Dear beloved, beloved friends,

There's just no way for me to answer all the beautiful mails, postcards, pictures, poems, webcards You sent me for my birthday. To be quite honest, it was not one of my happiest days until' I opened the computer and got my snail-mail. I was completely overwhelmed with all these emotions and the love that You showed me. There are hardly words to express my gratitude and how much it means to me! All the beautiful pictures and mails. The heart of faces picture etc etc. I will keep them forever! I will look at them from time to time. You are truly inspirational to me and if it wasn't for You, well, there would be no point to do what we do really. So, humbly, I thank You all and send You the biggest hug ever, straight from my kitchen here in Stockholm, straight to Your hearts! I hope You can feel it!

love,

Mattias

Dear, dear friends,

What an amazing new design. Love, love, love to our beloved webmaster! It's 2006 friends. 2006, wow. Time truly flies. But I have strong hopes for 2006. It just seems like a good creative year.

Khabarovsk. What an amazing trip that was. How beautiful it was. How kind everybody was. How thankful I am to the audience for their love and support. It was just surreal. I will cherish it forever. I will also remember it as the concert we first performed Six Billion Voices at. So thank You Khabarovsk. I pray and hope to return one day. I left a small piece of my heart in Siberia.
Me and Anders have started working on the next album. A new journey. It's so exciting to see where it'll take us. A great adventure to me. We hope that You will like Six Billion Voices that we have chosen as the first single. I'm so excited about the video being shot in St Petersburg. One of my absolute favorite places in the world. We are once again working with Mikael Abbhagen. The director that did They Do It. So creative! Such an artist!
We have also been writing and producing other artists. Just 20 minutes ago we sent the final mixes for Julie's next album. We are so proud of those songs and we hope You will love them too. She's an amazing person and a great artist. And the best of all, she's from Greenland! Over the years she's become a good friend of ours and we love her to bits.
In march me and Anders are flying over to Ireland to do some writing. Looking forward to that! Never been to Ireland. It's about time I guess!
Lots more will come this year. Don't You feel it? 2006! In whatever You do, wherever You go, share some love in 2006! Promise me that! I have to try something new...sculpting?

Love You all and thank You for supporting us! We feel it, always!

Lots of heart!

Mattias

ps: Do something creative every day, enjoy art and speak from the heart, always.

ps2: Saw this poll You have here on the site. Me and Anders will not stop doing Vacuum music. Don't worry.

Dear, dear friends,

As usual it's been too long since I last visited this forum. And, as usual, we have been busy in the studio and living life. Lots of things happening with Vacuum is so amazing to me. Like us having a hit with Mind Your Mind in Greece, us being released in places I never thought we would be. Thinking of Australia and New Zealand, South Sfrica and Poland. These are all new countries for Vacuum. I hope to visit them one day soon. We're also having a hit with Rachel Stevens in the UK. Now we are waiting for the release in Italy. It truly, truly warms my heart to have this album released in Italy. As You might know I love Italy and often go there on vacations. I have no idea how this album will be recieved but as long as we're 'in there', I feel a sense of gratitude! But to all of You, in whatever country You may be, love You all.

I have taken a decision about questions to me. I will answer all Your questions on vacuum-people.com in the future but I will write letters to this site. Here You can post messages and I promise, I will read them all, but keep Your questions to vacuum-people.com So, messages here and questions on vacuum-people.com This is just a logistic thing and it makes it easier. So, personal letters here from me and from You! Confused? Well, so am I;-)

Also, I get tonnes of questions asking me about tours in Russia. There is no doubt I want to come but I think You should mail those questions to Icon Management in Russia. They are the ones taking care of such things.

I also see new fan-pages! Great work! Beautiful!!!

So, I hope that all of You are having the best spring ever and that Your hearts are filled with creativity and love!

Mattias

Dear friends,

How can I ever thank you for all the nice things you do for me? All the presents and cards, congratulations online. It really, really means the world to me and I couldn't ask for more love and support. I'm so humbled and grateful and very moved by your love. Stay creative, be friendly and all my love back to you all.

Mattias

Dear friends,

This year can only start well if we all come together and do everything we can to help. However small. Lets make 2005 a year of coming together. A year of kindness and love. That is what I wish for and to start it all, I'm going to do what I can to help the victims in south east asia. 2004, really, in retrospect, should make us think about how we treat this world and ourselves, friends and familly.

with love,

Mattias