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Space Invaders vs. Röyksopp

Posted by Derrick Sanskrit

If you're like me, you remember the early part of this decade as crowding around the fastest internet connection one of your friends had and watching music videos on Yahoo, especially the haunting "Poor Leno" and the informationriffic diagramtastic "Remind Me", both from Röyksopp. If not, you've probably found yourself inadvertantly humming along with "Remind Me" in that Geico commerical. There was some mixed reception for their 2005 sophomore album, but anticipation is high for the Norwegian duo's third disc, Junior, next month.

Right, so why am I talking about Röyksopp on a video game blog? Because they just released the video for Junior's first single, "Happy Up Here", and it pays a glorious homage to Space Invaders. Check it out below:



Note: This video was featured on Pitchfork.tv very briefly last week before being pulled and all traces of it on YouTube have also been pull by EMI Music Group. Catch it while you can before it disappears again.

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Sharon said:

I finally got to see this. After waiting days with the underground rumblings of overhead fireworks. How very cool.

February 26, 2009 11:17 AM

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