William Johansson

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William Johansson
William (in the middle) performing together with Sywnthkrawft
Background information
Birth name	Peder William Christopher Johansson
Also known as	Sir Killiam
Born	January 18, 1988 (age 19) Borlänge, Dalarna, Sweden
Genre(s)	Synth, Minimal, Ambient
Occupation(s)	artist, actor
Instrument(s)	Keyboard, Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer
Years active	1994-present
Associated acts	Sywnthkrawft

William Johansson (born January 21, 1988) is a Swedish artist & composer. He mostly creates music in the minimalist genre. But in new found tapes from the 90's he's playing piano based music. Also on his EP "Stehplatz.81" he's playing music inspired by synth music. He changed his style of music (solo career) during the album Post Inferno Soundtracks when it became more minimal/ambient oriented. In the late 2006 he changed genre again from more minimalistic music (albums: Post Inferno Soundtrack, Reincarnation and Contempt of Death) to ambient music (The Eternal Struggle). It was said that his new album, Hugsjón, were going to be released in December 2006. But the release was postponed to January 1 2007. The album is one in an upcoming trilogy of ambient albums.

He started out as a solo pianist in 1994 (only 6 years old) playing at different events and started to take piano lessons. Later he became a part of Super Synth Farmacia, a group which made songs on computers and toy keyboards. Later in 2002 they disbanded.

He is also featured in the group Dare Criminals and Sywnthkrawft (Synth). And he is also in a music collective called Borlange All-Stars. In 2006 Borlange All-Stars disbanded because they couldn't find anything more to express through their music.

Also William's interest in his alter ego, DJ WeeJay, came to an end in 2005 when he decided to send his character to outer space never to return. But there is still one known track called "Overdose" which have not been released yet.

William will compete (in the group Sywnthkrawft) in the Swedish competition Garagerocken 2006.

[edit] Discography

• Solo

Albums
4 Pianokompositioner, EP (1995)
La Sélection de William Johansson, album (1997)
Stehplatz.81, EP (2005)
Post Inferno Soundtrack, album (2005)
Reincarnation, album (2006)
Contempt of Death, album (2006)
The Eternal Struggle, album (2006)
Hugsjón, album (2007)

Singles
Millennium, CDS (2005)
Freakshow, CDS (2005)
Andromeda's Christmas Eve, CDS (2005)
Post Inferno, CDM (2006)
Inscrutable Inhumation of the Apocalypse, CDS (2006)
The Path of Schweden, CDS (2006)
060606, CDS (2006)

• Sywnthkrawft (2005-present)

Approaching Atmosphere, CDS (2005)
Approaching Atmosphere, musicvideo (2005)
Cornea, album (2006)
Chaos at Caoz, live-album (2006)
Making Adjustments, CDS (2006)
The Photographer's Exceptional Pictures for Body and Mind, CDM (2006)
Tuxedo Junction, live-album (2006)

• Dare Criminals (2000-present)

Dare Criminals is a rap group consisting of the three friends Viktor, Gustav and William. They crossover a lot of genres and they've also made 3 albums with Christmas carols. A new single is due to be released sometime in late January (It's rumored to feature PK Boss)

The Christmas Show with William, Gustav & Viktor, album (2004)
Words of Destruction, CDS (2004)
The Christmas Show 2004, album (2004)
The Extravagant Christmas Show, album (2005)
1080, CDS feat. PK Boss (2007)

• Borlange All-Stars (2004-2006)

Eye of tha Tigris, CDS (2004)
The Summer Kiss, CDS (2005)

• DJ WeeJay (2002-2005)

DJ WeeJay is one of William's alter ego. DJ WeeJay makes strange Techno inspired music. After the loss of interest William decided to let DJ WeeJay "disappear" by sending him out to space.

Galactic Meltdown, album (2004)
Outerworld in 280bpm, musicvideo (2005)
Prelude to Rewas Empire, CDM (2005)

• Super Synth Farmacia (1998-2002, 2005)

Super Synth Farmacia was a group that made music using computers and released their music through midi files. They disbanded in 2002 but then had a short reunion in 2005 (when they recorded 2 new songs released on their re-issue of the first album.

Hospital Vitamin, album (2002)
Hospital Vitamin (Re-Issue), album (2005)