The last couple of years have been fantastic for young Swedish producer Axwell. Leading the way has been Mambana, his collaboration with Isabel Fructuoso (of Afro Medusa fame). Signed to the highly respected Soulfuric Recordings, they have released 2 huge tracks since April 2002. "No Reason" was their massive debut single that hit the top spot in all the Hype/Buzz charts that Summer and featured in the sets of all the top DJ's including Louie Vega, Danny Rampling and Ben Watt. The follow up "Libre" was released last summer and was arguably bigger than its predecessor. "Libre" was licensed to more than 12 different territories and featured on compilations that sold in excess of half a million copies. Isabel was in Stockholm recently working on the new single "Felicidad" that should be out this summer.
Part of what has become known as the 'Swedish House Mafia' along with Sebastian Ingrosso, and Steve Angello.
Axwell, born Axel Hedfors in the Swedish countryside, found that music was in his system from a tender age. Playing the drums at the age of 9, he became frustrated with his fellow classmates who could not keep up; he traded his drums at the age of 13 for a computer so he could play all the instruments himself.
Axwell released alot of acidtechno music made with Fasttracker2 in the years of 1995-1997 under the pseudonym Quazar (of Sanxion) and was featured in the intro of the warezgroup Hybrid's crack of the classic computer game Worms 1. During this time he also competed in music competitions, most notably at the demo party Hype in southern Sweden.
During the mid-2000s, Axwell rose to prominence as a solo artist. His hit "Feel the Vibe" was very well received on European dancefloors, and once the track soon picked up support from a host of big DJs it was re-released with a vocal, reaching #16 in the UK charts. Other famous tracks include 'Watch the Sunrise' as well as dance music remixes of Hard Fi?s ?Hard to Beat? and Roger Sanchez?s ?Turn on the Music?.
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From Wikipedia:Axwell (born as Axel Hedfors, 18 December 1977 in Lund) is a DJ, remixer, record producer and record label owner from Sweden. He is part of a three person group dubbed the Swedish House Mafia. On October 28, 2009, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, Axwell placed at #14, up 6 from the previous year.