Carbon Based Lifeforms

Genre
Downtempo
Label
Leftfield Records
Territory  
Worldwide

Carbon Based Lifeforms (CBL) are Johannes Hedberg and Daniel Vadestrid, both born in1976 and based in southwest Sweden. They met when both 15 and are still, amazingly,working happily together, over 25 years later. CBL itself was formed in 1996, as an offshootfrom other projects, but it soon became their focal point, culminating in their first release on‘mp3.com’ in 1998.

The duo signed with the celebrated Lyon based ‘Ultimae’ label in 2002 and have sincereleased six official, full length albums:
‘Hydroponic Garden’ in 2003
‘World of Sleepers’ in 2006

‘Interloper’ in 2009‘Twentythree’ in 2012

In 2014 they left Ultimae and went independent and have released:‘Derelicts’ in 2018
'Stochastic' in 2021.

Derelicts made it to #12 on Billboards Dance/Electronic albums chart, #11 on UK OfficialCharts Top 40 Dance Albums and #59 on UK Official Charts Top 100 Independent Albums.Their music has been extraordinarily well received by connoisseurs within the ambient sceneand clearly beyond, since in 2012 they were also commissioned to write the soundtrack tothe independently produced movie ‘The Mansion’ and the theme to ‘ Green Land’ byWanderword in 2018. In addition to their own work, they have actively participated insuccessful collaborations with several other artists, including Magnus Birgersson of SolarFields in a project to compose the music for the Swedish dancer Olof Persson’s ‘Fusion’performance in 1999.

Johannes and Daniel aim to combine earth and space in their music. Using the combinationof nature and technology as the main inspiration for their work, they like to represent boththe positive and negative effects that this collaboration can lead to, including the negativeimpact that incorrect technology can have on the environment. Johannes often creates thebuilding blocks of sounds and harmonies and could happily tweak sounds forever, whereasDaniel develops the rhythms and sculpts the ideas into tracks. It remains unclear which ofthem derives the greatest pleasure from manipulating the distinctive, squelching sounds ofthe Roland TB-303.

CBL are frequently present among the headliners of the biggest Psytrance festivals acrossEurope and have done many shows in Russia and even USA and Australia.
In 2009 they performed at ‘Cosmonova’, the Planetarium within Stockholm’s Museum ofNatural History, with a backdrop of nature inspired imagery from across the world and thenbeyond too, with the International Space Station taking an impromptu tour of the SolarSystem. The gig sold out way in advance, so they scheduled another night, which also soldout. Those who attended will readily attest to an unforgettable experience. They did anotherfour sold out shows in 2014. In 2018 they did a show in the Moscow Planetarium. The ticketswas sold out in less than 14 hours. The Russian tours of 2018, 2019 and 2020 made somenoise in Russia and was covered by TASS and Aeroflot magazine.

Upcomming gigs

Nantes

Psynonima in Nantes - 05 July to 06 July

Moscow

Giuseppe in Moscow - 25 January to 27 January

Vienna

Carbon Based Lifeforms in Vienna - 03 December

Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde near Dortmund

Giuseppe in Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde near Dortmund - 19 April

