28 December 2004

The 'I'd Rather Dance With You' video has been chosen as best video of the year by Nordic MTV. See all the list here and watch the video directed by Geir Hornes here.

26 December 2004

The gig in Berlin of August 12 will be broadcasted by German Radio Eins on January 2nd at 11 p.m. (CET). You can listen to it online here. (Danke Mary Jo for the tip).

18 December 2004

Many other US and Canada gigs added. Check the gigography.

17 December 2004

Other American date added: Orlando, February 1st at The Social.

16 December 2004

KoC are going to the US for two shows in New York in February. All the details here.

9 December 2004

Friends and Lovers “Songs of Bread”, a Bread tribute album, will be released mid April 2005 by Badman Recording. Some of the artists involved are: Josh Rouse, Call and Response, Paula Frazer, Ken Stringfellow, Rachel Goswell and many more.  Erlend participates with a cover of the titletrack.  

27 November 2004

The gig in Rome of October 31st is now available to download here (thanks Federico!)

23 November 2004

From the K7! newsletter: Kaos`new album (Hello Stranger) sees him team up with Daniel Wang, Captain Comatose, Erlend Øye, Matt Safer from The Rapture and many more. All these join the man formerly known as Ghost Cauldron in a groovy affair that goes from disco to pogo to punk to funk to acid. The first single “Boogie Boy” will be an end of January release.
And a little goodie courtesy of Ilaria: a KoC desktop theme.

11 November 2004

KoC gig in Rome on October 31st will be broadcasted on Italian Radio Uno November 19th at 21.00 CET. To listen to it you have to click on 'ascolta Radio1'  up on the right of the radio's homepage. (Thanks Daniela for the tip).

7 November 2004

The gig KoC did at the Montreux Festival July 15th is now available to download here. (Thanks a lot to Luke Jackson!).

19 October 2004

The Grieghallen gig is now available to download here (thanks a lot to Stefan).

16 October 2004

NRK TV will stream Den Elleville Festen IV today from 6pm CET. KoC are supposed to play from 6pm to 7pm. Streaming's here.

4 October 2004

Next single will be Know-How, to be released November 15th. Tracklist to be announced.

30 September 2004

KoC are back in Italy for six gigs, check the gigography for dates, places and venues.

22 September 2004

KoC will play a free gig in Liverpool October 4th at the Carling Academy with also Thirteen Senses, The Dead 60s, and Rhian Benson. BBC Radio 2 will broadcast it live. For those who can go, tickets are free and can be obtained by calling the Radio 2 ticket line on 08700 100 200. Lines are open 7.00 am - 12.00 midnight seven days a week. Calls are charged at the national rate.

9 September 2004

Phonique's album 'Identification' featuring Erlend's vocals in the track 'For the Time Being' will be released October 25th. You can hear a sample here.

2 September 2004

EMI Italy has released 'Misread' as a CD single with this tracklist (same cover of the vinyl):

01. Misread
02. Misread (Acoustic Session)
03. Cayman Islands (Acoustic Session)
04. Love is No Big Truth (Acoustic Session).

2/3/4 from a session recorded in London in May 2004 by Al O'Connell (thanks Luca for the tip).

18 August 2004

New tour dates announced in Germany, Sweden and Norway.

26 July 2004

Erlend has just recorded the vocals for a track called 'For the Time Being' to appear on Phonique's debut album for Dessous Recording.

21 July

See gigography for the Fall UK tour and other dates.

6 July 2004

Koc will be at MTV Italy show TRL live from Rome in Piazza Augusto Imperatore on July 16th (from 7 to 8 p.m.).

4 July 2004

Here you can watch and/or read an Italian transcription of an interview for MTV Italy.

28 June 2004

Today it's out The Whitest Boy Alive's single 'Inflation'. More infos here.
Koc gig in Paris at Le Nouveau Casino on July 9th has been cancelled. :(

23 June 2004

Koc are in session today at Mark Radcliffe show on BBC radio 2 (10.30 p.m.).

21 June 2004

Riot on an Empty Street has been released in Italy June 18th (at a special price) and today it's finally out in UK and in most European countries (France June 29th). Don't miss it, it's worth every penny, euro, kroner... ;)

13 June 2004


Listen to a preview of  the new album here, with all the lyrics and some nice pics.

12 June 2004

Astralwerks will release ROAES in the US July 27th.You can listen to Koc performance at the Dutch radio show  3VOOR12 and watch them playing Cayman Islands here.
Setlist: Cayman Islands, Misread, The Build Up, Sorry or Please.
Furthermore, on the French magazine Magic! La Revue Pop Moderne (June issue) there are some pictures taken from the Misread video shooting in Versailles, a little article and a CD featuring 'I'd Rather Dance With You'. You can see it here (thank you Catherine for the scans!).

