able to smoke anywhere. That's one reason why I love California because you can't smoke there. Erm...well that's a hard one. It really is nice. I assume that I'll still...I hope I'll still by that time have retreated to the role of Kings of Convenience. I'll go around playing piano and singing. I'll be really good at piano.

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