Movits! () is a
Swedish
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music group from
Luleå
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. The group plays
swing mixed with
hip hop
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. Their debut album ''Äppelknyckarjazz'', literally translated as ''Apple swiper jazz'' or ''
scrumping jazz'', was released in November 2008 and has been recognized by national Swedish newspaper ''
Dagens Nyheter
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''.
The name ''Movits!'' alludes to Fader Movitz, a character in the ''
Epistles of Fredman'' by Swedish 18th-century poet and composer
Carl Michael Bellman
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. The band, however, replaced the last character of the name ''z'' with an ''s'' in order to avoid being associated with Swedish bands playing
dansband
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style music, such as ''
Lasse Stefanz
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'', ''
Svänzons'' or ''
Larz-Kristerz
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''.
On July 27, 2009, Movits! was featured on the American satirical news show ''
The Colbert Report
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''. The band was interviewed and performed their song "Fel del av gården". Colbert mentioned on his show on 30 July 2009, that the band's album ''Äppelknyckarjazz'' recently had gained significant popularity on
Amazon.com
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and claimed that their appearance on his program was significantly responsible for their newfound popularity (referred to as
"The Colbert Bump").
The band is made up of brothers Johan Jivin' Rensfeldt (vocals), Anders Rensfeldt (multi-instrumentalist and DJ) and saxophonist Joakim 'One-Take' Nilsson.
Discography
Albums
Singles
* 2007: "Swing för hyresgästföreningen"
* 2008: "Äppelknyckarjazz"
* 2008: "
Fel del av gården"
* 2009: "Spela mig på radion" (feat. Zacke)
* 2009: "Ta på dig dansskorna"
* 2011: "Skjut mig i huvet"
* 2011: "Na na nah!" (feat.
Timbuktu
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)
* 2011: "Sammy Davis Jr"
* 2013: "Röksignaler"
* 2013: "Nitroglycerin"
* 2013: "Limousin" (feat.
Maskinen
Maskinen (, "The Machine") is a Swedish music group consisting of the rapper Herbert Munkhammar who was earlier part of the duo Afasi & Filthy and Frej Larsson, also a member of the band Slagsmålsklubben and duo Far & Son. Oskar "Kihlen" Linn ...
) (Peak SWE #28)
* 2015: "Placebo"
* 2015: "Dansa i regnet"
* 2016: "Självantänd"
* 2018: "Gumbo"
* 2018: "Ohio"
* 2018: "Hett kol"
* 2019: "Himlen faller ner"
* 2019: "Sodavatten"
* 2019: "Fira mig"
* 2021: "Blixtar"
* 2021: "Juice"
* 2021: "Plåster"
* 2022: "Hellre Med Vargar"
References
External links
*
First We Take Manhattan- Tour Vlog website
*
Musical groups established in 2007
Swedish-language musical groups
Swedish hip-hop groups
Swing revival ensembles
Musical groups from Norrbotten County
Culture in Luleå
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