Bjørn Christiansen

Prominent Danish electronic musician, composer and educator, born 2 August 1975 in Ringsted, most active under [b][a=Bjørn Svin][/b] alias. Bjørn Christiansen taught himself to play an electric organ in early childhood, fascinated by [a=Depeche Mode], [a=Yazoo], and other synth-pop acts heard on [a=Kim Schumacher]'s [l350405] radio broadcasts. In high school, he acquired the first synthesizer and sampler, recording home tapes with naive melodic ambient as [a=Yellow Symphony]. Soon discovering rave subculture and techno, Bjørn switched to dancefloor-oriented music.

In April 1995, Bjørn Christiansen's debut [i][r=296545][/i] 12" came out on [l=Stranger Than Paradise Records], soon followed by two 12-inches on the [l=Dancecop] label under [b][a=Cygnet Committee][/b] alias. In 1997, he presented [a=Bjørn Svin]'s debut album on [l=April Records], one of the leading Scandinavian electronic indie labels. Released the same year, Cygnet Committee's first and only full-length CD album [i][r=182983][/i] also credited all tracks to "Bjørn Svin." He performed at [a=Pelle Krøgholt]'s "[url=https://www.discogs.com/release/603285]xart hybrid[/url]" project room in June 1999 at an abandoned soybean oil factory at Copenhagen's harbor.

In June 2001, Bjørn Christiansen participated in [url=https://discogs.com/release/10359071]Helicopter Records 5 Års Fest[/url], commemorating the 5th anniversary of [url=https://discogs.com/label/65695]Helicopter Records[/url], where he first appeared on the '98 [i][r=5151936][/i] CD compilation. Between 2003 and 2005, Bjørn collaborated with Copenhagen-based label [l=Tech-Nology] and focused on minimal techno, releasing [i][m=246332][/i] 12" as [b][a=El Far][/b] in 2003 and a more experimental/abstract [b][a=Prinz Ezo][/b] album in 2005, available on [i][m=404104][/i] 2x12" or [i][r=505375][/i] CD.

Since 2007, Bjørn Christiansen has taught electronic music composition at various prestigious Danish universities and academic institutions, including [url=https://discogs.com/label/1115155]Syddansk Musikkonservatorium[/url], [l634100]'s [url=https://discogs.com/label/447929]DIEM[/url], and [l=Engelsholm Højskole]. In 2016, he contributed to [i][r=9555151][/i] remix compilation.