Blue Foundation is a danish band founded in 2000 by producer and singer Tobias Wilner. The band is based in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Since 2008 their line-up has consisted of Tobias Wilner (producer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist) and Bo Rande (multi-instrumentalist). Best known for their songs "Eyes on Fire" from the Twilight Saga and "Sweep" from Michael Mann's Miami Vice. The music can be described as a mix of dream pop, electronica, shoegaze and hiphop.

Tobias Wilner released the first Blue Foundation single via MoshiMosh Recordsi and the first, self-titled album was released shortly thereafter. During the past several years, Blue Foundation have expanded their audience, embracing both the underground and the alternative mainstream. Blue Foundation's music has been featured in major films such as Twilight, Miami Vice and the TV series The O.C. Blue Foundation released their third album Life of a Ghost in Scandinavia in 2007. The album was released in USA on Astralwerks in 2009.

Blue Foundation released their fifth album Blood Moon worldwide on 2 September 2016. The album featured appearances from Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon / Red House Painters), Erika Spring (Au Revoir Simone / Nice As Fuck), Jonas Bjerre (Mew), Sonya Kitchell, Sara Savery (aka Drop the Gun) and Findlay Brown.

In 2019 they released “Silent Dream”, a collection of instrumentals and b-sides.

Blue Foundation is known for being part of many other musical projects. Tobias Wilner is active recording and touring with his side project New York United, an experimental band featuring Daniel Carter, Federico Ughi, and Djibril Toure. The dream pop electronic project Tachys, with the lead singer of Mew, Jonas Bjerre, is also noteworthy. He has released music under the alias Bichi and with his shoegaze band Ghost Society. Additionally, he composes music for films and TV, both under his own name and as Blue Foundation. Bo Rande is active with projects like Mames Babegenush, Choir of Young Believers and CTM .

Blue Foundation is running a label from their NYC studio called KON Records.

Previous members
Frederik Hantho
Anders Bertram
Kirstine Stubbe Teglbjærg
Scott Martingell
Tatsuki Oshima
Lasse Herbst
Nikolaj Bundvig
Sune Martin
Daisuke Kiyasu
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