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Artist
Töj & Böj
12+ albums
tweeswedishLo-Finaivedada
about
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 they also recorded a music video in Slottskogen in Gothenburg. In December 2007 and July 2008, the band went to Berlin twice, with the mission to write a new song about Germany, and to record a video. 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
