TURBOWEEKEND - DENMARK (Copenhagen) ~ NORDIC MUSIC

Photo by Brian Buchard

I would like to start this blog by introducing my beloved Danish band TURBOWEEKEND consisting of three incredibly talented and unbelievably nice guys - Silas, Martin and Morten.
I discovered their band thanks to Polish radio station EskaRock, which played their hit "Trouble is" very frequently for a long time. I turned the volume up to the maximum every time I heard it.
"Trouble is" occupied first place of EskaRock chart in july 2010 and by the end of the year it was the 8th most played song.
Thanks to Facebook I had opportunity to contact them... They had some trouble with the local label not informing them of the radio activity, fortunately I was able to help a bit by preparing informations about airplay and that's how I became one of their "Music Ambassadors" (which was one of my favorite "social roles") :-)

These Danish boys won a lot of hearts, including Polish ones - it resulted in their first gig in Poland in 2.12.2010 (my next post is devoted to that concert)

CONTENTS:

BAND NAME (etymology)
FORMATION YEAR
GENRE
HOMETOWN
RECORD LABEL
MEMBERS
HISTORY
DISCOGRAPHY
AWARDS and nominations
FESTIVALS
OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEOS
LIVE PERFORMANCES
VIDEO INTERVIEWS (in English)

(etymology)

Turboweekend - first part of the name will be understable for you when you watch their live show, they have inexhaustible supplies of turbo energy!!! (that's my own interpretation).
To understand what second part of the name stands for you must know beginnings of the band. Their original aim was to play late shows in night clubs, in between dj’s, mainly at weekends.
They also wanted the name that would be eye-catching and could sound both Danish and English, so it seemed natural to pronounce everywhere.
Their agenda is much wider now so you can also interpret their band name in a wider sense than it was originally intended.
Source: interview 2009, interview 2011

2006

synth pop/disco rock
(modern vintage)

Copenhagen

Mermaid/Sony

Silas Bjerregaard (Vocals)

Martin Øhlers Petersen (Drums)

Morten Køie (Bass)

Live-band member:

Anders Møller (synths and backing vocals)

‘The three members grew up together in the small town of Fredensborg and formed their first band together in 1996, some wild years later in 2006, they formed Turboweekend as a playground project, and only 4 years after the playground has become fulltime work in the most rewarding sense of the word.
Their second album Ghost Of A Chance from 2009 lifted them from underground prospects to major venue headliners in their native Denmark, and especially the hit single Trouble Is garnered a lot of international attention with the aid of remixes by Tiësto and Joker. In June they signed with Supervision Management and thereby joined roster with acts like Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Cheifs, and Crystal Castles..
October saw the band nominated as Best Danish Act for the MTV Europe Awards 2010, and November 10th they released a free downloadable 5 track ep featuring Casper Clausen of Efterklang, Ty Bulmer of New Young Pony Club and Coco Malaika of Quadron, encouraging fans to remix songs, redesign artwork and record their own music videos as an attempt to ”shake the bag” before the next album.
The band is currently writing material for their third album and preparing a European spring tour beginning March 2011.’
Hopefully next album will be as successful as Ghost Of A Chance which gone Gold in Denmark in February 2011 !
source: about TW

Albums:

'Night Shift' (1st. October 2007)

1. Not A DJ (song / lyrics)

2. Wash Out (song / lyrics)

3. Multiple Voices (song / lyrics)

4. Glowing Vision (song / lyrics)

5. Signs All Point (song / lyrics)

6. Into You (song / lyrics)

7. Shadow Sound (Clarinet - Niklas Antonson, Trombone - Jeppe Skjold) (song / lyrics)

8. Just To Get Down (song / lyrics)

9. Slip Of Tongue (song / lyrics)

10.Night Shift (song / lyrics)

11.Planet P (song / lyrics)

12.My Name Is Legion (song / lyrics)

13.Stand (song / lyrics)

'Ghost Of A Chance' (23rd March 2009)

1. Trouble Is (song / lyrics)
2. Something Or Nothing (song / lyrics)
3. Sweet Jezebel (song / lyrics)
4. Holiday (song / lyrics)
5. Colors (song / lyrics)
6. Up With The Smoke - Down With The Ash (song / lyrics)
7. After Hours (song / lyrics)
8. Erase Myself (song / lyrics)
9. Your Body Free From Mine (song / lyrics)
10.Good Morning Moon (song / lyrics)
11.Almost There (song / lyrics)

EP:

‘Bound’ EP (10^th November 2010) DOWNLOAD FREE EP "BOUND"

1. Now – featuring Ty Bulmer from New Young Pony Club (song / lyrics)
2. Into The Pavement – featuring Casper Clausen from Efterklang (song / lyrics)
3. Lost And Found (song / lyrics)
4. Drums In The Dark – featuring Coco Malaiki from Quadron (song / lyrics)
5. Spider of Light (song / lyrics)
* Heaven – bonus single/vinyl (Talking Heads cover) (lyrics)

Singles:

Into You (2007)

Wash Out (2007)

Glowing Vision (2008)

After Hours (2008)

Something Or Nothing (2009)

Holiday (2009)

Trouble Is (remix af Joker) (2009)

Trouble Is (remix af Tiësto) (2010)

Now (2010)

and nominations:

"Ghost of a chance" has gone gold in Denmark !

February 2011

14 January 2011 - P3 Gennembruddet

15 December 2010 - Årets Hit (Trouble Is)

Year	Award	Category	Result
2011	P3 Guld	P3 Gennembruddet / P3 Breakthrough	winner
2010	Gaffa Awards	Årets Hit (Trouble Is) / Hit of the year	winner
2010	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best Danish Act	nominated
2010	Zulu Awards	Årets Sanger (Silas Bjerregaard) / Singer of the year	nominated
2010	P3 Guld	P3 Prisen	nominated
2008	Zulu Awards	Årets Nye Navn / Name of the Year	nominated
2008	P3 Guld	P3 Talentet / P3 talent	nominated