Steve Angello
Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso Revive Rave-Inspired Side Project, Buy Now
At the turn of the new year, Buy Now squeaked in the release of their first songs since 2008. The return of the collaborative duo, consisting of Swedish House Mafia‘s Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso, is a developing story to keep on the radar for 2023. After appearing on Salvatore Ganacci’s Culturally Appropriate album cut, “Let You Do This” a couple months prior, the tandem are making their return official with the release of two new singles, “Church” and “Speak Up.” Buy Now recently recorded at The Church Studios in London and were evidently feeling ample inspiration from their environment. The Church has become a spiritual home to world-class musicians throughout the decades, including Adele, U2 and Lana Del Rey, among many othe...
Swedish House Mafia Reveal Release Date of Long-Awaited Album, “Paradise Again”
Swedish House Mafia have dropped the final bread crumb on the trail to their long-awaited debut album, Paradise Again. The album has been a long time coming for Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello of the legendary supergroup, whose disbandment a decade ago shook the dance music community to its core. Prior to 2021’s comeback single “It Gets Better,” Swedish House Mafia hadn’t released any new music since 2012’s Until Now compilation, which spawned generational dance anthems like “Save the World” and “Don’t You Worry Child.” According to a press release issued to announce the music video for their recent collaboration with Sting, “Redlight,” Paradise Again will officially drop on April ...
Steve Angello Bets On Blockchain Marketplace to Revolutionize Music Rights Ownership
Steve Angello is placing a bet on the future of music rights and throwing his weight behind anotherblock, a Swedish startup dedicated to expanding public access to royalty investing by way of NFTs. Founders Sebastian Knutsson and Mattias Miksche both boast impressive pedigrees from different sectors of the technology industry. Knutsson is the founder of King, the publishing and development company behind Candy Crush, while Miksche’s company Stardoll has operated as an angel investor in AI-learning platform Sana Labs, among other successful early stage companies. According to a press release shared with EDM.com, the Swedish House Mafia star threw his hat in the ring during anotherblock’s latest pre-seed funding round, which raised $1.2 million. The platform will seek to tokenize...
Swedish House Mafia Reflect On 2012 Split: “We Needed to Miss Each Other”
They say everything is more obvious in retrospect—an adage that rings resoundingly true in the saga of Swedish House Mafia. Operating at the pinnacle of a then-erupting stateside EDM boom, Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell, and Steve Angello had reached the promised land in 2012. But rumors of a fractured dynamic in the group led to its disbandment, which shook the dance music community to its core. And as Swedish House Mafia’s members explored solo endeavors, the group’s detachment ultimately settled in as an axiom that their once-harmonic relationship had gone irretrievably sour. “We’re not best friends anymore, and that’s the truth,” Ingrosso famously asserted in 2014’s Leave the World Behind, a charged documentary that chronicled the band...
Swedish House Mafia Condensed 45 Unreleased Songs for Upcoming Album, “Paradise Again”
When Steve Angello first proposed the idea that Swedish House Mafia‘s reunion work should be a full-length album, band member Sebastian Ingrosso admitted he wanted to jump out a window. In an illuminating interview with NME, Swedish House Mafia discussed what fans can expect from the the iconic dance music trio’s new era. Ingrosso elaborated that while the trio was previously on a hamster wheel of releasing single after single, the pandemic’s onset gave them nothing but time to invest in their biggest output yet. “Swedish House Mafia have never made an album before, and historically it takes us a long time to even make a song,” he said. “We’re really happy with what it’s become, though—we can’t wait to give it to the world.̶...
Swedish House Mafia Concert-Goers Will Be the First to Experience Live Nation’s NFT Ticket Stubs
Live Nation‘s latest innovation will bring the timeless past time of collecting concert ticket stubs to the world of blockchain technology. The company’s Live Stubs initiative will see the minting of concert stubs into digital NFT collectibles consistent with the sections, rows, and seats purchased by concert-goers. The effort is turning the nostalgic hobby into a new industry which will undoubtedly be to the benefit of Live Nation’s partnering artists. The venture offers artists a low barrier to entry to participate in the red-hot NFT revolution. With Live Nation handling the digital assets, artists are left with the fun part: identifying unique rewards and experiences to offer token-holders. Swedish House Mafia are first to test the waters. The iconic dance ...
