Carbon Based Lifeforms (CBL) are Johannes Hedberg and Daniel Vadestrid , both born in 1976 and based in Göteborg, south¬west 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 offshoot from 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 went independent in 2014 To date they have released six official, full length albums and is one of the biggest names in their genre.
CBL aim to combine earth and space in their music. Using the combination of nature and technology as the main inspiration for their work, they like to represent both the positive and negative effects that this collaboration can lead to.
CBL are frequently present among the headliners of the biggest Psytrance festivals across Europe and have done many shows in Russia and even USA and Australia.
Their music is mistic-like. I have listened them three times on the concerts. Twise at the Progresja club at Warsaw (PL) Daniel and Johannes gave a solo show (2019 and 2022) and in the last april at Stodoła club (also at Warsaw, PL) just with the band. It's a magic! Guitars and drums enhanced this magic guys! Greetings from 60 years old fun from Poland. Me and my wife call CBL "the blue jellyfishes" because of the visualisation presented on the 1st concert we heard at Progresja (originated from the cover of the Hydroponic Garden).
Too much focus on the women for my comfort. They’re basically walking liabilities these days. You say one wrong thing to them or get caught accidentally glancing down at their booties u get kicked out of the venue at best or slammed with harassment charges and humiliated all over tiktok at worst. Not worth the risk!
Я как то читал письмо читал на 250, лежу, наушники, вдруг тишина, это пауза между треками, застучали молоточки и я оказался на высоком столе в джунглях, везде были глаза, такая туманная дымка, меня несли на этом столе удивительные животные! Там дальше был слоник, он восседал на троне, у него было много ступней, это был Шива, это точно! Всё это происходило именно под этот трек от Карбонов! Всем мира!
Probably for their GIG the 17-08-24 in Sweden. CBL presents a never-before-experienced performance on an underground stage, in an ancient mining chamber with a ceiling height of forty meters.
Wow. Just perfect. It may be the best set I've ever heard from you CBL. I'm listening and watching people float around the ISS. I think I'm starting to float.
The beautiful transitions were removed for the remaster, along with important elements of the atmosphere. I cannot get used to it. The title track from World of Sleepers especially breaks my heart, but in this case it's the whole album, and what had been one of the finest of its kind ever recorded. Please reissue the original versions.
I know we live in an era where everything is overhyped for attention that is quickly forgotten. so I try to always truly mean what I say, and I can honestly say that this set list is fucking incredible. I am absolutely awestruck.
When they say "we're spiritual beings having a human experience" I tend to think of these kind of events. Also, the way the musicians just move and sway and vibe with their own music on stage reminds me of, I don't know, underwater flora moving with the currents, or plant life "breathing" with the sun going up and down. For all our individuality, we humans are in a sense one single multicellular organism, swaying to this or that tempo, vibrating like strings on a guitar in the hands of some cosmic entity. Sorry if I am rambling, I love CBL so much.
