Vacuum

Biography

Vacuum is a Swedish pop band consisting of Mattias Lindblom and Anders Wollbeck. They also work as song writers and producers under the same name. As songwriters and producers Wollbeck and Lindblom have worked with artists such as Tarja Turunen, Tina Arena, Garou, Monrose, TVXQ, Keisha Buchanan, f(x) and The Canadian Tenors. Wollbeck and Lindblom are signed to Universal Music Publishing world wide. Playing symphonic pop, the group scored successes in countries like Italy and Russia.

History

Vacuum was formed in 1996 by Anders Wollbeck, Alexander Bard and Mattias Lindblom. Their first single "I Breathe×I Breathe1996 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1I Breathe (Radio Edit)3:552I Breathe (Album Edit)4:37" was a big hit in large parts of Europe. At that time Marina Schiptjenko was part of the group. After the second album Bard left the group. Vacuum then released the single "Starting Where the Story Ended". Schiptjenko left the group shortly after. Wollbeck and Lindblom wrote and produced, in 2004, Vacuum's critically acclaimed album Your Whole Life Is Leading up to This×Your Whole Life Is Leading Up to This20 September 2004 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Intro0:242Your Whole Life Is Leading Up to This3:563They do It3:564Mind Your Mind3:475The Void3:496In the Dirt4:287Love Earth Cry4:168Something Evil I Love4:349Sea of Silence3:4910A Shallow Heart3:0411Queen3:5012Fools Like Me3:3113Dead3:3514Temporary Solution4:02, marking a new direction for the band. At that point Wollbeck and Lindblom had started writing and producing for other artists as well. Vacuum then released the singles "Six Billion Voices×Six Billion Voices2006 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Six Billion Voices3:192Preview2:54" in 2006 and "Walk on the Sun×Walk On The Sun2007 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Walk On The Sun3:50" in 2007.
In 2008 Wollbeck and Lindblom started a collaboration with Austrian pianist Michael Zlanabitnig. It resulted in the release of "Know by Now" and "My Friend Misery". The latter being a duet with Marcella Detroit. In 2009 they released "The Ocean". Another single written in collaboration with Zlanabitnig. On June 4, 2011, Vacuum released the song "Black Angels".

Albums

The Plutonium Cathedral (1997)
Parallel Universe (4:10)
I Breathe (4:35)
Pride in My Religion (4:01)
Science of the Sacred (4:52)
Rise and Shine Olympia (4:00)
Atlas Shrugged (4:38)
Illuminati (4:14)
Woman Named America (4:16)
Prussia (4:38)
The Shape of Things to Come (4:01)
Sign on the Skyline (5:25)
Tin Soldiers (4:29)
Closer Than the Holy Ghost (5:02)
Seance at the Chaebol (1998)
Tonnes of Attraction (4:21)
Power (3:23)
Tears of a Nation (4:14)
Let the Mountain Come to Me (3:29)
Chant like a Mantra (5:02)
Satyricon (4:06)
Nuclear India (4:16)
The Culture of Night (3:55)
Big Ideas Grand Vision (4:15)
Ulysses (4:15)
I Breathe (Radio Edit) (3:55)
Science of the Sacred (Radio Edit) (3:49)
Culture of Night (2000, three new songs + two songs with new sound, Russian release only)
Culture of Night (2002, yet another two new songs)
Your Whole Life Is Leading Up to This (2004)
Intro
Your whole life is leading up to this
They do it (feat. K)
Mind your Mind
The Void
In the Dirt
Love Earth Cry (feat. Jessica Pilnäs)
Something Evil I Love
Sea of Silence
A Shallow Heart
Queen
Fools like me
Dead
Temporary Solution
Your Whole Life Is Leading Up to This (2007, five new bonustracks + video, German release only)

Singles

"I Breathe×I Breathe1996 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1I Breathe (Radio Edit)3:552I Breathe (Album Edit)4:37" (1996)
"Science of the Sacred" (1997)
"Pride in My Religion×Pride in My Religion1997 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Pride in My Religion (radio edit)2Pride in My Religion (Antiloop remix radio edit)" (1997)
"Tonnes of Attraction×Tonnes Of Attraction1998 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Tonnes Of Attraction (Radio Edit)3:502Tonnes Of Attraction (Antiloop Radio Club Mix)3:483Tonnes Of Attraction (Antiloop Club Mix)5:434Tonnes Of Attraction (Extended Version)5:48" (1998)
"Let the Mountain Come to Me×Let The Mountain Come To Me1998 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1Let The Mountain Come To Me (Radio Edit)3:302Let The Mountain Come To Me (PJ's Radio Mix)3:453Let The Mountain Come To Me (Andre's Boogie Buster Extended Mix)5:094Let The Mountain Come To Me (Pierre J's Remix)6:125Let The Mountain Come To Me (Andre's Boogie Buster Short Mix)3:24" (1998)
"Icaros×Icaros1999 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Icaros (radio version)4:082Icaros (Pinnocchio remix)5:413Icaros (Earthbound remix)5:524I Breathe (radio version)3:54" (2000)
"Starting (Where the Story Ended)×Starting (Where the Story Ended)2002 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Starting (Where the Story Ended)3:242Ripples on the Surface3:14" (2002)
"Fools Like Me×Fools Like Me2004 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Fools Like Me3:332Queen3:48" (2004)
"They Do It×They Do It23 August 2004 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1They Do It3:562They Do It (The Key Mix)7:00" (2004)
"The Void×The Void2005 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1The Void3:482The Void (FilterFokker Remix)4:15" (2005)
"Open My Eyes" (2005)
"Six Billion Voices×Six Billion Voices2006 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Six Billion Voices3:192Preview2:54" (2006)
"Walk On The Sun×Walk On The Sun2007 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Walk On The Sun3:50" (2007)
"Know By Now" (2008)
"My Friend Misery" (2008)
"Where Angels Belong" (2009)
"The Ocean" (2009)
"Black Angels" (2011)
"I Loved You×I Loved You12 September 2012 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1I Loved You3:392Black Angels4:043I Loved You (Deep)4:134I Loved You (Far)4:26" (2012)
"Animal" (2013)
"You Are Everywhere" (2020)