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Lars Christian Karlsson (born 14 July 1975), also known by his stage name Bloodshy, is a Swedish DJ, percussionist, record producer and
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er known for his work with the musical groups Bloodshy and Avant,
Miike Snow Miike Snow ( ) is a Swedish indie pop band formed in 2007. The band consists of producing team Bloodshy & Avant and American singer Andrew Wyatt. The band is often represented by a silhouette image of a jackalope. In their career, the band has re ...
,
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, and
Galantis Galantis is a Swedish electronic music act consisting of producer Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson. Formerly, they were a duo, alongside rising musician Style of Eye, until he decided to part ways with the project shortly after their second albu ...
. He started his international music career as one half of the
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duo
Bloodshy & Avant Bloodshy & Avant are a Swedish songwriting and record producer, production duo consisting of Christian Karlsson (DJ), Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson and Pontus "Avant" Winnberg. They have worked with many prominent artists, including Britney Spears ...
with
Pontus Winnberg Bloodshy & Avant are a Swedish songwriting and production duo consisting of Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson and Pontus "Avant" Winnberg. They have worked with many prominent artists, including Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, Ms. Dynamite, Madonna, ...
, producing and co-writing tracks for
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such as
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, BoA,
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, and
Katy Perry Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. She is one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists in hist ...
. Bloodshy & Avant notably co-wrote and produced
Britney Spears Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Often referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she has sold over 150 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. Cultural impact of Brit ...
' single "
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", which earned them a
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for
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in 2005. While continuing to work with Bloodshy and Avant, Karlsson also became a member of the
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band Miike Snow around 2007. ''
Miike Snow Miike Snow ( ) is a Swedish indie pop band formed in 2007. The band consists of producing team Bloodshy & Avant and American singer Andrew Wyatt. The band is often represented by a silhouette image of a jackalope. In their career, the band has re ...
'', the group's debut album, was released in 2009, and peaked at number 11 on the
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chart in the United States. Miike Snow won the 2011
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, and their second album '' Happy to You'' reached No. 1 on the Belgian Heatseekers Albums Chart and 43 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Karlsson is also a member of a band called Galantis together with Linus Eklöw. Their debut self-titled EP ''
Galantis Galantis is a Swedish electronic music act consisting of producer Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson. Formerly, they were a duo, alongside rising musician Style of Eye, until he decided to part ways with the project shortly after their second albu ...
'' was released on 1 April 2014, and they debuted their live show at
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two weeks later. The duo won Coachella 2014's Best Dance Music Moment from ''Billboard'', beating
Calvin Harris Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris (and sometimes under the stage name Love Regenerator), is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. His debut studio album, ''I Created Disco'' (2007 ...
and
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with 52% of the vote. Galantis had international success with their single " Runaway (U & I)" in October 2014, which received a nomination for
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at the
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. Galantis released their debut album ''
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'' on 8 June 2015, and that year the duo was named Best Breakthrough Artist at the
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. Karlsson continues to tour with both Galantis and Miike Snow, the latter of which released their third album, '' iii'', in March 2016.


Early life

Christian Karlsson began focusing on music at age thirteen, recollecting "I come from
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culture, so it was
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, and I got into
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when hip hop got into skateboarding. I had never done anything else but music." He began working in the studio mixing and producing music as a teenager, and held stints with Swedish pop groups such as Goldmine, who at one point opened for the
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.


Music career


Bloodshy and Avant singles (2000–2005)

Early in his music career, Bloodshy began working with his childhood friend
Pontus Winnberg Bloodshy & Avant are a Swedish songwriting and production duo consisting of Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson and Pontus "Avant" Winnberg. They have worked with many prominent artists, including Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, Ms. Dynamite, Madonna, ...
on
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and
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. Karlsson adopted the moniker Bloodshy, and began working avidly on songwriting and producing with Winnberg as Bloodshy and Avant. The duo scored their first success working with American singer-songwriter
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for her late 2001 début album. The duo were then commissioned to work with English
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group
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. Their subsequent collaboration with
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resulted in several tracks on her 2002 album ''
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'', including her hit début single, " It Takes More". Bloodshy and Avant co-wrote and produced two songs on
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' 2003 album ''
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'': "Showdown", and the hit single, "
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", which two years later won at the 47th Grammy Awards as
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, also winning a 2005
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for most performed song. Bloodshy and Avant subsequently produced all three new songs on Spears' 2004 '' Greatest Hits: My Prerogative'', and also produced the theme song for her '' Britney & Kevin: Chaotic'' reality series in 2005. After working with Spears, the duo continued to work with high-profile pop stars such as
Katy Perry Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. She is one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists in hist ...
,
Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Frequently referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Princess of Pop", she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and fas ...
, and
Sky Ferreira Sky Tonia Ferreira (; born July 8, 1992) is an American singer-songwriter, model, and actress. As a teenager, Ferreira began uploading videos on Myspace of herself singing songs she had written, which led to her discovery by producers Bloodsh ...
. In 2005, Bloodshy and Avant co-wrote and co-produced two tracks with
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for her ''Confessions on a Dance Floor'' album. They also produced tracks for Ms. Dynamite's 2005 release ''
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''. Bloodshy and Avant worked with Spears on her album '' Blackout'' in 2007, collaborating on songs such as " Piece of Me" and "
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". In 2007, for
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's 10th studio album '' X'', Bloodshy and Avant co-wrote and produced songs such as "
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". Bloodshy and Avant again helped Spears on her 2008 album ''
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'', producing tracks such as " Unusual You". Also that year, Bloodshy and Avant produced few songs for South Korean pop star BoA's English début '' BoA'', and the following year they produced "Chocolate Love" for the
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girl groups
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and f(x).


