Long before garnering GRAMMY® Award nominations, performing to millions of fans on
multiple continents, crashing charts worldwide, and tallying streams in the billions, artist, DJ,
producer, and Swedish House Ma
fi
a Co-Founder Steve Angello realized his purpose as a kid in
Sweden.
With bulky headphones on, he sat in front of his record player and spun classics by Led
Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson for hours on end, ultimately
deciding, “I want to become a DJ.”
“I knew what I wanted to do at ten-years-old,” he smiles. “I would save up all of my money
from taking out the trash and doing chores to go to the record store and buy secondhand
Zeppelin and Bob Marley albums—and anything Quincy Jones produced. I even bought a lot of
albums based on the artwork, because it wasn’t like you could hear it before you bought it
back then. Regardless, if it was American country, Swedish rock, or German punk, I would dig
it, because I paid for it,” he laughs. “That’s how it started.”
By the time he turned thirteen, Steve cut his teeth as a DJ, performing at summer basketball
tournaments, and fueling the action with hip-hop breaks and no shortage of scratching. He
honed his talents at scratch competitions around Sweden and produced original material. Early
on, he collaborated with childhood friend Sebastian Ingrosso before launching his own label
Size during 2003. He made waves internationally with a Remix of “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of
This)” by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart in 2005. A year later, he teamed up with Axwell in
Supermode, landing a hit with “Tell Me Why.” Iconic Size solo singles followed, namely
“Gypsy,” “Isabel,” and “Flonko.” 2009 saw him link up with Laidback Luke for the mega-smash
remix of the Robin S Classic “Sho Me Love.”
Around the same time, he joined forces with Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso to launch
Swedish House Ma
fi
a. The group e
ff
ectively took over the world. They notched back-to-back
GRAMMY® nominations in the category of “Best Dance Recording” for the platinum “Save the
World” in 2012 and quintuple-platinum “Don’t You Worry Child” in 2013. Building a catalog
highlighted by global anthems such as the gold-certi
fi
ed “Greyhound” and “One (Your Name),”
they simultaneously sold out legendary venues—including Milton Keynes Bowl and Madison
Square Garden—and delivered historic sets at Coachella, Ultra Music Festival, and beyond.Following afive-year hiatus, they returned as surprise headliners at Ultra 2018 beforeembarking on the Save The World Reunion Tour across European. Rekindling their chemistry,they assembled what would become their long-awaited full-length debut, Paradise Again, in2021. Landing in 2022, Paradise Again only extended the group’s legacy by cracking the Top10 of seven global charts and capturing #1 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic AlbumsChart and #1 on the UK Dance Albums Chart with praise from Pitchfork, NME, and more. Intandem with the record, Swedish House Mafia headlined Coachella joined by The Weeknd for agroundbreaking show. Their smash “Moth To A Flame” graced both Paradise Again and DawnFM on which the trio also contributed to “Sacrifice” and “How Do I Make You Love Me?”In between, Steve asserted himself as a force of nature solo. He occupied a spot on DJ Mag’scoveted “Top 100 DJs” list for fourteen consecutive years and received two DJ Awards. Not tomention, he has churned out official remixes for everyone from Justin Timberlake, Coldplay,and Depeche Mode to Fergie and Moby. Following his full-length debut Wild Youth, heascended to another creative peak altogether on his sophomore offering, Human. Prior toofficially sharing a note, he famously teased it during his famous Coachella 2017 set. A boldboundary-breaking body work, he widened the scope of the genre itself, collaborating with thelikes of Bishop T.D. Jakes on “Rejoice,” Pusha T on “Freedom,” Barns Courtney on“Dopamine,” and more. Right out of the gate, Billboard hailed “the producer’s versatility andwillingness to experiment,” and EDM Sauce christened it “His Magnum Opus.”“On Wild Youth, I talked about my childhood lyrically and musically,” he explains. “It was moremelancholy. I had lived in Los Angeles for twelve years, but I brought my family back toSweden. When I got into the studio, I said, ‘Fuck expectations. I’m not going to think aboutradio, playlists, or anything. I’m going to go in and make the album I want to make. I’m going toexplore. I’m going to have fun’. That happened, and it became HUMAN. It’s a really proudmoment for me.”However, it just paved the way for much more to come from Steve though.“I’ve been in this game for quite some time,” he leaves off. “Between doing Swedish HouseMafia, we each evolved on our own. Now, it’s nice to push the needle and really be on the edgeagain together. That’s always exciting to me.””BOILER PLATELong before garnering GRAMMY®Award nominations, performing to millions of fans onmultiple continents, crashing charts worldwide, and tallying streams in the billions, artist, DJ,producer, and Swedish House Mafia Co-Founder Steve Angello realized his purpose as a kid inSweden. He collaborated with childhood friend Sebastian Ingrosso before launching his ownlabel Size during 2003. He also teamed up with Axwell in Supermode, landing a hit with “TellMe Why.” In 2008, he co-founded Swedish House Mafia with Axwell and Ingrosso. Theygarnered consecutive GRAMMY® nods for“Best Dance Recording”with the platinum “Savethe World” in 2012 and quintuple-platinum “Don’t You Worry Child” in 2013. They sold outlegendary venues—including Milton Keynes Bowl and Madison Square Garden—and deliveredhistoric sets atCoachella,Ultra Music Festival, and beyond. Plus, Steve asserted himself as asolo force of nature. He occupied a spot onDJ Mag’s coveted“Top 100 DJs”list for fourteenconsecutive years and received two DJ Awards. He has delivered official remixes for everyonefrom Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, and Depeche Mode to Fergie and Moby. Following his full-length debutWild Youth, he ascended to another creative peak on his 2018 sophomoreoffering,Human, collaborating with Bishop T.D. Jakes on “Rejoice,” Pusha T on “Freedom,”Barns Courtney on “Dopamine,” and more.2021 marked the momentous comeback ofSwedish House Mafia with their long-awaited debut LP,Paradise Again, clinching #1 on theBillboardTop Dance/Electronic Albums Chart and UK Dance Albums Chart. They launched theblockbusterParadise AgainWorld Tour, canvasing 29 cities in 11 countries across twocontinents forfive months. As always, Steve will be unleashing more music and shiftingperspectives further in 2023