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Töj & Böj

Töj & Böj Biography

Töj & Böj (Stretch & Bend) is a Swedish band consisting of Jonas Ahlgren, Jalmar Staaf (former member of Ridis) and Jenny Mattsson. (All born in 1974-75). The three members met in the 1990s. Having found out that there tended to be a lot of spontanous singing every time they got together, they finally decided to form a band in 2005. This was on a trip to Barcelona, where the songs "Gotland" and "Estland" were written. The band's first songs were covers of famous folk tunes, with new lyrics about the cultural and political situation on certain geographical areas. They were sung a capella in harmony. In 2006 the band started to promote their music through a website and a Myspace page. In the summer of 2007, Töj & Böj wrote the song "Wermland" about Jenny's childhood in the Swedish province with the same name. This song was their first to be accompanied by instruments, and a music video was filmed in Slottskogen in Gothenburg.

In December 2007 and July 2008, the band went to Berlin, with the mission to write a new song about Germany. This was part of an art exchange project, held by students at the Swedish Royal College of Fine Arts. They stayed in an appartment just next to a field where the Berlin wall used to stand. This was reflected in their new song "Tyskland" (Germany). Since then, the band members have continued to travel together, on the purpose to write new songs about their experiences, and reflections about their destinations. In 2009 Töj & Böj took the ferry from Stockholm to Åland Islands, and in 2010-2012 they visited Scotland , Poland and Ireland. This have resulted in songs and videos about all these countries. Their music have been described as suggestive, repetitive and melodramamatic, but their most recent songs have been more built up on beats, why these have been remixed by various djs.

In 2009 the band had their first live performance at a party, backed up by 3 musicians playing keyboard, cello and bass. In May 2010 Töj & Böj performed live at "Moderna dansteatern" (The Modern Dance Theatre) in Stockholm, in an act where the two dancers Tove Brunberg and Ofelia Jarl Ortega translated Töj & Böj's songs into modern dance numbers.

Ireland Music Video 2012

Poland Music Video 2011

Scotland Remix Music Video 2011

Scotland Music Video 2010

Åland (The Ferry Tale) Music Video 2010

Tyskland Music Video 2008

Wermland Music Video 2007

Töj & Böj Discography

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