Swedish House Mafia
Swedish House Mafia DJ'ing at Pacha Ibiza 2011
Background information
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	House, progressive house, electro house
Occupations	Disc jockey, music producer
Years active	2008-present
Labels	UMG, Polydor, Ministry of Sound Australia
Associated acts	Pharell Williams, Tinie Tempah, Usher, John Martin, AN21, Laidback Luke, Knife Party, Max Vangeli, aLmAd
Website	swedishhousemafia.com
Members
Axwell Steve Angello Sebastian Ingrosso

Swedish House Mafia is a Swedish pop^[1] trio consisting of three house disc jockeys and producers, Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso. The group officially formed in late 2008.^[2]

Musical career [link]

Formation [link]

Angello & Ingrosso met as children in Stockholm; Axwell was not a member until years later when they contacted him after a chance meeting.

Releases [link]

The first production that was released by Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso was "Get Dumb". It was produced with Laidback Luke and released in 2007.^[3] In 2010, Swedish House Mafia signed a record deal with UMG's Polydor Records (formerly Polygram)^[4][5] after a fallout from previous record label EMI, due to differing ideas. They released their first official single, "One (Your Name)", under the name Swedish House Mafia on Beatport on 26 May 2010, where it achieved international success, charting at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart. The next single, "Miami 2 Ibiza", featuring Tinie Tempah, charted at number 4 in the UK Chart in September 2010. Both singles were taken from the "Until One" album; a collection of productions and remixes from both Swedish House Mafia and as the group as individuals. It has achieved a BPI Gold Sales award in the United Kingdom. In early 2011, Swedish House Mafia released a new single, "Save the World," featuring John Martin on vocals, which charted at number 10 in the UK Chart, released in May 2011.^[6] On March 12, 2012, Swedish House Mafia released their newest single, titled "Greyhound."

Group members [link]

Axwell [link]

Axwell placed at #12 on the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ Poll in 2011. In late 2004, Axwell released a global hit, "Feel the Vibe", which was re-released under Ministry of Sound in 2005 with added vocals from Tara McDonald as "Feel the Vibe ('Til the Morning Comes)". In the spring of 2006, Axwell and Steve Angello, under the Supermode alias, remixed Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy", producing "Tell Me Why". In August 2007, Axwell teamed up with performer Max'C to create the track "I Found U", which peaked #6 in the UK Singles Chart. Axwell has been producing remixes for other artists - mixes have included Usher's "Burn" (BMG), Room 5's "Make Luv" (Positiva), Clipse & Faith Evans "Ma, I Don’t Love Her" (RCA), Stonebridge's "Put 'Em High" (Hed Kandi), N*E*R*D's single "Maybe" (Virgin), and more recently Hard-Fi's "Hard to Beat", Deep Dish's "Dreams", Pharrell's "Angel", Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous" and Madonna's "Jump". In 2012, Axwell released the single "In My Mind" on Beatport.

Steve Angello [link]

Steve Angello placed at #23 on the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ Poll 2011. Steve Angello's claim to fame came when he released his remix of Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams" in late 2004. In 2007 his remix of Robin S "Show Me Love" was released on Data Records. Angello produces under several different aliases. On his own, he has called himself Who's Who and released tracks called "Not So Dirty" and "Sexy Fuck". He often works closely with his childhood friend Sebastian Ingrosso on many projects. Aside from DJing together, they have also produced under the names Buy Now, Fireflies, General Moders, Mode Hookers, Outfunk, and The Sinners. Most recently, they released "Bodycrash" under their Buy Now alias, sampling the 1978 disco hit "Let's All Chant" by the Michael Zager Band. The track was first played by Pete Tong on his Radio 1 show in late 2007. Eventually, the Dirty South remix of the tune leaked out onto the Internet in January 2008. The track has since received a much larger release via Positiva Records, also including the Laidback Luke remix. He has produced with Eric Prydz under the name A&P Project. Also, he has created a track with his friend Axwell under the name Supermongo, later renamed Supermode. They made a cover of an old Bronski Beat track, calling it "Tell Me Why". This was released via Ministry of Sound's Data Records imprint in summer 2006. Steve Angello's productions can mainly be classified as house ("Summer Noize"), progressive ("Yeah"), Tech house ("Partouze") and electro house ("Raining Again"). He also owns his own record label, Size Records. Angello's brother, Antoine Josefsson, is a DJ and a producer who goes by the name AN21. Together they have released the tracks "Valodja", "Flonko" & "Swing N Swoosh".

Sebastian Ingrosso [link]

Sebastian Ingrosso is ranked at #26 in 2011 on DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ list, and won the award for the highest new entry into the chart in 2009, a record beaten only by Deadmau5 into the 2008 Top 100 DJ list at #11. In 2009, Sebastian Ingrosso saw the releases of Laktos, Kidsos, Echo Vibes and Meich (with Dirty South) on his own imprint Refune, "How Soon Is Now" (featuring Julie McKnight with David Guetta and Dirty South) and the vocal stormer House anthem "Leave the World Behind" together with Axwell, Steve Angello and Laidback Luke, with Deborah Cox on vocals. He has co-written and coproduced the track "Cupid Boy" on the Kylie Minogue album Aphrodite along with Magnus Lidehäll, Nick Clow and Luciana Caporaso. Ingrosso has also produced tracks for Lazee ("Rock Away") and Kid Sister ("Right Hand Hi" with Steve Angello). Remixed artists during the years includes Justin Timberlake, Moby, Röyksopp, Hard-Fi and Deep Dish. In 2011 Sebastian Ingrosso released his late summer anthem "Calling" featuring Alesso, which reached #2 on Beatport's Top 10.

Discography [link]

Compilation albums [link]

Live albums [link]

Singles [link]

Notes

• ^A Credited to Axwell, Angello, Ingrosso, Laidback Luke.
• ^B Credited to Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Angello, Laidback Luke featuring Deborah Cox.
• ^C The version that charted in United Kingdom, Ireland, and Netherlands was "One (Your Name)" featuring Pharrell.

Collaborations between members [link]

• 2005 Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso "Together" (feat. Michael Feiner)
• 2005 Eric Prydz and Steve Angello "Woz Not Woz"
• 2006 Axwell and Steve Angello present Supermode "Tell Me Why"
• 2006 Axwell and Eric Prydz present Axer "123 / 321"
• 2007 Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello present Buy Now "For Sale"
• 2007 Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso "It's True" (vs. Salem Al Fakir)
• 2008 Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello "Partouze"
• 2008 Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello present Buy Now "Bodycrash"

Remixes [link]

• 2011 Coldplay - "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall (Swedish House Mafia Remix)"

Documentary [link]

On November 29, 2010 Swedish House Mafia released their first DVD documentary called Take One.^[31] The movie was filmed over the course of 2 years, 253 gigs and 15 countries by director Christian Larson and Henrik Hanson. Larson commented on Take One by saying "It's not narrated at all. It's just sequences of them and it's made into a story. It's all chronological. It's just us following them around and they become characters in their own film. It all happened pretty naturally. It was pretty easy because they are all such strong characters, all three of them." ^[32] The documentary starts with Swedish House Mafia in the studio with Laidback Luke working on "Leave the World Behind" and concludes at Ultra Music Festival in 2010 premiering their hit "One" .

References [link]

External links [link]

• Swedish House Mafia's channel on YouTube
• Swedish House Mafia on Myspace
• Swedish House Mafia on Twitter
• Swedish House Mafia on Facebook