Introducing: TV Off

As we reported a couple of weeks back, TLOBF has been chosen as media partners in the upcoming Ja Ja Ja club nights that are due to be held at The Lexington in London. In the run up to the club night each month, we’ll be running exclusive interviews with all the bands playing – plus competitions, downloads – all sorts.

The launch party for Ja Ja Ja takes place on Thursday November 19th and has been curated by Radio 1′s Huw Stephens. The influential DJ chose (from a huge list of potential acts): I Was A King (from Norway), Kira Kira (from Iceland), Francis (from Sweden) and TV Off who we have here answering a few questions about the history of the band and what we can expect from their performance next week. The Finnish outfit were described by one chin-stroker at a recent performance as “like Sophie Ellis-Bextor meets Moby”. The band kicked the crap out of that guy and he still eats through a straw. Luckily, it was all put down to “high spirits”, and TV Off were able to return to the studio to start on the debut record.

For more info, make sure you follow Ja Ja Ja over on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jajajanordic and of course, the official website which will contain all up to date info: http://www.jajajamusic.com

Tickets for the launch party are on sale now and priced at £5. Grab yours here.

For people out there that have never heard of you. Give us three reasons why they should?
Because we will make you smile, dance and do crazy sort of things <3

Tell us a little about where you’re from.. Do your surroundings affect the music that you create?
We come from Helsinki. Of course the surroundings affect us, the wish for the summer sun keeps us indoors at the studio :)

If you could have played on or written any song, what would it be?
Jenny Wilson’s “Like A Fading Rainbow”, just love love love it!

How did the band come in to being? And where did the name come from?
It was a happy coincidence, we met at a café through a mutual friend. We were both looking for new things at the time and it turned out we had pretty much the same vision about music, so it worked beautifully right from the beginning. The name thing happened some time later when Sara was watching Absolutely Fabulous on the telly and I came into the room yelling “turn that TV off, we have lots of stuff to do!”

What is the most memorable gig you have played, and what can we expect of your live set at Ja Ja Ja?
Either Tavastia in Helsinki or Liquid Room in Tokyo (need we say more why Tokyo?). You can expect super hyperactivity and lots of energy to dance to. And brilliant pop music of course :)

If you were asked to curate your own Ja Ja Ja night, which three acts would you choose and why?
We would love to see Jenny Wilson, Fever Ray and Frida Hyvönen on the same stage!

We’d like you to make us a Nordic themed mix-tape. Which five tracks would you choose?
Röyksopp – What Else Is There? (Trentemoller remix)
Eero Johannes – We Could Be Skweeeroes
Mew – Special
Jenny Wilson – The Wooden Chair (Peter Visti Remix)
Fever Ray – Seven

mp3:> TV Off: ‘Car Is On Fire’