Apparently I live in an apartment with walls composed of paper-mache. My neighbors can't stand my guitar playing or singing, or playing starcraft at three in the morning. So naturally, I've decided to move. Although I'm not in need of another source of physical exertion in my life, I'm quite excited about the move. I'm going to be living with my friends, at a new place, with new routines. Most of all, I can finally play all I want without having to watch for others!
Therefore, speaking of new, here's a fresh one for you guys. Movits! A swedish, swing jazz hip hop music group. They debuted in 2008 with Appelknyckarjazz, first spreading their name in America by featuring in the famed comedy show, The Colbert Report. The name Movits! is an allusion to Fader Movitz, a character in the Epistles of Fredman by Swedish 18th-century poet and composer Carl Michael Bellman. Usually I'm not a big fan of hip-hop, but this band's style is certainly distinct from any other hip-hop group out there. This first song, Fel del Av Gården will attest to that.
I'm a fan of swing-jazz, but I just didn't know it could blend so well with hip-hop. These guys however, did it, creating a whole new style that Movits! can call their own. This next one is Ta På Dig Dansskorna.
Along with the fact that Movits! captures the swing-jazz feeling and that they don't resort to electronic beats and sounds, what really pulls me to this band is the saxophone. That crisp smoothness that frolic over the music and tickle the eardrum, has to be one of the defining traits of Movits!. I would go as far as saying that without the saxophone, the band might as well lost half their sound.
Other great instrumentals present in Movits! are the accordion, and the strings. Try to catch them this time with this next song called, Har du Soul?
And in this one called Det vete fan.
The first time I encountered their music, was indeed back in 2008, when I used to be an avid fan of the Colbert Report. So partly, I have Mr. Stephen Colbert to thank for introducing me to the musical innovation that is Movits!
I have no idea what the lyrics are saying, nor am I planning to learn Swedish anytime in the near future, but I'd rather have it stay that way, because the lyrics, whatever they may be, go perfectly with the songs, and I can't imagine the songs being better when sung in English.
In conclusion, keep an eye out for these guys, because let's be honest. When in the next century, are we going to find a band as unique as this one? Surely, Movits! will become a genre of its own. So there you have it folks. You ready to move it to Movits!? On that note I present you my favorite, Äppelknyckarjazz.
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