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Blue Foundation

Musical group

Blue Foundation is a Danish band. Their cinematic dream pop, shoegaze and electronics inspired compositions are known for being featured in films such as Twilight and Miami Vice, and on television series including CSI: Miami and The Vampire Diaries.

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Blue Foundation
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Blue Foundation
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a band
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2000
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1 song

File card: Blue Foundation

members: Tobias Wilner, Bo Rande

formed in: Prospect Heights, Copenhagen

labels: Moshi Moshi Records

genres: trip hop

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History

Blue Foundation was founded in 2000 in Copenhagen and grew out of the musical collaboration between Tobias Wilner, aka Bichi, his brother Anders Mannov Bertram, and Kirstine Stubbe Teglbjærg. Tobias Wilner, the band's primary driving force and captain, came up with the name Blue Foundation in 1999.

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Influences

When Blue Foundation started out they were influenced by bands like My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, Broadcast, Faust, DJ Krush, Friction and Can.

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Danish cinematic dream pop, shoegaze and electronics band centered around singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Tobias Wilner Wilner founded the group in 2000, inspired by Mark E. Smith's approach to forming a band (the Fall), recruiting a rotating cast of traditional musicians throughout the band's history to inspire creativity. Today the band is based in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn and Copenhagen, Denmark. Since 2008 their line-up has consisted of Tobias Wilner (producer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist) and Bo Rande (producer, multi-instrumentalist). Blue Foundation has gained major recognition with the remix of their song "Eyes on Fire" by Zeds Dead with more than 80 million plays on YouTube. Blue Foundation is sampled by Lil Durk featuring French Montana on his track "Fly High", Young Thug's song "She Noticed". Blue Foundation released their fifth album "Blood Moon" worldwide September 2. 2016. The album features appearances from Mark Kozelek (Sun Kill Moon/ Red House Painters), Erika Spring (Au Revoir Simone/ Nice As Fuck), Jonas Bjerre (Mew), Sonya Kitchell, Sara Savery (aka Drop the Gun) and Findlay Brown and is out on Dead People's Choice Records. Blue Foundatio Also known as: B.F., The Blue Foundation From Discogs (free to use). Their entry

Liner notes

Blue Foundation, the records, oldest first
  1. Wiseguy & Hollywoord
    2000 album
  2. Blue Foundation
    2001 album
  3. As I Moved On
    2003 ep
  4. Sweep of Days
    2004 album
  5. Dead People's Choice
    2006 album
  6. Life of a Ghost
    2007 album
  7. Tankograd Soundtrack
    2011 album
  8. In My Mind I Am Free
    2012 album
  9. Blood Moon
    2016 album
  10. Silent Dream (Beats & Instrumentals)
    2019 album
  11. Close to the Knife
    2025 album
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Blue Foundation on the air

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  1. Eyes On Fire

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