Torbjörn "Ebbot" Lundberg (born 26 February 1966 in
Västerås
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)
[''(In)visible Dialogues'', 2011, p. 170. Published by Dent-de-Leone. .] is a Swedish artist, songwriter and music producer who lives in
Gothenburg
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, Sweden. From 1995 to 2012, he was the lead singer of
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
The Soundtrack of Our Lives, often abbreviated T.S.O.O.L., are a Swedish rock band that formed in Gothenburg in 1995 and disbanded in 2012, before reuniting again in 2023. The band's style draws heavily from sixties and seventies rock and punk, ...
‚ which he co-founded with Björn Olsson and Ian Person. Lundberg was one of the founding members of the rock band
Union Carbide Productions that was active 1986–1993. He has also worked as a producer a large number of bands like The Loons, Nymphet Noodlers,
Nicolai Dunger, Onkel Kånkel, and Zoobox. He has made appearances or collaborated with
Jane Birkin
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A native of London, Birkin began her career as an actress, ...
,
Turbonegro
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History
Early years (19 ...
,
Nina Persson
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,
The Cardigans
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,
Teddybears, Trummor & Orgel and
Olle Ljungström
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. He has appeared on the ''
Late Show with David Letterman
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'', ''
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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'', ''
Later... with Jools Holland'' and ''
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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''.
In 2012 he released his first solo album entitled ''There's Only One of Us Here''. It is a 43-minute long, uninterrupted opus that was originally created in 2011 for the art project
(In)Visible Dialogues organized by
Per Hüttner and
Elias Arnér
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.
Discography
Solo albums
* 2012: ''There's Only One of Us Here'' (Kning Disk)
* 2013: ''On The Other Side Of Light'' (Subliminal Sounds), with The New Alchemy including artist Per Svensson. (
Per Svensson
/small>)
* 2016: ''For the Ages to Come'' (Akashic Records), with The Indigo Children.
With The Soundtrack of Our Lives
* 1996: ''Welcome to the Infant Freebase
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The album was originally conceived as a double album, but their record company disagreed.
It includes the singles "Instant Repeater '99", ...
'' (Telegram Records)
* 1998: '''' (Telegram Records)
* 2001: ''Behind the Music
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'' (Telegram Records)
* 2004: '' Origin Vol. 1'' (Telegram Records)
* 2008: '' Communion'' (Telegram Records)
* 2012: '' Throw It to the Universe'' (Telegram Records)
With Union Carbide Productions
* 1987: ''In the Air Tonight'' (Radium Records)
* 1989: ''Financially Dissatisfied, Philosophically Trying'' (Radium Records)
* 1991: ''From Influence to Ignorance'' (Radium Records)
* 1992: ''Swing'' (Radium Records)
With 5 Billion in Diamonds
* 2017: ''5 Billion in Diamonds'' (100% Records)
* 2020: ''Divine Accidents'' (Make Records)
References
1966 births
Living people
Swedish male singers
English-language singers from Sweden
People from Västerås
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