TEXT
Swedish experimental band
title: "TEXT" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["refused", "musical-groups-established-in-1998", "experimental-rock-groups"] description: "Swedish experimental band" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEXT" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Swedish experimental band ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | TEXT |
| background | group_or_band |
| origin | Umeå, Sweden |
| genre | {{flatlist |
| years_active | 1998–present |
| label | {{flatlist |
| spinoff_of | Refused |
| :: |
| name = TEXT | background = group_or_band | image = | caption = | landscape = | alias = | origin = Umeå, Sweden | genre = {{flatlist|
- Experimental rock
- art punk | years_active = 1998–present | label = {{flatlist|
- Desperate Fight
- Demon Box
- Buddyhead
- Gabel | spinoff_of = Refused | spinoffs = | website = | current_members =
- Jon F Brännström
- Fredrik Bäckström | past_members =
- David Sandström
- Kristofer Steen TEXT is a Swedish band founded by Kristofer Steen, David Sandström, Fredrik Bäckström and Jon F Brännström. All, except Bäckström, were ex-members of hardcore band Refused. Stylistically, they have little in common with Refused. Their debut album, Text, is a mix of spoken word, music of various styles, and ambient sound effects, often producing an ethereal, avant-garde sound. Apart from the three "Tableau" tracks (which are one piece, split up across the album), each track could be described as fitting into a different genre. In 2008, a second album, Vital Signs, was released. Yet again the style of music is far from Refused and the first Text album. Only Fredrik Bäckström and Jon F Brännström appear on this album.
The record came out on Demonbox Recordings in Sweden and on Buddyhead in America and the rest of the world. Text was Buddyhead #4 and considered a building block in what is now a very successfully diverse indie-boutique-label run by music journalist Travis Keller. Text announced a US tour the year after the record was released on Buddyhead, but due to conflicts with International Noise Conspiracy tours, it was cancelled.
Discography
- TEXT (2000)
- Sound Is Compressed; Words Rebel and Hiss single (2000)
- Vital Signs (2008)
References
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