Boeoes Kaelstigen
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Boeoes Kaelstigen, preferably pronounced ˈbʌs ˈtʃɛlstɨɡɛn, is a techno group consisting of Leo Nathorst-Böös and Tor Rauden Källstigen. Well known for their minimalistic techno with influences from trance. Besides Boeoes Kaelstigen's own releases, they've done several remixes for artists such as Familjen
, Tove Styrke
, Jonathan Johansson
, Firefox AK and Andreas Tilliander
.
, futuristic trains and machines that goes beep.
When the two, by coincidence, moved in to the same apartment complex, sweet noises emerged, echoing over the hills of Ersta in the very beginning of 2007.
The project soon came to be known as Boeoes Kaelstigen, based on how the two participants complicated family names were spelled by airline carriers.
After just a few weeks, Fasit, the duo's first track had already received thousands of plays on Myspace, support from a number of DJ's from all over the world and was picked up by Swedish National Radio, and various stations in Australia, the UK, Estonia and South Africa among others.
The duo has been endorsed by international techno personas such as Laurent Garnier
, Michael Mayer
of Kompakt
and Özgur Can.
Familjen
-Biography:Karlsson grew up in Hässleholm, Skåne , but is currently based in Malmö. In his youth as a synthpop fan he also formed bands with Sophie Rimheden from nearby Lund...
, Tove Styrke
Tove Styrke
Tove Anna Linnéa Östman Styrke is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and model. Born in Umeå, Sweden, she rose to prominence as a contestant on Swedish Idol 2009, finishing in third place...
, Jonathan Johansson
Jonathan Johansson (musician)
Jonathan Johansson, born August 29, 1980, is a Swedish musician and singer-songwriter from Malmö. He is currently on Hybris Records.Pitchfork describes his music as containing "the bruised emotionalism and chilly synthcraft of his Swedish language debut, En hand i himlen ."His single "Aldrig...
, Firefox AK and Andreas Tilliander
Andreas Tilliander
Berndt Andreas Tilliander is a Swedish producer who significantly contributed to the evolution of the 'clicks & cuts' genre with his first albums 'Cliphop' and 'Ljud' . He has recorded several albums under just as many names and worked with some of Europe's influential electronic music labels...
.
History
Tor and Leo first met on a class in rhetoric and quickly discovered their similar taste in music, their love for Giorgio MoroderGiorgio Moroder
Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
, futuristic trains and machines that goes beep.
When the two, by coincidence, moved in to the same apartment complex, sweet noises emerged, echoing over the hills of Ersta in the very beginning of 2007.
The project soon came to be known as Boeoes Kaelstigen, based on how the two participants complicated family names were spelled by airline carriers.
After just a few weeks, Fasit, the duo's first track had already received thousands of plays on Myspace, support from a number of DJ's from all over the world and was picked up by Swedish National Radio, and various stations in Australia, the UK, Estonia and South Africa among others.
The duo has been endorsed by international techno personas such as Laurent Garnier
Laurent Garnier
Laurent Garnier , is a French techno music producer and DJ. Garnier began DJ-ing in Manchester during the late 1980s. By the following decade, he had a broad stylistic range, able to span deep house, Detroit techno, trance and jazz...
, Michael Mayer
Michael Mayer (musician)
Michael Mayer is one of the key figures of Cologne, Germany's electronic music scene. Mayer is a remixer, DJ, and producer, and has released a small handful of his own singles on the Kompakt music label that he helps run with founder Wolfgang Voigt...
of Kompakt
Kompakt
Kompakt is a Cologne-based electronic music record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal techno, and are known for their Total compilation series which reached its eleventh installment in 2010.Kompakt...
and Özgur Can.
Relationship with the media
Boeoes Kaelstigen rarely cooperate with the media or the mainstream music scene. Until 2007, they did not perform live concerts.Live concerts
Since the very beginning of this project, the duo has played all over the world, including Tokyo, Berlin, Paris and Helsinki.EP
- Toppola (2008). Koloni Records.
- Commuting Colour Remixes (2008). Adrian Recordings.
- Commuting Colour (2008). Adrian Recordings.
- Pan European (2007). Adrian Recordings.
External links
- Boeoes Kaelstigen hosted on SpotifySpotifySpotify is a Swedish-founded, UK-headquartered DRM-based music streaming service offering streaming of selected music from a range of major and independent record labels, including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group, and Universal. Launched in October 2008 by Swedish startup Spotify AB, the service had...
- Boeoes Kaelstigen hosted on DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
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- Boeoes Kaelstigen hosted on Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
- Boeoes Kaelstigen hosted on SoundCloudSoundCloudSoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform which allows collaboration, promotion and distribution of audio recordings.-History:SoundCloud was originally started in Stockholm, Sweden, but was established in Berlin, Germany in August, 2007 by sound designer Alex Ljung and artist Eric Wahlforss...
- Boeoes Kaelstigen hosted on TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...