Tel Aviv

Emok in Tel Aviv - 21 October

Guadalajara

Psynonima in Guadalajara - 11 November

Moscow

Astral Projection in Moscow - 10 August

Tel Aviv

Libra in Tel Aviv - 06 October to 07 October

Tel Aviv

Astral Projection in Tel Aviv - 06 October to 07 October

Mexico

Psynonima in Mexico - 18 November

Trimmelkam

Bliss in Trimmelkam - 18 November

Guatemala

Psynonima in Guatemala - 04 November

Sao Paulo

Bliss in Sao Paulo - 01 December to 03 December

Tallinn

Carbon Based Lifeforms in Tallinn - 01 December

Riga

Carbon Based Lifeforms in Riga - 02 December

Berlin

Carbon Based Lifeforms in Berlin - 04 December

Bern

Rising Dust in Bern - 21 September

Moscow

Giuseppe in Moscow - 27 January

Copenhagen

Freq in Copenhagen - 05 October

Enschede

NoFace in Enschede - 02 December

Innsbruck

Psynonima in Innsbruck - 01 December

Innsbruck

Psynonima in Innsbruck - 01 December

Hamburg

Rising Dust in Hamburg - 30 September

Vagator

Rising Dust in Vagator - 01 October

Belo Horizonte

Aardvarkk in Belo Horizonte - 07 October

Český Brod

Psynonima in Český Brod - 16 December

Guadalajara

Psynonima in Guadalajara - 18 May

Český Brod

Psynonima in Český Brod - 16 December

Budapest

Rising Dust in Budapest - 18 November

Wetzikon

Rawar in Wetzikon - 30 March

Sao Paulo

Giuseppe in Sao Paulo - 23 September

Tel Aviv

Rawar in Tel Aviv - 29 September to 30 September

Tel Aviv

Giuseppe in Tel Aviv - 29 September to 30 September

Belo Horizonte

Rising Dust in Belo Horizonte - 08 October

Wetzikon

Rawar in Wetzikon - 30 March

Tel Aviv

Rawar in Tel Aviv - 29 September to 30 September

Hamburg

Psynonima in Hamburg - 09 December

Hamburg

Psynonima in Hamburg - 09 December

Matesi

Psynonima in Matesi - 22 September to 25 September

Belo Horizonte

Aardvarkk in Belo Horizonte - 07 October

Hamburg

Braincell in Hamburg - 25 November

Auckland

Rinkadink in Auckland - 31 December

Barcelona

Psynonima in Barcelona - 11 May

Barcelona

Psynonima in Barcelona - 06 July

Sao Paulo

Sphera in Sao Paulo - 06 October to 15 October

Guadalajara

Psynonima in Guadalajara - 18 May

Hannover

Giuseppe in Hannover - 09 December

Bern

Nuky in Bern - 11 November

Bern

Psynonima in Bern - 02 December

Barcelona

Psynonima in Barcelona - 11 May

Barcelona

Psynonima in Barcelona - 06 July

Toronto

Giuseppe in Toronto - 04 November

Sydney

Sphera in Sydney - 31 December

Tel Aviv

Libra in Tel Aviv - 06 October to 07 October

Tel Aviv

Astral Projection in Tel Aviv - 06 October to 07 October

Tel Aviv

NoFace in Tel Aviv - 06 October to 07 October

Himachal Pradesh

Rising Dust in Himachal Pradesh - 23 October to 31 October

Mexico

Protonica in Mexico - 30 September

Buenos Aires

Bliss in Buenos Aires - 13 October

Sao Paulo

Bliss in Sao Paulo - 14 October to 16 October

Barcelona

Psynonima in Barcelona - 26 August

Sao Paulo

Emok in Sao Paulo - 29 December to 02 January

Hamburg

Astral Projection in Hamburg - 16 March

Freiburg

Bliss in Freiburg - 20 July

Stockholm

Carbon Based Lifeforms in Stockholm - 26 August

Copenhagen

Protonica in Copenhagen - 13 October

Copenhagen

Emok in Copenhagen - 13 October

Barcelona

Psynonima in Barcelona - 26 August

Guatemala

Psynonima in Guatemala - 04 November

Mexico

Psynonima in Mexico - 18 November

Hamburg

Astral Projection in Hamburg - 16 March

Athens

Asura in Athens - 21 October

Buenos Aires

Bliss in Buenos Aires - 13 October

Freiburg

Bliss in Freiburg - 20 July

Hannover

Giuseppe in Hannover - 09 December

Copenhagen

Protonica in Copenhagen - 03 August

Copenhagen

Emok in Copenhagen - 03 August

Lisbon

NoFace in Lisbon - 18 August to 19 August

Lisbon

NoFace in Lisbon - 18 August to 19 August

Tel Aviv

Emok in Tel Aviv - 21 October

Hamburg

Bliss in Hamburg - 09 December

Enschede

NoFace in Enschede - 02 December

Belo Horizonte

Rising Dust in Belo Horizonte - 06 October to 08 October

Sao Paulo

Rising Dust in Sao Paulo - 01 December to 04 December

VICTORIA

Silent Sphere in VICTORIA - 09 March

VICTORIA

Braincell in VICTORIA - 09 March

Sydney

Arjuna in Sydney - 24 November

Sydney

Arjuna in Sydney - 24 November

Tel Aviv

Emok in Tel Aviv - 15 December to 16 December

Blievenstorf

Psynonima in Blievenstorf - 04 August

Barcelona

Psynonima in Barcelona - 15 December

Rotterdam

Dirty Saffi in Rotterdam - 06 April

Hamburg

Rising Dust in Hamburg - 30 September

Eldena

Braincell in Eldena - 31 August to 04 September

Eldena

Herrhausen & Treindl in Eldena - 31 August to 04 September

Eldena

Rising Dust in Eldena - 31 August to 04 September

Eldena

Rinkadink in Eldena - 31 August to 04 September

Eldena

Psynonima in Eldena - 31 August to 04 September

Eldena

Protonica in Eldena - 31 August to 04 September

Eldena

Giuseppe in Eldena - 31 August to 04 September