Sällskapet is a Swedish

Sweden

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 rock band formed by Pelle Ossler

Pelle Ossler

Pelle Ossler is a Swedish rock musician and singer, most known for his collaboration with Joakim Thåström, both on Thåström's solo releases and their industrial project Sällskapet.- Recording career :...

, Joakim Thåström

Joakim Thåström

Sven Joachim Eriksson Thåström , as an artist known as Thåström, is one of Sweden's best known rock musicians, he is mostly known for the bands Ebba Grön and Imperiet...

 and Niklas Hellberg

Niklas Hellberg

Niklas Hellberg is a Swedish musician and producer, most known for his collaborations with punk rocker Thåström.-Biography:Hellberg was during the late 1980s a member of the post-punk band All That Jazz until its breakup in 1990...

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History

Sällskapet is a Swedish electronic

Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 post-industrial rock

Industrial rock

Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused...

 band that appeared in 2007 and is headed by the rock legend Thåström. Other band members include Pelle Ossler and Niklas Hellberg. The band existed as a secret hobby band for three years before appearing publicly in 2007 with the release of their first, self titled, album. The album contained ten songs and a bonus DVD

DVD

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 with music video

Music video

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s for five songs and the bonus track "Nattportiern". Sällskapets music is described as industrial

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

, dystopian and with Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk

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 influences. Jan Gradvall of Dagens Industri described it as what blues would have sounded like if it would have its roots in Ruhr

Ruhr

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 instead of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

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. Half the songs are completely instrumental

Instrumental

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. Currently no news of a second album with the band has been released.

Band members

• Joakim Thåström
  Joakim Thåström
  Sven Joachim Eriksson Thåström , as an artist known as Thåström, is one of Sweden's best known rock musicians, he is mostly known for the bands Ebba Grön and Imperiet...
  
   - Lead vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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• Niklas Hellberg
  Niklas Hellberg
  Niklas Hellberg is a Swedish musician and producer, most known for his collaborations with punk rocker Thåström.-Biography:Hellberg was during the late 1980s a member of the post-punk band All That Jazz until its breakup in 1990...
  
   - Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , synthesizers, programming, sound effects, loops
  Music loop
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  , scrap
  Scrap
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• Pelle Ossler
  Pelle Ossler
  Pelle Ossler is a Swedish rock musician and singer, most known for his collaboration with Joakim Thåström, both on Thåström's solo releases and their industrial project Sällskapet.- Recording career :...
  
   - Electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  , piano
  Piano
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