24 May 2004

Download the KoC performance in The Blue Room.
Sorry or Please
Misread
Cayman Islands
They're MP3s by Bruno, but you need to join the KoC yahoogroups to get them
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16 May 2004 2004

This is the ROAES tracklist as it appears on the advance copies that circulate on Emule:
1 Homesick
2 Misread
3 Cayman Islands
4 Stay Out of Trouble
5 Know How
6 Sorry or Please
7 Love is No Big Truth
8 I'd Rather Dance With You
9 Live Long
10 Surprise Ice
11 Gold in the Air of Summer
12 The Build Up

13 May 2004 2004

Star You Star Me single 'A Place in My Heart' feat. Erlend is due out on June, 29th by Kickin Music. It's a 12 inch that contains the original version and two remixes by Jori Hulkkonen and Mr Velcro Fastener. You can listen to the Hulkkonen mix on the label site. In a few days there will be also an animated video to watch.

9 May 2004

KoC will play in Bonn at Collegium Leoninum on May 28th, you can buy tickets here. Pieces of the set will be broadcasted from 8 p.m. (CET) on Eins Live radio which is also listenable via internet. They'll also do an acoustic session for BBC Radio 1 show The Blue Room on May 22nd.
Download Misread, it won't be up for long (thanks Stefan!). This is a low quality mp3 for those who can't wait until the release date, don't forget to support the artist and buy the record.

2 May 2004

KoC new album is definitely called 'Riot on an Empty Street' (but this song is not in), it will be out on June 21st and 'Misread' will be the first single (out on June 7th). It contains 11 songs and features Canadian songstress Feist in two songs, 'Know How' and 'The Build Up'. Other song titles are 'Homesick', 'Gold In The Air Of Summer', 'Surprise Ice', 'I’d Rather Dance With You', 'Love Is No Big Truth' (thanks to Stefan).

22 April 2004

First known date of KoC next tour, July 15th at Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.

6 April 2004

There will be a single from Erlend's DJ Kicks compilation, a 12 inch of 'The Black Keys Work' featuring some remixes (release date April 12).

16 March 2004

Erlend did the choir in a song from the third album of German group Ragazzi. It's called 'The Partner' and you can watch the video here.

3 March 2004

KoC new album is in pre-order as 'The Republic of Two' for a May, 31st release (thanks Chris).

28 February 2004

Watch Erlend video session at Red Bull Music Academy.

3 February 2004

Erlend compilation for the !K7 DJ Kicks series will be released on April 19 with this tracklist:
01. Jurgen Paape 'So Weit Noch Nie'
02. Erlend Øye 'Sheltered Life Remix' / Fine Night (Acapella)
03. Cornelius 'Drop (Kings of Convenience Remix)'
04. Phoenix 'If I Ever Feel Better'
05. Jolly Music 'Radio Jolly' / Prego Amore (Acapella)
06. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke 'Rubicon'
07. Avenue D '2D2F'
08. The Rapture 'I Need Your Love'
09. Uusi Fantasia 'Lattialla Taas' / Venus (Acappella)
10. Justus Kohncke '2 After 909' / Intergalactic Autobahn (Acapella)
11. Erlend Øye 'The Black Keys Work' (Phonique Remix)
12. Jackmate 'Airraid'
13. Röyksopp 'Poor Leno - Silicon Soul Remix' / There is a Light That Never Goes Out (Acapella)
14. Skateboard 'Metal Chix' / Always On My Mind (Acapella)
15. Ricardo Villalobos 'Dexter'
16. Minizza 'Winning A Battle, Losing The War'
17. Morgan Geist 'Lullaby' / A Place In My Heart (Acapella)
18. Ada 'Luckycharm' / Intuition (Acapella).

17 January 2004

Erlend recorded a song as The Whitest Boy Alive for a compilation called Midnight to be released on January 27th. It's called 'Inflation' and you can hear a sample on the label site Kitsuné.

11 January 2004

KoC last gig in Bergen has been filmed. Drop (The Tusen Takk Rework) taken from it, Gold in the Air of Summer from the new album recording and an interview (in Norwegian) passed on the NRK TV. You can download it here for the next few days. Thanks for the tip to G. and to Arnaud (the kindest as always) for capturing and hosting the file. You can read a translation here thanks again to the nice Mr G.

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