King of Convenience-Duo From Bergen

King of Convenience is a duo that wing indie folk-pop, they come from Bergen, Norway. Unlike most bands, they more often bring the songs in acoustic style. The personel are Erlend Oye and Eirik Boe Glambek they share a role in singing, playing music and creating songs. Most of the musical compositions they play acoustic guitars, but they also often add other instruments such as violin, piano, wind instruments, or even electronic.

CAREER
Erlend and Eirik are childhood friends, they were born the same year 1975. At the age of 16 years they are with other friends formed a rock band named Skog. Before forming King Of Convenience, Skog had released a mini album entitled Tom Tids Tale.

King Of Convenience released his first album entitled Quiet Is the New Loud in 2001. The album was produced by Ken Nelson who has ever produced Coldplay. After that they launched the Versus album containing remixes of songs from their previous albums. After Versus released, Erlend prefer to stay in Berlin, Germany and solo careers. Erlend released his solo album titled Unrest and run his own band band The Whitest Boy Alive. While Eirik settled in Bergen, Norway.

In 2004 is good news for fans of King Of Convenience because they decided to "comeback" and released an album entitled Riot on an Empty Street. This album immediately became hit among his fans and raise their popularity. The album is also supported by a Canadian female singer, Leslie Feist.

In 2009, they re-released an album entitled Declaration of Dependence.

By : anakgayo