Creamtone

Just rediscovered a remix from years back. An oldie but goodie. Norwegian groove-meisters Röyksopp had really outdone themselves with this beautifully understated remix of an introspective classic from the Kings of Convenience — complete with caramel vocals from KoC’s Erlend Øye.

Left Kings + Right Röyk…

Here’s the original acoustic version…
Kings of Convenience - I Don’t Know What I Can Save You From

Here’s the remix that really transforms and lifts the whole tune…
KoC - I Don’t Know What I Can Save You From (Röyksopp Remix)

Both are delicate masterpieces — perfect earphone music for moments when I feel like sitting on the beach, watching ships pass by, under the evening sun.

Coincidentally and rather strangely, both bands hail from the town of Bergen, Norway and both bands are made up of two blokes.

Must be all the salmon they eat. Haha. Oops.

Okay okay… I probably have a HUGE backlog of haiku to deliver now. *Gulp*

Yes, Krissie… more haiku coming soon. Soon.

It’s been so hectic at the office that I’m almost going nucking futs… thank goodness CNY is around the corner.

It’s been an interesting January, meeting lotsa new people under unexpected circumstances and learning lotsa new things about myself. Yep, ‘07 has been pretty eventful so far.

How eventful, I hear you ask? Hold your horses! I’ll write more about it when I finally find time to plonk myself down in front of my laptop and actually compose meaningful clusters of 17-syllable prose (haiku lah!). Haha. But seriously, I’ll do some overdue blog updating soon.

Hope everyone’s been having a great year. I can’t wait to see what February will bring me.

Haiku, O Haiku!
What mysterious magic lies
In 5-7-5?

Frosty sugar hat
On its head; a patissier’s
Masterpiece — then… CHOMP!

Lovely ambrosia
Wafting skywards, like thin mist.
Quelling my torpor.

I walks to da HMV and pays da nice man some dosh.
Da man gives me uno Early Bird Ticket!

I says da vibes is hiphoppity goot.
Da man says “Beastie Boys, Mixmaster Mike, Money Mark, Jurassic 5, Ursula 1000.”
I thinks to mah self… “Ooo la la… So goot it hurts.”

Ahyeah… Hurt me goot, baybeh.

Opportunity.
It knocks… It waits… But not long.
Is my door open?

A night of great mirth;
Endless queue of concoctions.
Evil is Martell.

If only you saw
How beautiful the blooms were.
Lovely yet transient.

Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips - Ginger Snaps

From their ‘03 album L’Avventura, Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips deliver a laidback, mellow and classy pop song that is guaranteed to conjure up miles of smiles with its floaty melodies and cozy vocals. Such a fantastic tune to play on a rainy day!