Thieves Like Us met each other in Berlin in 2002.
We met in Mauer Park. Two of us are from Sweden. One is from the United States.
We were friends hanging out in a vast foreign city. We struggled with the language and the culture. We we hadn't registered our residencies at the local city hall so we couldn't even get memberships at a videotek. We were fans of rock and pop music and would try to find places to go out drinking and dancing, but all we would hear is techno and electro. The women didn't seem to like us at all. We started deejaying ourselves.
We would play old krautrock (nobody recognized it), italo disco, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Factory Records stuff, and even new hip-hop. Later on we discovered French filter house and added this to our repertoire. Our cross over dj sets really seemed to bother the Berliners. Maybe it was the inconsistency in bpms.
In Berlin, we heard and saw enough electronic music we didn't like. We thought we could do it better so we started our own band. Unable to gain a label or following in Berlin, we have temporarily relocated to New York City.
Thieves Like Us will soon be seeking asylum in France.
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BIO #2
MUSIC FOR THE MASSES
Thieves Like Us is a musical vehicle -- an elegant starship, pointed straight to the heart of the listener. They align themselves musically with Europe, and consider Paris their home (although none of them are French).
Pontus Berghe (drums) and Bjorn Berglund (keyboards) are from Sweden. Andy Grier (vocals) is from the United States. They met at a picnic in Berlin.
People often ask them to describe their sound, and although they encompass a variety of influences, they ultimately consider themselves to be a POP BAND. Yes, the production style is both disco and hip-hop, but the sheer strength of the melodies and emotional depth of the songs makes them classics.
Their first album "Play Music" was written, recorded and mixed in the cities of New York, Berlin, Vienna, London, Rio De Janeiro and Stockholm. They claim the album is mostly about love gone wrong (Drugs In My Body, Lady) and identity problems(Program of The First Part, Headlong Into Night).
But no matter how you interpret Thieves Like Us if you have a pulse, you'll know their songs by heart already.
Discography
Thieves Like Us @ Dicogs.com
Press - Magazines
URB Magazine (May 2009)
MODZIK (french) (January 2009)
TRAX (french) (December 2008)
TSUGI (french) (December 2008)
Park Mag (french) (December 2008)
Magic (french) [1] [2] [3] (November 2008)
Redux Magazine (french) (November 2008)
Dazed and Confused (July 2007)
Pimp Magazine Vol 10 (May 2007)
Press - Web
Thieves Like Us @ Hype Machine
Q Magazine (Online) (June 2009)
It's A Trap (June 2009)
Bearded Magazine (June 2009)
BBC (May 2009)
Pitchfork (April 2009)
Exclaim! (April 2009)
PopMatters (April 2009)
Amoeba (April 2009)
Prefix Mag (March 2009)
Fluxblog (February 2009)
Dazed Digital (January 2009)
Big Stereo (June 2008)
Street Tease (french) (April 2008)
Big Stereo (March 2008)
Brain Magazine (french) (December 2007)
Pitchfork (May 2007)
Fluokids (January 2007)
3Hive (December 2006)
Big Stereo (November 2006)
20 Jazz Funks Greats (July 2006)
20 Jazz Funks Greats (June 2005)
Videos
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