Christian Karlsson

Lars Christian Karlsson (born 14 July 1975), also known by his stage name Bloodshy, is a Swedish DJ, percussionist, record producer and remixer known for his work with the musical groups Bloodshy and Avant, Miike Snow, Ingrid, and Galantis.

He started his international music career as one half of the electro pop duo Bloodshy & Avant with Pontus Winnberg, producing and co-writing tracks for pop stars such as Madonna, BoA, Kylie Minogue, and Katy Perry.

The duo scored their first success working with American singer-songwriter Christina Milian for her late 2001 début album.

The duo were then commissioned to work with English pop group Sugababes.

Their subsequent collaboration with Ms. Dynamite resulted in several tracks on her 2002 album A Little Deeper, including her hit début single, "It Takes More".

Bloodshy and Avant co-wrote and produced two songs on Britney Spears' 2003 album In the Zone: "Showdown", and the hit single, "Toxic", which two years later won at the 47th Grammy Awards as Best Dance Recording, also winning a 2005 ASCAP Award for most performed song.

Bloodshy and Avant subsequently produced all three new songs on Spears' 2004 Greatest Hits: My Prerogative, and also produced the theme song for her Britney & Kevin: Chaotic reality series in 2005.

After working with Spears, the duo continued to work with high-profile pop stars such as Katy Perry, Kylie Minogue, and Sky Ferreira.

Bloodshy & Avant notably co-wrote and produced Britney Spears' single "Toxic", which earned them a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording in 2005.

In 2005, Bloodshy and Avant co-wrote and co-produced two tracks with Madonna for her Confessions on a Dance Floor album.

They also produced tracks for Ms. Dynamite's 2005 release Judgement Days.

While continuing to work with Bloodshy and Avant, Karlsson also became a member of the indie pop band Miike Snow around 2007.

Bloodshy and Avant worked with Spears on her album Blackout in 2007, collaborating on songs such as "Piece of Me" and "Radar".

In 2007, for Kylie Minogue's 10th studio album X, Bloodshy and Avant co-wrote and produced songs such as "Speakerphone".

Bloodshy and Avant encountered and befriended American vocalist Andrew Wyatt in 2007, formulating the idea for a future collaboration.

Bloodshy and Avant again helped Spears on her 2008 album Circus, producing tracks such as "Unusual You".

Also that year, Bloodshy and Avant produced few songs for South Korean pop star BoA's English début BoA, and the following year they produced "Chocolate Love" for the K-pop girl groups Girls' Generation and f(x).

Miike Snow, the group's debut album, was released in 2009, and peaked at number 11 on the Top Electronic Albums chart in the United States.

Bloodshy and Avant soon formed the band Miike Snow with Wyatt, and Miike Snow, the group's debut album, was released in 2009.

The first single to be taken from the album was the electro-pop "Animal", released on 17 February 2009.

"Black & Blue", the album's second single, was released on 15 October 2009, while the third single "Silvia" was released on 22 January 2010 in the UK.

The album peaked on number 11 on the Top Electronic Albums chart in the United States.

Continuing to mix and perform with Bloodshy and Avant while with Miike Snow, in 2010 Karlsson worked with Sky Ferreira to produce singles like "One", which was released in August.

Miike Snow won the 2011 European Border Breakers Award, and their second album Happy to You reached No. 1 on the Belgian Heatseekers Albums Chart and 43 on the Billboard 200.

Karlsson is also a member of a band called Galantis together with Linus Eklöw.

In 2011, Karlsson alone co-produced two songs for Britney Spears' 7th studio album Femme Fatale, "How I Roll" and "Trip to Your Heart".

In July 2011, Karlsson co-founded the Swedish artist collective and record label INGRID along with Miike Snow, Peter Bjorn and John, Lykke Li, Coco Morier and Dungen.

Beyond INGRID, Bloodshy and Avant own Studio Robotberget, a studio based in Stockholm.

They also run a label called Ändersson with signed artists and musicians including Little Majorette, Sky Ferreira and Meadow.

Miike Snow won the 2011 European Border Breakers Award.

On 24 January 2012, Miike Snow released "Black Tin Box", a collaboration with Swedish singer Lykke Li.

Their debut self-titled EP Galantis was released on 1 April 2014, and they debuted their live show at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival two weeks later.

The duo won Coachella 2014's Best Dance Music Moment from Billboard, beating Calvin Harris and Chromeo with 52% of the vote.

Galantis had international success with their single "Runaway (U & I)" in October 2014, which received a nomination for Best Dance Recording at the 58th Grammy Awards.

Galantis released their debut album Pharmacy on 8 June 2015, and that year the duo was named Best Breakthrough Artist at the International Dance Music Awards.

Karlsson continues to tour with both Galantis and Miike Snow, the latter of which released their third album, iii, in March 2016.

Christian Karlsson began focusing on music at age thirteen, recollecting "I come from skateboard culture, so it was punk rock, and I got into hip hop when hip hop got into skateboarding. I had never done anything else but music."

He began working in the studio mixing and producing music as a teenager, and held stints with Swedish pop groups such as Goldmine, who at one point opened for the Fugees.

Early in his music career, Bloodshy began working with his childhood friend Pontus Winnberg on electronic music and house music.

Karlsson adopted the moniker Bloodshy, and began working avidly on songwriting and producing with Winnberg as Bloodshy and Avant.