Palace of Pleasure

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Palace of Pleasure made their debut on the Norwegian Electronica scene in 1996, and have released five albums, of which two got the Norwegian Grammy award for best dance album.(1998 and 2000 respectively.) The band have also released six singles, two EPs and contributed to several compilations, such as Nicolette: DJ-kicks and Sunday Best vol. 3.

The bands sound is hard to categorise, as P.O.P. play everything they feel like playing, but dubby electronica mixed with new wave is often a fitting description. A strong affection for analog equipment, deep bass and strong melodies can be heard in all of their music, and there is always traces of dub in a P.O.P. track, but you're never sure if the next number is dub, funk, punk or new wave.

Palace of Pleasure have toured in Norway and Europe numerously, and played the major Scandinavian festivals. The band has a very good live reputation, and a strong stage presence. A unique style of filtering and Echoing has been developed over the years, and this coupled with all kinds of live instruments and strong vocals, ensure an unusual live experience for an electronic act. P.O.P. also sometimes play with a Horn Quartet that blows your mind away. They are featured on The World Next Door which had the hit song "Ville Hester".

P.O.P. have also produced music for television, cooperated with performance artists and theatre groups, remixed other electronic acts from the Oslo scene (and a-ha), and written text and music for a childrens sci-fi radio drama.

Soon there will be posted one or two new songs from the forthcoming album. The sound has, as always changed a bit since last time, but it still sounds very much like Palace of Pleasure. The band is currently in and out of the studio recording and mixing the next album.