German-Norwegian band based in Berlin, led by Erlend Øye of Kings of Convenience with Marcin Öz, Sebastian Maschat and Daniel Nentwig. They started in 2003 as an outright electronic dance project and gradually stripped every programmed element out, ending up a live band playing clean, elastic, almost jazz-inflected minimal funk. "Don't Give Up" goes back to that electronic past. Øye had been performing an electronic arrangement of it live with Röyksöpp as early as 2001, years before this guitar-band version existed. Broke up in 2014, reformed in 2019 and put out the single "Serious" in 2020.
From the notes for EKHO Sonic Chill #2 · fact-checked Oct 4, 2026.
Hear The Whitest Boy Alive on EKHO Sonic Chill #2 · song 20
ESCPlays in my player at the bottom of the screen, and keeps going while you explore the site.
The records
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“Don't Give Up”
EKHO Sonic Chill #2 · song 20 · from Dreams
