享譽全球浩室界傳奇代表【Swedish House Mafia】
曲風:Energetic、House
國籍:瑞典 Swedish
2012年世界百大DJ排名:No.12
2013年世界百大DJ排名:No.26
Swedish House Mafia (瑞典浩室黑幫) 成立於2008年,其成員 Axwell、Steve Angello、Sebastian Ingrosso,這三位DJ在世界電子音樂界也是地位極高的人物。
Swedish House Mafia成立後的第一首單曲〝Get Dumb〞是與同為世界百大DJ的Laidback Luke共同製作。
2009年時他們再度發布單曲〝Leave The World Behind〞,而後他們與UMG的Polydor唱片公司簽約發行了〝One (Your Name)〞,並在2010年獲得英國BPI Gold Sales award (最佳銷售)的殊榮。
到了2011年5月,Swedish House Mafia在這幾年間前前後後發表了許多膾炙人口的歌,如Save The World、Antidote、Greyhound以及Don’t You Worry Child。
2012年6月24日Swedish House Mafia在該官方網站上對外宣布,於2012年11月開始的全球巡迴將會是他們的〝One Last Tour〞,並在8月時將宣布正確日期,這個消息震驚了許多喜愛他們的歌迷,並在上面寫道:Today we want to share with you, that the tour we are about to go on will be our last. We want to thank every single one of you that came with us on this journey. We came, we raved, we loved.” They stated three show dates, with the last leg of their tour set to be announced in August。
當時滾石雜誌對於Swedish House Mafia在One Last Tour之後即將解散的消息進行採訪,Angello說:對於Swedish House Mafia的走向已經到了一個階段,接下來他們並不知道該往哪個方向繼續發展,以現在的程度對於他們當初所想像的已經超出非常多。
2012年9月24日Swedish House Mafia宣布他們的One Last Tour將於2012年11月起至2013年3月24日止,最後的兩次巡迴點將會在Ultra Music Festival連同他們的15週年派對下畫上休止符。
在One Last Tour消息公布後,2012年的7月7日在都柏林的鳳凰公園表演上,發生了許多混亂,其活動中甚至造成死傷,導致愛爾蘭司法部長直言Very unusual nature of the events。
Swedish House Mafia在活動後公開發表了一個聲明稿 (如下)
“We played a festival in Ireland at the weekend and reports of incidents are coming to us. We didn’t see anything but have asked for all the info and are respectful of the promoter’s need to wait and give us all the clear facts. When we know more we will liaise with the festival promoter directly on what we can do to help but for now we have to respect their request to us that we remain quiet and respectful of their event safety processes. The festival itself was amazing and we had no idea this had happened and neither did the other numerous artists who played. Once we know all the facts we will deal with it in the best way we can. Thank you. Swedish House Mafia.”
關於後續:Taoiseach Enda Kenny was appalled when he learned of the events:”Absolutely disgraceful, appalling and simply scandalous”. Kenny also wondered “whether it’s in relation to the sort of music that is played there or not”, observing that “800,000 people turned up in Galway for the Volvo finale without any incident and this particular concert in Phoenix Park was in-between two others where there were no incidents at all.” Another minister, Brian Hayes, said the incidents were “unacceptable very serious, it is wrong and we need to find out what went wrong”. Jim Carroll in The Irish Times wrote, “The off-stage events which have dominated the news agenda since the Swedish House Mafia show will forevermore be associated with stabbings and suspected drug deaths rather than the music.” Also writing in The Irish Times, Brian Boyd stated that ‘the comment [that] “the genre of music has a lot to do with it” bears further examination. Swedish House Mafia are broadly speaking a “dance culture” act and always had a drug component. Today’s generation – brought up with binge alcohol tendencies – is popping and dropping indiscriminately. And when you mix a rave drug with large quantities of alcohol, it really is time (for the rest of us) to batten down the hatches.’
當然Swedish House Mafia的介紹不僅止於此,Axwell、Steve Angello、Sebastian Ingrosso的成員介紹將會陸續編輯補上!!
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