Steve Angello

Few bands managed their time at the top of their game as well as Swedish House Mafia. They toiled away for a number of years producing tracks for other artists and it wasn’t until 2010 that they bagged a recording contract in their own right.

They then spent three years as one of the biggest pop acts in the world before knocking it on the head when they realized they couldn’t get any bigger. This sense of logic and control does characterise a lot of Angello’s work, even when the music he creates and releases might be loud, ostentatious and ridiculously danceable.

Angello’s fascination with DJ-ing began when he was twelve years old. He was a turntablist at first, spinning hip-hop and breakbeats, so it wasn’t until his late teens that he got into electronica and House music. Daft Punk are at least partially responsible for this, as Angello heard “Da Funk” in a club and in his words he "had a musical orgasm” while listening to it. Charming.

In 2004 he made his name in the House scene by releasing a remix of Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams”, followed up with a handful of tracks on Beatport to great success. He became a massively in demand producer after this, to the extent that he worked under an abundance of pseudonyms like Fireflies, Mode Hookers and Outfunk.

In 2005 he formed the House Mafia and juggled his activity with the band with his solo work and his record label pretty expertly. Now that the band is over, Angello can get back to what he does best. That doesn’t mean he won’t be tearing clubs apart with his DJ sets however, and those are still completely unmissable.