Tråd is a Swedish

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duo from Stockholm, formed in 2011. The band consists of Niklas Swanberg and Frank Wagnerius, and their music uses compressed live drums,

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vocals,

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s and many layers of arpeggio loops. Swanberg is a sound designer and has written music for stage performances, theaters and movies. He has often worked with deep bass sounds, aiming to make the music accessible to a deaf as well as hearing audience. Tråd was initiated as a creative project to combine Swanberg's enthusiasm for deep bass and 8-bit video game tunes. In the summer of 2012, the drummer Frank Wagnerius joined.Tobiasson, Frid

'' Sveriges Television, SVT'', Stockholm, 15 May 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013. Swanberg and Wagnerius met through a mutual friend in 2000. Both were members of the psychedelic rock band

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, who recorded and released an album in 2009. In 2015, Tråd composed the soundtrack for the horror video game '' Sylvio''.

Discography

* ''Thunder Vowels'' (album, 2013)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trad) Swedish synthpop groups Swedish dance music groups Electronic music duos Musical groups established in 2011 2011 establishments in Sweden Musical groups from Stockholm