Thanks to Swedish House Mafia, it feels like 2010 again.
Back then, electronic dance music was enjoying its heyday. And Swedish House Mafia was emblematic of the scene at the time—cohesive and tight-knit, but combustible and ready to explode. You couldn’t go to a music festival without hearing the visceral, signature sound of the trio, who dominated the circuit like Michael Jordan in Game 6.
Generational anthems like “Miami 2 Ibiza” and “Don’t You Worry Child” soundtracked the EDM boom of the early 2010s, a timeframe which Swedish House Mafia conjured with their long-awaited debut album, Paradise Again. Released just days ago, the record functioned as a neurotransmitter, triggering the elusive serotonin rush that fans thought would never happen again after the band’s gut-wrenching disbandment in 2013.
In a new interview with Zane Lowe of Apple Music 1, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Steve Angello opened up about those early days and dissected the challenges that come with being the vanguard of a movement. EDM.com is exclusively premiering a clip from the interview today before it airs.