In a recent interview, Swedish House Mafia stated that “dance music is freedom.”
DJs Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso, who make up the EDM trio Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso, were recently featured on the cover of NME magazine, where they discussed brotherhood, the dark side of EDM, and making music for the love of it.
In the interview, Angello described the backlash against EDM from rock musicians as “ignorance.”
On tracks like 2012’s ‘Greyhound’ and the latest ‘It Gets Better,’ the three also discussed how Metallica, Rage Against The Machine, Pink Floyd, and Soundgarden have influenced them.
‘Paradise Again,’ SHM’s highly-anticipated follow-up to 2012’s ‘Until Now,’ is “close” to being finished, according to a recent appearance on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music 1 show.
SHM launched a 44-date world tour and unveiled their long-awaited collaboration with The Weeknd, ‘Moth To A Flame,’ last month.
