Koop - Come To Me

Recommended by my colleague. Koop's from Sweden. It's interesting to note as they are neither metal nor indie twee-pop. It's big band jazz but the interesting twist is that all the instruments are actually samples. Very cool, indeed.

Here's an excerpt from their biography:

Koop is Magnus Zingmark & Oscar Simonsson. When listening to Koops music it's somehow easy to believe that it's played by a small orchestra, but in fact the music is based on samples. Thousands of small clips from records puzzled together into new songs. All the drums, strings, horn sections and choirs are actually sampled! This is a very time consuming way to make music (it's one of the reasons it takes such long time to make a koop album), but it's the only way to create the surreal Koop sound. One thing though, that for sure aren't sampled, is the vocals. Many singers has blessed the Koop albums with their talent. When playing live Koop transforms into a 7-9 piece orchestra including one or two singers. The line-up may vary from time to time so if you are looking for the personel on a specific concert please dont hesitate to drop a message. Koop themselves play piano/accordion (Oscar), sampler (Magnus), and wear dresses.

Yes, they look like Boy George.

Here's their official site and you can stream the songs from their MySpace page.