Later, he teamed up with Eric Prydz and produced the tracks 123 and 321 releasing them under the alias Axer. In the spring of 2006, Axwell and Steve Angello, under the Supermode alias, remixed Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy", producing " Tell Me Why" which was released under the Data label. In between Axwell's productions he also found time to create Axtone, his own record label. The track reached #3 in UK Dance Singles Chart and BBC Radio 1 Dance Chart. Axwell's most successful release of 2005 was "Watch the Sunrise", with Steve Edwards on vocals (famous for Cassius' "The Sound of Violence"). Alongside his original productions, he collaborated with the Swedish producer Ingrosso on "Together".
In addition to a re-release of "Feel the Vibe" on Ministry of Sound, he has produced several club remixes, as well as his own productions, including "Get Over Here" by Rasmus Faber, "2 Million Ways" by C-Mos, "Turn On the Music" by Roger Sanchez, as well as his collaboration with Sebastian Ingrosso on Ernesto vs Bastian's "Dark Side of the Moon". It peaked at #1 in UK Dance Singles Chart and #16 in the UK Singles Chart. It was a breakthrough record for both Axwell & Tara McDonald. McDonald's voice and writing helped secure the track as a radio winner and this track became one of the biggest cross over dance records of 2005. This song was a club smash that gained support from the likes of Pete Tong, Junior Jack, Kid Creme.Ģ004–2007: Singles and breakthrough īy late 2004, Axwell released " Feel the Vibe", which was re-released through Ministry of Sound in 2005 with new lead vocals from Tara McDonald who also wrote the song as "Feel the Vibe ('Til The Morning Comes)". In the autumn of 2003 Axwell's "Wait a Minute", featuring the vocals of Nevada, was released on Soulfuric's sub-label Device. This was followed up by his version of Evelyn Thomas' classic "High Energy". The track was called "Get Naked" & featured the vocal talents of D'Empress (from Mutiny). "Libre" was licensed to more than 12 different territories and featured on compilations that sold in excess of half a million copies.Ģ003 saw Axwell recording for London-based label suSU (the UK home of Masters at Work) under the guise of Starbeach. "Libre" was released in 2003 and was arguably bigger than its predecessor. The follow ups were "Felicidad" and "Libre". "No Reason" was their debut single, which hit the top spot in all the Hype/Buzz charts that Summer and was featured in the sets of all the top DJs including Little Louie Vega, Danny Rampling and Ben Watt. Signed to Soulfuric Recordings, they have released three tracks since 2002. In late 2002 Axwell went back to his roots and produced a track under his own name – "Lead Guitar" which was released by fellow Swede Stonebridge on his Stoney Boy imprint.Īlso leading the way has been Mambana, his collaboration with Isabel Fructuoso (of Afro Medusa fame).
Some of his most notable early remixes include: Usher's "Burn" ( BMG), Room 5's " Make Luv" ( Positiva), Clipse & Faith Evans "Ma, I Don’t Love Her" ( RCA), Stonebridge's "Put 'em High" ( Hed Kandi), N*E*R*D's single "Maybe" ( Virgin), and more recently Hard-Fi's "Hard to Beat", Deep Dish's "Dreams", Pharrell's "Angel", Nelly Furtado's " Promiscuous" and Madonna's " Jump".Īxwell has also been responsible for Jetlag's "So Right", which came out in September 2002 on Soulfuric, featuring the vocals of Noel McKoy and co-produced with Brian Tappert. Musical career 1995–2003: Career beginnings Īxwell began his career remixing songs by other artists, his first official remix being released in 2000. During his teenage years, he was also active in the tracking music scene under the moniker Quazar, releasing acid techno tracks made with FastTracker 2 and NoiseTracker. Axwell released limited copies of a techno/hard trance EP on vinyl under the name OXL in 1995. In his teenage years he attended Fäladsgården Elementary School, and is still talked about there to this day. Four years later, the 13-year-old exchanged his drums for a computer so he could create each element of his music independently. 2.5 2018-present: Swedish House Mafia reunion and Axwell Λ Ingrosso hiatusĪxwell's interest in music appeared at an early age, having taught himself to play the drums by age nine.2.3.4 2013: One Last Tour and continued solo work.2.3.3 2011–2012: Until Now, Grammy Awards, and Album Production.2.3.1 2007–2008: Group Formation, and continued solo work.