William Johansson
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| William Johansson | |
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 William Johansson in 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Peder William Christopher Johansson |
| Born | January 21, 1988 |
| Origin | Borlänge, Dalarna, Sweden  |
| Genre(s) | Synth, Minimal, Ambient, Electropop |
| Occupation(s) | Artist Actor Scriptwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Synthesizer Vocals Piano |
| Years active | 1994-present |
| Associated acts | Sywnthkrawft (2005-2007) Dare Criminals (2000-2007) Borlange All-Stars (2004-2006) DJ WeeJay (2002-2005) Super Synth Farmacia (1998-2002, 2005) |
William Johansson (born January 21, 1988) is a Swedish artist & composer. He mostly creates music in the minimalist & synth genre.
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[edit] Music career
He started out as a solo pianist in 1994 (only 6 years old) playing at different events and later he 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 was also featured in the group Dare Criminals and between 2004-2006 he was a member 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 so he retired the character. He've started to work on a new album called "Reality After Midnight", which will be more similar to Sywnthkrawfts music than his previous solo albums. The album will also feature vocals by himself and some guest artists.
[edit] Sywnthkrawft
In 2005 Willam decided to create the band Sywnthkrawft together with Gustav Jacobsson, Viktor Jacobsson and Daniel Thyberg (who later left the group). Between 2005 and 2007, they released three albums and three singles.
Although their inital sound was ambient inspired, Sywnthkrawft soon switched to a more instrumental synthpop influenced sound. They gained some success with the single, The Photographer's Exceptional Pictures for Body and Mind. On 8 March 2007, it debuted on #1 on the Swedish chart Dalatoppen and held its position for 7 weeks. Their last album, Goodbye, Spaceblade (Re-recorded), were released only weeks before they embarked on a hiatus even though a new album (SK3 - The Space Musical) were in production and planned for a 2008 release.
While never formally breaking up, after Goodbye, Spaceblade (Re-recorded), William decided to concentrate on his solo project. As time went by William increasingly dismissed the possibility of reforming the band, since the three remaining members don't talk with each other any more. [1]
[edit] Acting career
Recently he was reported to be the scriptwriter and director for the theatre Dalaspexet (see Spex (theatre))",[2] His first musical/play will be called 69: Det Stora Svenska Rymdprojektet - en riktig metamorfos (69: The Big Swedish Spaceproject - A real metamorphosis) and revolve around the moon landing, made in 1969.[3]. This play will feature Hans Villius as narrator.
During the autumn of 2007 he were involved with the Swedish musical Sabinas Fall. In 2008 he became a producer for the movie: The 1 Second Film. [4].
[edit] Discography
[edit] Solo
| Album | Year | Genre |
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| La Sélection de William Johansson | 1997 | |
| Post Inferno Soundtrack | 2005 | Synth-Minimal |
| Reincarnation | 2006 | Synth-Minimal |
| Contempt of Death | 2006 | Synth-Minimal |
| The Eternal Struggle | 2006 | Ambient |
| Hugsjón | 2007 | Ambient |
| Reality After Midnight | 2008 | |
| Singles | Year | Genre |
| Millennium | 2005 | Synth |
| Freakshow | 2005 | Synth |
| Andromeda's Christmas Eve | 2005 | |
| Post Inferno | 2006 | Synth-Minimal |
| Inscrutable Inhumation of the Apocalypse | 2006 | Synth-Minimal |
| The Path of Schweden | 2006 | |
| 060606 | 2006 | Minimal |
| Party as if you were Lindsay Lohan | 2008 | Electropop |
| EP | Year | Genre |
| 4 Pianokompositioner | 1995 | |
| Stehplatz.81 | 2005 | Synth |
[edit] Notes
- ^ "This years scriptwriter'", Dalademokraten, 2007-04-15. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
- ^ "Scriptwriter revealed'", Dalaspexet, 2007-10-07. Retrieved on 2007-10-07.
- ^ "This years scriptwriter'", Dalademokraten, 2007-04-15. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
- ^ "William Johansson - The 1 Second Film Ad'", 2008-03-30. Retrieved on 2008-03-30.
