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" 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, 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" in 2006 and "Walk on the Sun" 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".

Discography

Albums

Singles

Members