Swedish House Mafia Named in Explosive Pandora Papers Financial Data Leak
Legendary electronic music trio Swedish House Mafia have been named in the Pandora Papers, an explosive leak of offshore financial data. Published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the cache of 11.9 million leaked documents implicates dozens of politicians, billionaires, celebrities, and business leaders. They expose scores of sensitive financial deals, secret bank accounts, and controversial tax infrastructures, leading to a global scramble by the world’s elite to mitigate the fallout. According to a report by Swedish national public television broadcaster SVT, Swedish House Mafia formed a company in the British Virgin Islands to manage ownership of various recordings released by the group, as well as its name and logo. ...
Swedish House Mafia Announce First Music Festival Performance of 2021
After teasing their long-awaited return to touring last month, Swedish House Mafia‘s first music festival is officially on tap. Following the end of their nine-year hiatus, the legendary trio’s comeback campaign will shift into high gear at Audacy Beach Festival in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The two-day fest is slated for December 4th and 5th, 2021 and will also feature Weezer, All Time Low, Twenty One Pilots, Glass Animals, Modest Mouse, and viral “Coffee” singer beabadoobee, among others. The news arrives as Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Steve Angello of Swedish House Mafia gear up for the release of a new album called Paradise Again, which does not currently have a public planned release date. The group also recently revealed a hotl...
Swedish House Mafia to Perform Medley of New Music at 2021 MTV VMA Pre-Show
Swedish House Mafia are making their second highly visible, televised appearance in recent memory, this time to perform on the pre-show for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards. Following the recent TV debut of their new music during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the iconic trio will be taking to the VMAs to perform a medley of their comeback releases, “It Gets Better” and “Lifetime.” Chicago rapper Polo G and pop songstress Kim Petras are also expected to take the stage during the pre-show. All eyes are on Steve Angello, Axwell, and Sebastian Ingrosso, as the trio have reached what feels like an inflection point in their comeback chapter. The group’s new album Paradise Again is expected to arrive before the end of this year, bu...
Swedish House Mafia Tease Return to Touring
Now that Swedish House Mafia have returned with new music, it seems they’re ready to take it on the road. Since the iconic trio’s ballyhooed resurgence this summer, they’ve remained typically tight-lipped about their plans. Their social media channels have essentially been re-skinned as cryptic promotional conduits, fleshed out with obscure captions about their new singles “Lifetime” and “It Gets Better.” And while fans have been able to sip on some hot tea, like a potential collaboration with The Weeknd, the group’s immediate future has largely remained a mystery. Swedish House Mafia member Sebastian Ingrosso has now fanned the flames of speculation surrounding the group’s return to touring. In an Ins...
The Weeknd Lists Swedish House Mafia As Inspiration for New Album, Fueling Speculation of Collab
During the latest episode of his Memento Mori radio program, The Weeknd fanned the flames of ongoing speculation that a collaboration with Swedish House Mafia may be on the horizon. “Album is pretty much done,” The Weeknd said at the top of his show. “Just doing some final tweaks, some mixing notes, additional vocals.” As he spoke, the introduction to Swedish House Mafia’s “It Gets Better” began to loop in the background. Prior playing the track, the “Blinding Lights” superstar introduced the theme of the show: music that is inspiring the “new Dawn era”—a reference to his next album. Over the course of the hour, The Weeknd explored a wide variety of sounds including music from Swedish House Mafia, Britney Spears, Kanye W...
Listen to Swedish House Mafia’s BBC Radio “Dance Weekend” Mix—With 4 Unreleased IDs
It’s safe to say Swedish House Mafia are back in full force—and arguably stronger than ever. The group recently appeared at BBC Radio 1’s “Dance Weekend” celebration, a 70-hour takeover comprising mixes from a bevy of high-profile DJs. None were more momentous, however, than the iconic trio’s electrifying 30-minute set. Swedish House Mafia masterfully cycled through a litany of their biggest hits, such as “Greyhound, “Antidote,” and “Leave The World Behind.” They also managed to interweave tracks from a few of their legendary electronic music contemporaries, such as Daft Punk’s “Burnin'” and Axwell’s remix of Eric Prydz’s “Slammin’.” The mix also contains fou...
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