Carbon Based Lifeforms
Email: cblofficial@gmail.com
Carbon Based Lifeforms (CBL) are Johannes Hedberg and Daniel Segerstad (né Ringström), both born in 1976 and based in Göteborg, south-west Sweden. They met when both 15 and are still, amazingly, working happily together, over 20 years later.
Their music has been extraordinarily well received by connoisseurs within the ambient scene and indeed their influence is such they help define the genre in the modern age via Last.fm, with over 250,000 listeners and no fewer than seven million plays.
This influence clearly travels beyond a mere niche, since in 2012 they were also commissioned to write the soundtrack to the independently-produced movie 'The Mansion' whose release date will be announced in due course.
In addition to their own work, they have actively participated in successful collaborations with several other artists, including Magnus Birgersson of Solar Fields in a project to compose the music for the Swedish dancer Olof Perssons Fusion performance in 1999.
Albums:
The duo signed with the celebrated Lyon-based Ultimae label in 2001 and have since released four full-length albums:
- 2003 Hydroponic Garden
- 2006 World of Sleepers
- 2010 Interloper
- 2011 Twentythree
Notable live performances:
- 2004 Boom festival - Portugal
- 2006 Glade Festival - UK
- 2006 Sonica Festival - Italy
- 2009 Ozora Festival - Portugal
- 2009 Exclusive live performance at 'Cosmonova', the IMAX cinema within Stockholm's Museum of Natural History
- 2011 Nuit Hypnotique #4 - La Filature, Mulhouse, France
- 2012 Norbergfestival - Sweden
- 2012 Emmabodafestivalen - Sweden
Email: cblofficial@gmail.com