Miike Snow and INGRID (2008–2012)

Bloodshy and Avant encountered and befriended American vocalist
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in 2007, formulating the idea for a future collaboration. Bloodshy and Avant soon formed the band
Miike Snow Miike Snow ( ) is a Swedish indie pop band formed in 2007. The band consists of producing team Bloodshy & Avant and American singer Andrew Wyatt. The band is often represented by a silhouette image of a jackalope. In their career, the band has re ...
with Wyatt, and ''
Miike Snow Miike Snow ( ) is a Swedish indie pop band formed in 2007. The band consists of producing team Bloodshy & Avant and American singer Andrew Wyatt. The band is often represented by a silhouette image of a jackalope. In their career, the band has re ...
'', the group's debut album, was released in 2009. The first single to be taken from the album was the electro-pop "
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", released on 17 February 2009. " Black & Blue", the album's second single, was released on 15 October 2009, while the third single " Silvia" was released on 22 January 2010 in the UK. The album peaked on number 11 on the
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chart in the United States. Continuing to mix and perform with Bloodshy and Avant while with Miike Snow, in 2010 Karlsson worked with
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to produce singles like "
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", which was released in August. In 2011, Karlsson alone co-produced two songs for Britney Spears' 7th studio album ''
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'', "How I Roll" and "Trip to Your Heart". In July 2011, Karlsson co-founded the Swedish artist collective and record label
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along with Miike Snow,
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,
Lykke Li Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson (born 18 March 1986), known as Lykke Li (), is a Swedish singer, songwriter, model and actress. Her music often blends elements of indie pop, dream pop and Electronic music, electronic. Her debut studio album, ''Youth ...
, Coco Morier and
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. Beyond INGRID, Bloodshy and Avant own Studio Robotberget, a studio based in Stockholm. They also run a label called Ändersson with signed artists and musicians including Little Majorette,
Sky Ferreira Sky Tonia Ferreira (; born July 8, 1992) is an American singer-songwriter, model, and actress. As a teenager, Ferreira began uploading videos on Myspace of herself singing songs she had written, which led to her discovery by producers Bloodsh ...
and Meadow. Miike Snow won the 2011
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. On 24 January 2012, Miike Snow released "Black Tin Box", a collaboration with Swedish singer
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. On 13 March 2012, Miike Snow released their second album '' Happy to You''. It met with a largely positive response in publications such as
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''
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'', and ''
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'', with a mixed review from
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. It charted well, reaching No. 1 on the Belgian Heatseekers Albums Chart and 43 on the ''Billboard'' 200.


Founding Galantis and "Smile" (2013)

Karlsson is a member of a band called
Galantis Galantis is a Swedish electronic music act consisting of producer Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson. Formerly, they were a duo, alongside rising musician Style of Eye, until he decided to part ways with the project shortly after their second albu ...
together with Linus Eklöw, which they formed around 2013. Karlsson and Eklöw had first met by chance at Karlsson's Robotberget studios in
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, sometime in 2007. In 2009, Miike Snow asked Eklöw to remix their song "
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". Afterwards Karlsson and Eklöw, both based in Sweden, started hanging out in the studio together, playing each other songs and scraps of ideas. In 2012 they stopped the loop-based and software-centric approach, switching to Karlsson's usual method of beginning a song on guitar or piano. "We keep the song naked, and when we feel like we have the right one, we put some clothes on it and see how it feels", says Karlsson. Christian and Eklöw said: "when we started Galantis, we set out to challenge each other and experiment with all of the sounds and ideas that we find exciting. We built a studio on a small island in the Baltic Sea and our surroundings became a source of inspiration." Galantis signed to
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' dance imprint Big Beat Records in mid-2013. Their first single with Big Beat Records, "Smile", was released that following November. As the first composition they agreed upon, "Smile" received several remixes from various artists, and an extended mix by
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. "Smile" has also been featured by
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,
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, Tiesto, Dada Life,
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, and
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, who featured it as an Essential Tune. Its controversial video premiered on
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, and featured the first instance of the "Seafox", a band mascot created by visual artist
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.


