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Mats Johansson (IB)

About Me

..Throughout his career Mats Johansson has worked as the leading composer, musician and artistic director of independent group Isildurs Bane. A member of the group since 1977, he has toured extensively in Sweden, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Hungary, the Czeck Republic, Holland, Italy, the USA, Canada, Mexico and Portugal. He has produced 12 CD:/LP:s. Mostly his music has been performed live, mainly as public performances or on radio/TV. Over the last 30 years Mats Johansson has composed in a wide range of constellations and collaborations: Theatres, symphonic orchestras, various government funded constellations as well as independent groups. Depending on the type of project, each project has had a purely artistic or pedagogical purpose.

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Member Since: 25/10/2006
Band Members: Isildurs Bane..

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Influences: ....respect & inspiration... Alva Noto, Murcof, Kangding Ray, Kerry Minnear&GG, Pat Mastelotto, Christian Fennesz, IB&Friends, Arve Henriksen, Johann Johannsson, Mick Karn, Luca Calabrese, Franco Feruglio, Christian Saggese, PG, Pamelia Kurstin, Valgeir Sigurdsson, KC, Björn J:son Lindh, Janne Schaffer, Markus Reuter, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jerry Marotta, Mike Keneally, Tom Griesgraber, Brian Eno, Fred Frith, Joris Vanvinckenroye, Bernard Parmegiani, and...Edgar Varèse, Derek Bailey, FZ, Anton Webern, John Cage, ES, Shostakovitch, Stravinskij....and many many more....
Record Label: ATARAXIA MUSIC RED LABEL, Sweden,
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Stick Men (TONY LEVIN, PAT MASTELOTTO & MICHAEL BERNIER - IB Expo 09, November 14

IB EXPO 09, STICK MEN (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto & Michael Bernier)We are please as Swedish punch to announce that none other than Stick Men will join IB for IB Expo 09. For those of you still to fin...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:55:00 GMT

VENUS MACHINA works!

Venus Machina (video, mask and danse performance)directed by Mariana AraozProduced by Collectif Masque, L'Avant Seine-Theatre de Colombes, Isildurs bane and L'Oeil du Baobab.is performed with actresse...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:19:00 GMT

Gentle Giant (Three Friends) in Sweden!

Musikens Hus Göteborg 25 april kl. 20.00
Posted by on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:15:00 GMT

Isildurs Bane on Spotify!

Isildurs Bane on Spotify. Excellent news, IB's CDs are now available for streamed listening at Spotify. Find out more at www.spotify.comWe are in great company as you will see, most of our favourite m...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:39:00 GMT

Glasblåsarens Barn Première, March 28, 2009

Glasblåsarens Barn Première, March 28, 2009More info soon...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:43:00 GMT

Première "Venus Machina" May 2009 - Paris

COLLECTIF MASQUE ET LECSC DES FOSSE-JEANPremière "Venus Machina" May 2009 Paris.More info soon....
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:56:00 GMT

Pamelia Kurstin, Valgeir Sigurdsson on the Swedish Radio

Jan. 13 2009 PAMELIA KURSTIN, Jazz LIVE P2 http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/p2/program/index.asp?programid=3015 &nyheter=1 ...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:40:00 GMT

Mats Johansson - IB to perform music to a play in Paris, Dec 9 - 2008

Mats Johansson - IB to perform music to a play in Paris The Paris based theatre company Sham have comissioned Mats Johansson to compose music for a play called Sham Remixe le Songe dune Nuit dÉte. T...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:25:00 GMT

Photo IB Expo 08 PATRIK LEONARDSSON

Photo IB Expo 08 PATRIK LEONARDSSON www.leonardsson.se
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:44:00 GMT

IBEXPO 08 - PRESSINFO (SW)

IB Expo 08  Facebook möter MySpace, fast på riktigt!Isildurs Bane bjuder för fjärde året i rad in en rad musiker från när och fjärran till Halmstad för att under en veckas tid spela tillsammans, work...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 07:49:00 GMT