Since , Swedish House Mafia have helped shape the electronic music landscape with their innovative take on dance music and their smash hit productions. After nearly 20 years, not many DJs can still pull in crowds in their thousands, yet year on year with their one off shows they've managed to do just that.
In recent seasons, we've become accustomed to a single date a summer, but a full residency just makes sense. Together with Sebastian Ingrosso and Axwell, you're one of the main artists that got me into electronic music in the first place.
You guys are true pioneers. How would you say the EDM landscape has evolved since your early days? Then from the early s, everyone became more boxed in. Now, I feel like they've dissolved again. I feel like dance music is like it was when I first started.
Full circle, almost. I really like the musical landscape now. I think it's really open. I feel like it enables artists to do whatever they feel like. You went from reuniting on the main stage of Ultra in to a world tour in What sparked this resurgence? We had this really nice dinner and we were talking about maybe giving it a go, and the rest is history. We've been going now since We've had a lot of fun. Do you ever play the originals of your tracks or do you find you prefer to play them now with a modern twist?
One is a classic for us. We haven't touched that. Some age differently than others. With Greyhound, we play both the original and edits.
