Janis was formed in 2000 in Stockholm, Sweden, originally by Anneli Beronius Haake (previous member of Music by Em) and Elin Jonuks. Titte Carlsson (previous member of Altafuse Collective and Titte Carlsson & The Last Band Standing) joined the band in late 2000, and Anneli and Titte have since been the main songwriters. Other band members in 2000-2002 were David Wickström (guitar), Pär Svensson (bass), Martin Håkansson (keyboard, vocals), and Patrik Wiksten (drums). Musically inspired by many different genres, Janis is rooted in alt country, pop, 90’s indie and a touch of electronica. Janis released their dreamy, 90’s-influenced guitar-pop debut-EP in 2001, ”Sunday city chic” and in 2002 the song ”Stay tuned” was released. After this, a 15-year hiatus followed. During this time, Titte wrote and performed music in the Gothenburg area, while Anneli moved to the UK, appeared on a dance/house project (Hot Toddy, Mindtrip) and completed a PhD in music psychology. And then, in 2017, Janis begun writing songs again. During the strange year of 2020, they started working with Martin Håkansson (The Small Crowd), who has co-produced several songs. Many collaboration projects with musicians and DJ's have begun and more music is now in the making. It turns out that the Janis project is about letting life happen, getting creative together and above all, always giving birth to songs that want to be created. Who cares if a few years happen to pass by in between?’