Bloodshy & Avant

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Bloodshy and Avant — это Кристиан Карлссон и Понтус Винберг, музыкальные продюсеры и авторы песен из Швеции. Дуэт работал со многими популярными артистами, включая Мадонну, Кайли Миноуг, Дженнифер Лопес, Kelis, Кристину Милиан, Рэйчел Стивенс, и, что наиболее известно, Бритни Спирс. Их самой успешной работой стал сингл «Toxic», который получил награду «Грэмми» за лучшую танцевальную запись в 2005 и стал одним из самых продаваемых синглов в Великобритании. В знак признания их успеха они получили награду Американского общества композиторов, авторов и паблишеров в 2004 и 2005 годах.

The Swedish production and songwriting duo Bloodshy and Avant are responsible for several of the most innovative mainstream pop recordings of the 2000s, including tracks with Madonna, Kylie Minogue, Christina Milian and, most notably, Britney Spears. Christian Lars Karlsson (a.k.a. Bloodshy), whose previous credits included production work for Vitamin C, 98º and Ultra Naté, first teamed with Pontus Winnberg (Avant) in 2001 to co-write and produce the single "I'm Right Here" for Samantha Mumba, the Irish singer who was once hailed as "the black Britney Spears." (The song was a top 5 U.K. hit, but its would-be parent album, Mumba's second, never materialized, although the track would later appear on her compilation The Collection in 2006.)

The duo contributed five songs to the debut album by the American R&B singer Christina Milian, resulting in two sizable worldwide hits: "When You Look At Me" and the fresh, synth-tinged "AM to PM." Following work for British stars Sugababes and Ms. Dynamite (including a top ten single, "It Takes More," for the latter), Bloodshy and Avant had a major coup when they were tapped to contribute to Britney Spears' 2003 album In The Zone. Specifically, they scored with the stunningly original "Toxic, which rode its insistent, otherworldly string hook to the tops of charts worldwide (despite only reaching #9 in the U.S.) when it was released as the album's second single as 2004.

"Toxic", which Karlsson and Winnberg co-wrote with their frequent confederate Henrik Jonback and the veteran songwriter Cathy Dennis, was widely regarded by critics and fans as one of the best songs of the year, and eventually earned an Ivor Novello award (for songwriting and composition) and a Grammy for Best Dance Recording. (Their collaboration with Dennis also yielded the funky, guitar-driven "Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex,"which was rejected for the Spears album but became a #2 U.K. hit for Rachel Stevens.) The song "Chaotic," originally submitted for In The Zone, was used instead as the theme music for the reality series Britney and Kevin: Chaotic; Spears also tapped the duo for production duties on three tracks for 2004's Greatest Hits: My Prerogative, including the U.K. top-ten "Do Somethin'" and the hit titular.

While 2006 was an even quieter year, with their only notable output being a track for the international edition of Kelis “Kelis Was Here”. In 2007, however, Bloodshy and Avant were back in a major way, taking their highly electronic pop production style to bold new extremes that involved cutting up, tweaking and refracting the vocals on their tracks, in some cases practically to the point of obscuring the "lead" singer, or at least to wrest the listener's attention in multiple directions at once. The prime examples of this approach can be found, not surprisingly, on their four contributions to Britney Spears' triumphant comeback album Blackout, particularly the single "Piece of Me"; they also produced two similarly-styled tracks to Kylie Minogue's much-anticipated tenth album "Speakerphone".

Other projects the duo were involved in around this time included helping to pen a pastiche of contemporary pop for the film Music and Lyrics, working with R&B artists Kevin Michael and Sean Garrett, and producing for a cartoon hip-hop project with Hungarian animator Andras Erkel, the first track from which, "My Slang" by Spiss, appeared in early 2008. That same year, Karlsson and Winnberg were awarded the Swedish Music Export Award by their government.

Карьера
Bloodshy and Avant scored their first success working with US singer/songwriter Christina Milian for her debut album. The collaboration resulted in two hit singles, "AM To PM," and "When You Look At Me," both of which hit number three on the UK Singles Chart. They were then commissioned to work with UK hip-hop singer/rapper, Ms. Dynamite, and BRIT Award-winning English pop group Sugababes. The collaboration with Ms. Dynamite resulted in several tracks which appeared on her debut album, A Little Deeper, including her hit debut single, "It Takes More." They also produced tracks for her 2005 second release, Judgement Days.

Bloodshy and Avant co-wrote and produced Britney Spears' hit single, "Toxic," which appeared on her album, In The Zone. They subsequently worked with Spears on her fifth studio album, Blackout, for which they collaborated with Spears on four songs, including, "Radar," "Freakshow," "Toy Soldier," and the hit single, "Piece of Me", and again on her 2008 follow-up, Circus, in which they produced the track "Unusual You" and the bonus tracks "Phonography" and "Trouble".

The duo co-wrote and co-produced two tracks with Madonna for her 2005 album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, entitled "How High," and "Like It Or Not." The album was a huge international success, and sold over nine million units worldwide.

