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Carbon Based Lifeforms (CBL) are Johannes Hedberg and Daniel Segerstad (né Ringström), both born in 1976 and based in Göteborg in south-western Sweden. They met at the age of 15 and are still, amazingly, working happily together, almost 20 years later. CBL itself was formed in 1996, as an offshoot from other projects, but soon became their focal point, culminating in their first release on ‘mp3.com’ in 1998.
It is hard to categorise CBL’s music but the best description might be that of a groundbreaking mixture of acid, techno and house music. The term ‘acid/ambient’ has also been coined; perhaps a respectful nod to the great pioneer Brian Eno?
CBL signed with the celebrated Lyon-based ‘Ultimae’ label in 2002 and have since released two full-length albums (‘Hydroponic Garden’ in 2003, and ‘World of Sleepers’ in 2006). Both albums have been extraordinarily well received by connoisseurs within the ambient scene.
Additionally they have actively participated in successful collaborations with several artists, including Magnus Birgersson of Solar Fields in a project to compose the music for the Swedish dancer Olof Persson’s ‘Fusion’ performance in 1999.
Johannes often creates the building blocks of sounds and harmonies and could tweak sounds forever, whereas Daniel develops the rhythms and sculpts the ideas into tracks. It remains unclear which of them derives the greatest pleasure from manipulating the distinctive, squelching sounds of the Roland TB-303.
It is hard to categorise CBL’s music but the best description might be that of a groundbreaking mixture of acid, techno and house music. The term ‘acid/ambient’ has also been coined; perhaps a respectful nod to the great pioneer Brian Eno?
CBL signed with the celebrated Lyon-based ‘Ultimae’ label in 2002 and have since released two full-length albums (‘Hydroponic Garden’ in 2003, and ‘World of Sleepers’ in 2006). Both albums have been extraordinarily well received by connoisseurs within the ambient scene.
Additionally they have actively participated in successful collaborations with several artists, including Magnus Birgersson of Solar Fields in a project to compose the music for the Swedish dancer Olof Persson’s ‘Fusion’ performance in 1999.
Johannes often creates the building blocks of sounds and harmonies and could tweak sounds forever, whereas Daniel develops the rhythms and sculpts the ideas into tracks. It remains unclear which of them derives the greatest pleasure from manipulating the distinctive, squelching sounds of the Roland TB-303.
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Central Plains
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MOS 6581 (Album Version)
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Tensor
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World Of Sleepers
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Vortex
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Gryning
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Exosphere
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Set Theory
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Comsat
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Flytta Dig
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Erratic Patterns
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Shoutbox
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Kayna22 wrote:
love Carbon Based Lifeforms,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.
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Kayna22 wrote:
love Carbon Based Lifeforms,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.
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squigbobble wrote:
Amazing new track!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LokHAcHIiVQ
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LouisZypher wrote:
THE most beautiful electronic music I've ever heard.
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PureAgony wrote:
jesus christ
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organic-X wrote:
thanx for that jatup.
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Jatup wrote:
And you can find out what they use here: http://www.carbonbasedlifeforms.net/#/Studio
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Jatup wrote:
They probably do as one of them is a member here :)
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organic-X wrote:
do thay read these mesages????mm id love to know what gear they use to create these wonderfull tuneeees...tb303 i can hear, minimoog?
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PureAgony wrote:
Hydroponic Garden and World of Sleepers are epic, each track is beatiful and unique.
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saphroX wrote:
World of Sleepers is a masterpiece
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Somoff wrote:
they are the best on the Ultimate Records
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iidost wrote:
erratic patterns lyrics?
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Grec0 wrote:
"PhotoSynthesis" is fucking high !
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organic-X wrote:
i agree! just about every track they created is exelent,the hydroponic garden album is my favorate.
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Ceerial wrote:
PhotoSynthesis, Abiogenesis, MOS 6581, Hydroponic Garden, Comsat... are just mindblowing
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sojamjolk wrote:
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Xelias11 wrote:
Infinity...
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ManicMeditation wrote:
World of Sleepers is electronic perfection, thanks for doing what you do.
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