They left behind the mix album Until One and the singles collection Until Now, the closest they came to releasing a proper full-length, along with two live albums and two documentary films. Then, in 2012, they announced their farewell tour, which took them from autumn into the spring of 2013. The next two years were a whirlwind of supersized hooks, armor-plated snares and cheekily grandiose anthems like “Save the World” a song that epitomised the heart-on-sleeve yearning of early-2010s EDM. But not until 2010 did they release their first single under the name: “One”, an attention-grabbing epic whose Pharrell feature testified to the trio’s aim to conquer pop along with dance music. Barnum: “Always leave them wanting more.”Īll three DJs cut their teeth in the European progressive-house scene of the 2000s, and by 2007, they were informally calling themselves Swedish House Mafia. In the circus-like atmosphere of the EDM scene, they were living proof of an adage often attributed to P.T. Stockholm natives Steve Angello, Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso only played as a trio for a few years, but they burned brighter than virtually any of their main-stage peers, perfecting a winning fusion of radio-ready choruses and earthshaking drops-and then pulling the plug at their peak. No artists represent the exuberance of the 2010s’ EDM boom quite like Swedish House Mafia.
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