In 2007, Bloodshy & Avant co-wrote and produced "Nu-di-ty" and "Speakerphone" for Kylie Minogue's highly anticipated 10th studio album X.
Bloodshy & Avant have also gained fame by remixes. They have remixed songs from Britney Spears including a remix for "Piece of Me" which charted number one on the US Billboard Hot Club Play chart.

Also other remixes for "Toxic" and "Me Against the Music" have topped the US Billboard charts. Bloodshy and Avant is currently in the studio with Spank Rock.

Награды:

ASCAP Award for Most Performed Song - "Toxic" - 2005 [1]
ASCAP Award - "Toxic" - 2004 [2]
Grammy Award - Best Dance Recording - "Toxic" - 2005
Ivor Novello Award - Performing Right Society (PRS) Most Performed Work - "Toxic" - 2005
Swedish Government - Music Export Award 2007
SMFF Award - 2006

Дискография:

2009
From BoA's "Best & USA" - "Universe"
From BoA's "BoA" - "Did Ya" , "Touched"

2008
From Maroon 5's "Call And Response: The Remix Album" - "Little Of Your Time"
From Britney Spears' "Circus" - "Unusual You" , "Radar" (co-produced by The Clutch) (SWE #2) , "Phonography" (European/Deluxe Edition bonus track) , "Trouble" (iTunes Pre-order bonus track)
From Dangerous Muse's "Dangerous Muse" - "Homewrecker" , "I want it all"
From Sean Garrett's "Turbo 919" - "Turbo 919"
From Leon Jean Marie's "Bent out of shape" - "You Must Know" , "Bring It On" ,"Fair" , "East End Blues" , "Jumpin Off the Block"

2007
From Mark Ronson' "Version" - "Toxic"
From Britney Spears' "Blackout" - "Piece of Me" (UK #2, WW #6, US #18) 3 time VMA winner , "Piece of Me" [Böz O Lö Remix] (US club play #1, WW club play #4) , "Radar" (co-produced by The Clutch) (US #107, SWE #2) , "Freakshow" , "Toy Soldier"
From Jennifer Lopez' "Brave" - "Brave" , "Brave" [Bloodshy Radio Edit]
From Yael Naim' "Yael Naim" - "Toxic"
From Jordin Sparks - "See My Side" , "Shy Boy" ,"Young And In Love"
From Kevin Michael - "We All Want The Same Thing" feat Lupe Fiasco , "Hoodbuzzin"
From Kylie Minogue's "X" - "Nu-di-ty" , "Speakerphone" , "No More Rain" , "Cherry Bomb" (b-side of Wow and In My Arms singles)

2006
From Kelis' "Kelis Was Here" - "Fire" feat. Spragga Benz

2005
From Britney Spears' "Chaotic" - "Mona Lisa" , "Chaotic"
From Brooke Valentine's "Chain Letter" - "Blah-Blah-Blah" Feat Ol dirty bastard" ,"American Girl" , "Thrill of the Chase"
From Madonna's "Confessions on a Dancefloor" - "How High" , "Like It Or Not" , "Get Together (Demo)"
From Rob Thomas' "...Something To Be" - "This Is How a Heart Breaks"
From Hikaru Utada's "Exodus" - "You Make Me Want To Be A Man" [Remix]

2004
From Britney Spears' "Greatest Hits: My Prerogative"
"My Prerogative" (UK #3, WW #4, US #101)
"Do Somethin'" (UK #6, WW #13, US #100)
"I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)"
From Christina Milian's "It's About Time"
"I Need More"
From Ms. Dynamite's "Judgement Days"
"Not Today" (#7 UK)
"Shavaar" (#7 UK)

2003
From Britney Spears' "In The Zone" - "Me Against the Music" [Bloodshy & Avant's Dubbie Style Remix feat. Madonna] (WW #1, UK #2, US #35) , "Me Against the Music" [Bloodshy & Avant's Chix Mix] (US club play #1) , "Toxic" (WW #1, UK #1, US #9) Grammy award winner , "Toxic" [Bloodshy & Avant's Intoxicated Remix] (US club play #1) , "Showdown"
From Rachel Stevens' "Funky Dory" - "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex" (UK #2) - "Glide"

2002
From Christina Milian's Christina Milian - "AM To PM" (#3 UK, #27 US) , "When You Look At Me" (#3 UK) , "You Make Me Laugh" , "Got To Have You" , "Last Call" , "Snooze You Lose"
From Ms. Dynamite's "A Little Deeper" - "It Takes More" (Bloodshy Main Mix) - (#7 UK) , "Brother" , "Put Him Out" - (A Little Deeper) (#28 UK) , "Crazy Crush" , "Get up, Stand up"
From Sugababes' "Angels With Dirty Faces" - "Supernatural"

2001
Infinite Mass - "She's a freak"
Infinite Mass - "People Talk"
Ultra Nate - "Get It Up"
Ultra Nate - "I Ain't Looking For Nothing"

1999-2000
Morcheeba - "Be Yourself" [Remix]
Jay-Z - "Hard Knock Life" [Remix]