trance[]control

Gothenburg · since 1997

Swedish electronic music project of Alexander Carlborg and Andreas Wennersköld. One of the first acts to build a worldwide audience on the internet: number one on MP3.com in 1999, more than ten million downloads, then vinyl, CDs and stages from Colorado to London.

The music Visit the original websites

Releases

Cover of the.demo.cd: a blue and white abstract image with the title the.demo.cd.

Audiographic Moments · 2001

Cover of OUT THERE: red and orange lights scattered over a dark background, the title in white capitals.

OUT THERE · 2002

MISSION 2002 Vol.1 · 2002

MISSION 2002 Vol.2 · 2003

MISSION 2002 Vol.3 · 2003

All 20 releases with their tracklists →

The story

1997
Two cousins in Gothenburg
Alexander Carlborg (DjC) and Andreas Wennersköld (WennE) start producing together as trance[]control. Everything is self-taught and done in-house, from the mixing and mastering to the websites.
1998–1999
Number one on MP3.com
Atomic Dance Explosion is released on MP3.com on 7 November 1998 and reaches number one across all genres in March 1999. In April 1999 alone the band's page has 186,973 visits and 129,165 downloads, the second most popular act on the whole site and the first in Europe. The total passes ten million downloads.
2000–2003
Records and the first stages abroad
Vinyl on SHR, albums on the band's own label, a remix of MOVE's Rage your Dream for Avex Trax in Japan, and the first show in the United States at PLURFEST 2000 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Sony approaches the band about music for the PlayStation 2 game Frequency.
2004–2005
Heaven, London
Sunrise comes out on Massive Trax, the band plays Massive at Heaven in London in November and December 2004, and Heaven, written for those nights, is released on Black Tiger Recordings. In October 2005 the band plays Sacramento, California.