DJ Trexx is a pseudonym of Swedish actor, producer and writer Michael Lindgren (born 14 March 1978 in

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), who is a part of the Grotesco comedy collective. DJ Trexx is a satirical figure who was initially portrayed as a

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who performs

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y eurotechno songs, but has also at times appeared to be

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n. In the finals of

Melodifestivalen 2009 2009 was the 49th edition of the Swedish music competition , which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 7 February and 14 March 2009. The winner of the competition was Malena Ernman with the song "La Voix (song), ...

, DJ Trexx performed a version of the song " Tingeling", which had been a recurring theme of several comical between-acts performed by the Grotesco team in that year's episodes of Melodifestivalen. The song " Tingaliin", the Russian version of "Tingeling" was released as a single and hit number one on

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in March 2009. DJ Trexx was also commissioned for the song ''A Union of Peace Love and Bass'' to encourage young voters to vote in the

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. In 2021, he appeared as part of sketch in the ''Andra Chansen'' round of Swedish Eurovision selection

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External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20090531054647/http://djtrexx.eu/
DJ Trexx - A Union of Peace, Love and Bass
- GrotescoGlobal channel on YouTube. Swedish male actors 1978 births Living people Swedish male writers Swedish electronic dance music DJs Musicians from Stockholm {{Sweden-musician-stub