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Erlend Øye is a Norwegian composer, musician, producer, singer and songwriter from Bergen, best known as one half of the indie folk duo Kings of Convenience with Eirik Glambek Bøe.
Erlend Øye is a Norwegian composer, musician, producer, singer and songwriter from Bergen, best known as one half of the indie folk duo Kings of Convenience, together with Eirik Glambek Bøe. He is also front-man of the band The Whitest Boy Alive and has contributed to tracks by electronic artists such as Dntel and the Norwegian duo Röyksopp. He co-founded the independent label Bubbles Records, and since 2012 has lived in Sicily, where he plays with the trio La Comitiva. Kings of Convenience released their debut album Quiet Is the New Loud in 2001 and Peace or Love in 2021.