Erlend Øye
| Erlend Øye | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 November 1975 |
| Origin | Bergen, Norway |
| Genres | alternative dance, electronic, indie folk, indie pop, synthpop |
| Occupation(s) | composer, musician, producer, singer, songwriter |
| Instruments | vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | !K7, Astralwerks, Bubbles Records, EMI, Service, Virgin |
| Associated acts | Kings of Convenience, The Whitest Boy Alive, Skog, Peachfuzz |
Erlend Øye is a Norwegian composer, musician, producer, singer and songwriter from Bergen, best known for being part, together with Eirik Glambek Bøe, of the indie folk duo Kings of Convenience. He was the leader of the band The Whitest Boy Alive and he is the founder of the independent label Bubbles Records.
Erlend Øye was born on 21 November 1975 in Bergen. Having grown up listening to Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Suzanne Vega and The Smiths, during high school in the early-mid 1990s, he and some of his friends formed the band Skog ("forest" in Norwegian), taking inspiration from the famous song "A Forest" by The Cure. In 1996 he joined the band Peachfuzz as electric guitarist, playing several times in London between 1996 and 1998.
In 2008 he started to collaborate on a project with Mikal Telle of Tellé Records and they created the independent label Opplett with the aim of producing young talent from Bergen and the surrounding area. The label Opplett published three projects: the album Opplett 2008 that contains seven songs by seven different artists (as Lars Vaular, John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen and Razika, 2008); the first single of Indie rock band Razika called Love is All About the Timing; and the first album of the band Fjorden Baby! (2009).
In 1998 he moved to London and then in 1999 to Manchester. When he was back home in Bergen for vacations he jammed with Eirik Glambek Bøe, his former high school and Skog mate. The duo formed Kings of Convenience in 1998 and released the debut record, Quiet is the New Loud, in 2001.
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