Vacuum (band)

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Vacuum is a Swedish synth pop musical group formed in 1996 by Alexander Bard.

The history of the group can be divided into two distinct parts: before the departure of the group's leader Alexander Bard in 1999 and after his departure, since which the singer Mattias Lindblom has become the group's new leader. The first two full albums of 1997 and 1998 were characterized by classical music influences and socially-, policically- and even astronomically-themed lyrics, which are very unusual for synth pop music; the 2004 album Your Whole Life is Leading Up to This, written by Lindblom, steered away from synth pop to trance/techno and personal lyrics dealing with love and the meaning of life.

Discography

Full albums:

• The Plutonium Cathedral (1997)
• Seance at the Chaebol (1998)
• Your Whole Life is Leading Up to This (2004)

Compilations:

• Culture of Night (2000, three new tracks)
• Culture of Night 2002 (2002, two new tracks)

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)

Line-up

• Mattias Lindblom - vocals
• Anders Wollbeck - keyboards, guitars, programming

Ex-members:

• Marina Schiptjenko - synthesizers
• Alexander Bard - bass, computers