Back in 2022, Norwegian electropop duo Röyksopp returned after an eight year absence with Profound Mysteries parts I, II, and III along with a remix EP revisiting these tracks. Today we’re learning that this chapter of the project isn’t over: Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland have released a spiritual sequel to that triple-LP, with an emphasis on the “spiritual.” Nebulous Nights is a collection of ambient recordings building on Profound Mysteries’s foundation (as noted by the parenthetical subtitle: An Ambient Excursion Into Profound Mysteries) aimed at “[underlining] the importance of critical thinking and curious pondering,” the band shared.
“To foster a mindset that allows for exploration and personal growth,” they continue of this new work reinterpreting Profound Mysteries’s tracks, “by not limiting one’s imagination and inquiry to a particular worldview or framework. Encapsulated succinctly in this quote by Albert Einstein: ‘The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and science. To whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.’”
Listen for yourself below, and revisit our conversation with the band from 2022 here.
