Carbon Based Lifeforms


Carbon Based Lifeforms are a Swedish electronic music duo formed in 1996 in Gothenburg by Johannes Hedberg and Daniel Segerstad.

History

The pair were encouraged to produce their own music by musician and producer Mikael Lindqvist, who had previously worked with them under the name Bassment Studios, followed by a group named Notch. As Notch, they explored electronic dance music and released one track, a remix of "What Would You Think" by Mourning After. Hedberg and Segerstad turned towards ambient music after the former's sister had picked up Orgship by Solar Quest which quickly became a favourite of theirs and influenced the two to make similar music. After some tracks were put together still under the Notch moniker, the duo wished to explore the genre further with focus towards drones, chill-out, and ambient music elements. This chosen direction led to the formation of Carbon Based Lifeforms in 1996, and the two signed a deal with Ultimae Records in 2002.
Their early releases were made on MP3.com in 1998.
CBL has always been open for collaboration with other composers and musicians. For instance, they teamed up with Magnus Birgersson in 1999 to write the music for the Swedish dancer Olof Persson's performance "Fusion".
On 27 and 28 November 2009, CBL performed live at Cosmonova, the combination ImaxDome/digital planetarium, at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm. Visuals for the concert were produced by Cosmonova's Astronomer/Program Producer, Tom Callen.
CBL has signed with Blood Music and as of early 2015 is releasing some of their past works on vinyl.
CBL is now releasing their music on the label Leftfield Records

Music style

The goal of CBL is "to combine earth and space in fine-tuned, but still solid, musical visions, seldom forgetting the irreplaceable TB-303".

Creative process

Usually, Johannes works on the sounds of the tracks, and Daniel works on the rhythms and creates the tracks from the ideas of the group.

Discography

Studio albums

CBL has released a lot of tracks in other compilations. A few remain unpublished by the group itself.
Album nameTrack nameYearLabel
AlbedoDigital Child2005Ultimae Records
Ease Division 3Endospore2008Spiral Trax
Enigmatic DreamEpicentre2011RMG Records
EuropeVakna2015A Strangely Isolated Place
Fahrenheit Project part 3Metrosat 42002Ultimae Records
Fahrenheit Project part 4Epicentre
Decompression		2003Ultimae Records
Fahrenheit Project part 5T-Rex Echoes2005Ultimae Records
Future MemoriesReaktion2008Interchill Records
VisionsCarbon Based Lifeforms Vision2016Mystic & Quantum

DJ Mixes

Here are regrouped compilations of other artists made by CBL.