Johan Tommy Karlsson (born April 10, 1976 in

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) is a Swedish

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/ electropop artist who uses the alias Familjen (, "The Family").

Biography

Karlsson grew up in

, Skåne (the same town as fellow electronica producers

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and Stefan Thor (Folie)), but is currently based in

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. In his youth as a synthpop fan he also formed bands with Sophie Rimheden from nearby

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and joined the industrial act Morticians with Stefan Thor and Andreas Rimheden. Karlsson has previously produced Swedish indie band David & the Citizens. Karlsson describes his music as

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: ''"I'm pretty fed up with guitar - Indie and techno can get a bit monotone after a while."'' All his lyrics are in

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, or the southern dialect of Scanian to be more precise. He performs live with Andreas Tilliander on synthesizer. Both the album and the single ''Det snurrar i min skalle'' are released on Tellé in Norway, the same label as

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and

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. Creative Vibes Recordings released the album in Australia in 2008. In October 2007 Familjen won the Swedish web-based music competition ''Rampmusic'' (competitions were also held in Norway and Denmark). Some unexpected help came from the

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community

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, who on their website encouraged their visitors to vote for him (without Karlsson's knowledge). Both music videos directed by Karlsson feature a previously shown image overlaid with a hand-drawn heart for the last few seconds. In 2015 he produced the ...Baby One More Time-single by the

singer

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, a cover of Britney Spears's hit song released in 1998.

Discography

Albums

* 2007: ''Det snurrar i min skalle'' * 2008: ''Huvudet i sanden'' * 2010: ''Mänskligheten'' * 2012: ''Allt På Rött'' * 2018: ''Kom''

EP

* 2006: ''Familjen EP'' on Adrian Recordings

Singles

* 2006: "Första/Sista" on Adrian Recordings * 2006: "Hög luft" on Adrian Recordings / HybrisHög luft
* 2007: "Kom säger dom" on Adrian Recordings / Hybris * 2007: " Det snurrar i min skalle" on Adrian Recordings / Hybris / A:Larm (Denmark) / Tellé (Norway) /

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(Australia) * 2007: "Huvudet i sanden" on Adrian Recordings / Hybris / Tellé * 2010: "När planeterna stannat" on Adrian Recordings / Hybris ;Others * 2014: Göra slut med gud (from ''

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'' - Season 5 -

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Day) * 2014: Regn hos mig (from ''

'' - Season 5 -

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Day)

Videos

* 2007: "Det snurrar i min skalle" (English translation: "My mind is spinning") Directed by Johan Söderberg. The video was named by

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Biography

Discography

Albums

EP

Singles

Videos

See also

References

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