''Galantis'' EP and touring (2014)

In February 2014, the duo released their second single "
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". The track was subsequently played heavily at
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, becoming the 8th most Shazamed track at the festival. Their debut self-titled EP ''
Galantis Galantis is a Swedish electronic music act consisting of producer Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson. Formerly, they were a duo, alongside rising musician Style of Eye, until he decided to part ways with the project shortly after their second albu ...
'' was released on April 1, 2014. Galantis debuted their live show at
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on April 12, 2014, about two weeks after they released their debut EP. In a ''Billboard'' Poll asking fans to vote on Coachella 2014's Best Dance Music Moment, Galantis beat
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,
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,
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,
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and Girl Talk with 52% of the vote. Their debut performance garnered praise from ''Dancing Astronaut'', ''
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'' and ''Billboard'', among other publications. Galantis has had international success with their single " Runaway (U & I)", which debuted on 5 October 2014. ''
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'' opined that the song was "riding high on unapologetically major-key synths and pitched-up vocals", also writing "the summer anthem added an organic touch to the undeniable earworm qualities of the best Scandinavian pop." The song reached the top of
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's Global and US Viral charts and became a top 10 Spotify track in the Netherlands, Belgium and Finland. In America, the track peaked at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Twitter Emerging Artists chart, and ''Billboard'' ranked the song at number five on its "The 10 Best Electronic/Dance Songs of 2014" list. Furthermore, "Runaway (U & I)" received a nomination for
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at the
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, receiving a second Grammy nomination as well.


''Pharmacy'' and singles (2015–16)

Galantis released the single " Gold Dust" on 19 February 2015 through
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, which reached number 1 on Hype Machine's Popular Chart. In April 2015, Galantis released their single " Peanut Butter Jelly", which ''
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'' called a "retro, funky slice of
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revival, with the kind of unforgettable, sing-along vocal hook destined for clubs, parties and spin classes." ''
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'' magazine wrote that the "infectious" track "samples the 1960s soul singer Bettye Swann, lending major retro vibes to its pulsing contemporary beat." On May 21, 2015 Galantis began their summer tour in support of ''Pharmacy'', which ended on August 6, 2015. There were 22 dates on the tour in total, with various performances in multiple continents including Europe and North America. Galantis released their debut album ''
Pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medication, medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it ...
'' on June 8, 2015. The duo uploaded each song to their
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channel with alternate artworks for each track. Karlsson was touring with Galantis at the end of 2015 as well, with plans to hit venues in
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and other North American cities. In 2015, Galantis was named Best Breakthrough Artist at the
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. On March 4, 2016, Miike Snow released '' iii''. With the band, Karlsson performed singles from the album on ''
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'' on March 1, 2016. In addition, the band announced a tour in 2016 to promote the album, to take place from March 3, 2016 to July 29, 2016. Specific dates included
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,
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, the
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and
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, as well as others.


Style and equipment

Karlsson is known for writing and producing a mixture of
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,
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, and other
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. He uses similar approaches in his different musical groups, stating that with
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, they "always start with the song. We use guitar, piano, and bass lines we don't keep to figure out which clothes we're going to put on each melody and lyric. I think that's different than a lot of others in the dance scene. They have a beat they love and then force a top line on top of it." Karlsson furthermore stated that with Galantis, "A Galantis song sometimes has been only on a piano for two years before we even start putting a
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in it ... there's no Galantis song that starts with a beat or a track."


Personal life

As of 2016, Karlsson is based in
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with his family. He was diagnosed with
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as an adult, and his condition is the main focus of the 2023 Galantis single "Bang Bang! (My Neurodivergent Anthem)".


Awards and nominations


Discography


With Bloodshy and Avant


With Miike Snow

* ''
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'' (2009) * '' Happy to You'' (2012) * '' iii'' (2016)


With INGRID

*'' Hearts Beating Weak'' (2012)


With Galantis

* '' Galantis EP'' (2014) * ''
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'' (2015)


Further reading

* * * * * * * * ;Discographies
Christian Karlsson
at
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References


External links


WeAreGalantis.comMiikeSnow.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karlsson, Christian 1975 births Galantis members Grammy Award winners Living people Miike Snow members Musicians with disabilities People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Swedish electronic dance music DJs Swedish expatriates in Thailand Swedish people with disabilities Swedish remixers People from Västervik Municipality Musicians from Kalmar County