Entering the world of Bodebrixen, means entering the lives of Andreas and Aske. Two Danish boys, whose hearts beat for music that makes you want to dance and smile, and acknowledge your true geeky self. The love for happy and unpretentious pop music, and the nature of the boys means that this band is a unique exception in Denmark.

The boys met in 2006 at a jazz summer camp. As they decided to team up, they entered MySpace, and within three weeks they landed a record deal. In the following period, Bodebrixen had a lot of media attention. Due to the musical profile of the one radio station that Denmark has, namely ‘Guitar Hero-rehearsal rock’, they did not get played as much as they ought to. The horror!

Despite this fact, people have gone to the concerts, and Bodebrixen now has a firm reputation of making a worthwhile experience every time they play live.

The music is placed in the tension field between I’m From Barcelona and The Whitest Boy Alive. The song writing in Bodebrixen takes a lot of inspiration from Swedish song writing tradition, and the craftsmanship of writing the good, simple song. They also share likeliness with the somewhat geeky-in-the-cool-way expression in The Whitest Boys Alive. Actually, their style saturates both their music and their clothing, and surprisingly enough, trend spotters at Roskilde Festival spotted both of them, independently. Surprising, because none of them really try too hard at being cool. They just are, apparently!

In 2008 they released their self-titled debut album. Now they are re-releasing it for a hungry, international crowd, remixing the sound and adding even more power to the pop. The recently passed concerts at the SPOT-festival in May 2009 and Roskilde Festival in June 2009 has also resulted in an evenly joyous crowd of audiences and critics. Blog-hype has existed for a long time, not only in Denmark, but also all over Europe, and their nickname as the most important, undiscovered band in Denmark should soon be out of order. Bodebrixen is ready to conquer the international music scene.

They enter the stage with 7 live band members and bring with them a ton of instruments. With well-written songs and multi-instrumental arrangements, confetti and balloon they build up their festive music. The set-list is filled with danceable tunes, pumped up with bongo drums and na-na-na-na-na-na-choir and is ‘more hook-laden than a Norwegian whaling boat’, as Si Hawkins from Clash Magazine so finely named their music.

So, what do you say? Let’s grab our best dancing shoes, our clock radioes and our key chains, and let’s put our arms up for Bodebrixen, yeah?

• http://bodebrixen.dk/
• http://www.myspace.com/bodebrixen

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