Awesome Axwell Amazes The Masses!
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Born in Sweden, but a self-described native of house music, it wasn’t long before his recordings found an outlet on labels like Soulfuric, Guidance, and initially, as the newly dubbed “Axwell”, with fellow Scandinavian artist StoneBridge. “Axwell has found the perfect balance between underground and accessible, not to mention the sound quality, which makes him stand out,” says the man whose Stoney Boy label released his debut single, ‘FunkBoy’, in 1999.
His single, ‘I Found U’, not only topped every dance chart imaginable (Buzz, Coolcuts, Music Week Dance Chart etc), before crossing into the mainstream eventually peaking at a highly respectable number six in the UK (it also hit the Top 10 in Holland). “Universally the biggest record across the board – played everywhere in one mix or another. It doesn’t seem to offend anyone,” exclaimed Pete Tong who first set the ball rolling by crowning it an Essential New Tune. Radio 1 support was universal with Vernon Kay awarding it his Weekend Anthem, and Zane Lowe the Hottest Record in the World Right Nowaccolade.
As with Axwell’s raise in profile, similarly a handful of his fellow Swedish dance producers have also raised the bar becoming part of an elite group of hit remixers-come-producers – or the Swedish House Mafia as the press has affectionately dubbed them. Amongst the aggregate StoneBridge, Steve Angello, Eric Prydz and Sebastian Ingrosso. Axwell collaborating initially with the latter on a remix of Ernesto Vs Bastian’s ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’, before delivering their original production, ‘Together’ – the debut release on his Axtone imprint. While with Eric Prydz the two joined forces to produce ‘123’ and then ‘321’ under their Axer alias for Eric’s Pryda Friends label.
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