Timeline

The Björn Fogelberg timeline - so far so good.

	1969 I'm born and two weeks later Neil Armstrong walks on the moon.

	1984 ABC80 is the computer of choice in school. It has only black and white graphics but I'm hokked. I learn to program Basic.

	1985 I take a trip to Denmark together with my father to buy my first computer, a Commodore 64. It costs me 1800 Skr.

	1986 I learn assembler language and start to program some simple demos. XAKK is founded together with Andreas Gunnarsson aka Jolly Cracker. I start to make three channel music.

	1987 The first XAKK demo "Another Perfect Demo" is released on the Furulund party. Over the next three years new computer friends are made and lots of boundaries are broken in the 8 bit demo world. XAKK becomes a well known C64 demo group. One computer game is made together with Stefan Walter but it is never released.

	1990 My father buys me an Amiga 500 so I quit the C64 scene. I buy some synths, a Casio CZ-101, A Yamaha DX-100 and a Yamaha FB-01 FM module. Later I get hold of a used Roland D-110. It costs me 2500 Skr. The music I'm making now is late 80's house and strange C64-inspired electronica.

	1992 Cyberpunk Developments (CPD) is founded together with Johan Lundin, old friend from XAKK. We make techno and trance music and start to develop a slasher game for the Amiga. 1993 I get a real (boring) job and I get together with Jenny. One year later we move in together. I start to help out as a cosysop on Synchron City BBS.


	1995 Cybergames for Amiga is released as shareware. It gets a few reviews, some bad and some good. Commodore folds and the Amiga drops dead.

	1996 My first CD 64 is released independently. It sells roughly 500 copies. The style is still C64 inspired electronica. I start to work freelance as a web designer. I get internet at home, a 512 Kb cable connection. www.fogelberg.com is released in Aug 1996. I got mail!

	1997 I can afford to buy some better gear. The Kurzweil K2000, a Mackie CR-1604 mixer and a Sony HR MP-5 helpts to beef up the sound. New tracks are made. A more chill out/ambient/electronica sound is developed. I get a full time job as a web and multimedia designer.

	1998 I compose a remake of Klaus Schulze's "Brace Old Sequence" and call it "Brave New Sequence". It is featured on "A tribute to Klaus Schulze", released by Manikin Records. Killer Tweaks 1 CD-ROM with sound samples for Akai is released on Creative Inspiration. "Life in a tube" gets airplay in national swedish radio program P3 Demo.

	1999 I buy a new Electron Sidstation, ser: B901000019-81 Second CD "Karooshi Porn" is released on german Ninetysix Sounds. Some tracks like "SixFiveOneOh" and "Quite Derivative" gets plenty of airplay on american chill out stations. The title track gets played on national Swedish radio program p3 Dans. www.analoguesamples.com is developed together with old time XAKK friend Stefan Walter. The site is launched in Jan 1999 and becomes a massive success within the electronic music community. I start to develop an interest in old arcade games so I buy a JAMMA cabinet with lots of games. Later I also get a dedicated SEGA Virtua Fighter cabinet, which is later converted to Virtua Fighter 3.

	2000 My track "Six wheels on soil" is featured on Chill Out vol 5 (Voyages into trance and ambient), released by Tua Rec. I'm starting to do more dance related tracks in the genres of Tech House and Trance. I get a new job, this time I'm developing streaming flash presentations for record companies. The work load takes it's toll and unfortunately my seven year relationship with Jenny ends in July.

	2001 I do a remix of Kylie Minogue "Can't get you out of my head" (XAKK Illegal mix). It gets airplay in national swedish radio program P3 remix. I also do a Ibiza 2001 version of Depeche Mode "I feel loved". The bootleg CD is spread all over Ibiza as I go there together with friends two times during the summer. I get another job, this time as a web designer working with film, music and computer games. Killer Tweaks 2 sample CD is released by three different companies.

	2002 My track "SixFiveOneOh" is featured on Voodoo Roux Deux, released on Waveform Records. My remake of Zoolook is featured on Jarre Forever, released by Hyperion Media. My interest in dance music develops further as I start to do live mixes using Traktor DJ software. During the last days of 2002 I leave Ängelholm and move to Helsingborg.

	2003 A new toy is added to the studio - a Gameboy classic with Nanoloop software. My CD "Karooshi Porn" can now be found on two pay-for-download sites - Zonkmusic and Magnatune. I also make some more dance tracks for my long due, forthcoming third CD. Due to lack of time, money and interest, Analoguesamples.com is sold to www.sectionz.com.

	2004 This year saw the boom of so called digital download - buying and downloading music from the net. My music is now featured on six such sites. I also signed a licensing deal with dutch KYR records for the physical release of the dance tracks "Mind your matter" and "Gravitons". And one of my older tracks was used in a documentary by Channel 4.

	2005 Many good things happened this year. My music can now be downloaded on iTunes Europe and a growing bunch of other download sites. I made a remix of the track Revolver by Deep Orbit which was released on vinyl and digital. I started a small record label called XAKK Records and released the track "A brand new world" which included an awesome remix by Andrew Kelly. The tracks were supported by many good DJs, like Satoshi Tomiie, Özgür Can, Damian DP, Inkfish and Andrew K.

	2006 What an amazing year it has been for me. I managed to get my label XAKK Records into Beatport - the most important download site for electronic dance music. Four of my own tracks was released. I remixed four tracks from other artists and I had one track on a mix cd. I got to know so many nice people in the industry this year, and my music has been played by so many good DJs, like Armin Van Buuren, Markus Schulz, Matt Darey, Andrew K, Flash Brothers, Fuzzy Hair, Tony Estrada, Shilo, Kevin Shiu, Chloe Harris and many many more...