Vacuum is the name of a Swedish pop band. The members are Mattias Lindblom

Mattias Lindblom

Mattias Lindblom is a Swedish singer, songwriter and music producer. He is the lead singer of electronica band Vacuum, and part of songwriting team Vacuum ....

 and Anders Wollbeck

Anders Wollbeck

Anders Wilhelm Axel Wollbeck is a Swedish songwriter and producer. He plays the guitar and keyboard. He is part of the songwriting and production duo Vacuum together with Mattias Lindblom...

. They also work as song writers and producers under the same name. As songwriters and producers Wollbeck/Lindblom have worked with artists such as Tarja Turunen

Tarja Turunen

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, Garou

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, Monrose

Monrose

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, Keisha Buchanan

Keisha Buchanan

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, f(x)

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 and The Canadian Tenors

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. Wollbeck/Lindblom are signed to Universal Music Publishing world wide.

History

Vacuum the band was formed in 1996 by Anders Wollbeck, Alexander Bard

Alexander Bard

Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard is a Swedish artist, music producer and writer.-Background and education:Bard was born Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard in Medevi, Motala Municipality, Sweden. After he had completed his upper secondary education, Bard studied in the United States and in Amsterdam, Netherlands...

 and Mattias Lindblom. Their first single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 I Breathe was a big hit in large parts of Europe. At that time Marina Schiptjenko

Marina Schiptjenko

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 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/Lindblom wrote and produced, in 2004, Vacuum's critically acclaimed album Your Whole Life Is Leading Up To This, marking a new direction for the band. At that point Wollbeck/Lindblom had started writing and producing for other artists as well. Vacuum then released the singles Six Billion Voices in 2006 and Walk On The Sun in 2007.
In 2008 Wollbeck/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

Marcella Detroit

Marcella Detroit is a vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. She was a member of the band Shakespears Sister, along with Siobhan Fahey of Bananarama. Detroit's soprano voice provided lead vocals on their biggest hit, "Stay," which was No...

 known for her success with Shakespears Sister

Shakespears Sister

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. In 2009 they released The Ocean. Another single written in collaboration with Zlanabitnig. Vacuum is currently working on new material. The band enjoys a huge fan following.

June 4, 2011 Vacuum released the song Black Angels.

Albums

• The Plutonium Cathedral (1997)

1. Parallel Universe (4:10)
2. I Breathe (4:35)
3. Pride in My Religion (4:01)
4. Science of the Sacred (4:52)
5. Rise and Shine Olympia (4:00)
6. Atlas Shrugged (4:38)
7. Illuminati (4:14)
8. Woman Named America (4:16)
9. Prussia (4:38)
10. The Shape of Things to Come (4:01)
11. Sign on the Skyline (5:25)
12. Tin Soldiers (4:29)
13. Closer Than the Holy Ghost (5:02)
    • Seance at the Chaebol (1998)
14. Tonnes of Attraction
15. Power
16. Tears of a Nation
17. Let the Mountain Come to Me
18. Chant like a Mantra
19. Satyricon
20. Nuclear India
21. Culture of Night
22. Big Ideas Grand Vision
23. Ulysses
24. I Breathe (slightly shorter version)
25. Science of the Sacred (slightly shorter version)
    • 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)
26. Intro
27. Your whole life is leading up to this
28. They do it (feat. K)
29. Mind your Mind
30. The Void
31. In the Dirt
32. Love Earth Cry (feat. Jessica Pilnäs)
33. Something Evil I Love
34. Sea of Silence
35. A Shallow Heart
36. Queen
37. Fools like me
38. Dead
39. Temporary Solution
    • Your Whole Life Is Leading Up to This (2007, five new bonustracks + video, German release only)

Singles

• "I Breathe" (1996)
• "Science of the Sacred" (1997)
• "Pride in My Religion" (1997)
• "Tonnes of Attraction" (1998)
• "Let the Mountain Come to Me" (1998)
• "Icaros" (2000)
• "Starting (Where the Story Ended)" (2002)
• "Fools Like Me" (2004)
• "They Do It" (2004)
• "The Void" (2005)
• "Six Billion Voices" (2006)
• "Walk On The Sun" (2007)
• "Know By Now/My Friend Misery" (2008)
• "Where Angels Belong" (2009)
• "The Ocean" (2009)
• "Black Angels" (2011)

External links

• Official Vacuum page at MySpace
• A fan-site
• Vacuum Community LJ
• Vacuum on SoundCloud
• Blog