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. Early life Īxwell's interest in music appeared at an early age, having taught himself to play the drums by age nine. He is a two-time DJ Awards winner, and in 2013 he was placed 19th on the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ Poll. He is a member of Swedish House Mafia along with Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello. Axel Christofer Hedfors ( Swedish pronunciation: born 18 December 1977), better known by his stage name Axwell, is a Swedish DJ, record producer, remixer and owner of Axtone Records.
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