Something New

The Norwegian duo Röyksopp just released their latest album called “Junior”. While I am listening to it and searching for reviews, I read people saying “It’s good but they will never top Melody A.M.” Why an artist need to top something every time? Of course an artist want to do the best he can everytime, or they think “I will do a worse album than the previous one” or “This is my worst piece of work ever!” I think everybody just try to create something new everytime or search for different ways to express themselves, that doesn’t mean is worse or not, it’s just different. In the case of Röyksopp, “Junior” is a really good album, with a different purpose.

In my humble point of view, an artist don’t need to focus on doing something “as good as this or that”, they should just aim for creating something new. On target or not, just do something new.

Pretty much liking of everything new that is being released this year: Prefuse 73, Steven Wilson, Mastodon, Röyksopp, The Prodigy, etc.