Axwell Ʌ Ingrosso

Axwell Ʌ Ingrosso
Background information
Genres Electro house, progressive house
Years active 2014–present
Labels Def Jam Recordings
Associated acts Swedish House Mafia
Website axwellingrosso.com
Members

Axwell and Ingrosso (stylised as Axwell Ʌ Ingrosso) is a Swedish musical duo signed under Def Jam Recordings consisting of former Swedish House Mafia members Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso.[1] They made their performance debut at the 2014 Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City in June.[2]

History

Pre-2014: Swedish House Mafia

Main article: Swedish House Mafia

Swedish House Mafia was a Swedish electronic dance music trio consisting of disc jockeys and producers: Axwell, Steve Angello, and Sebastian Ingrosso. The group officially formed in late 2008. The supergroup placed at number ten on the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ Poll 2011 and have been called "the faces of mainstream progressive house music." In the DJ Magazine Top 100 Poll 2012 they were ranked at number twelve. On 24 June 2012, the group announced via their website that they would split up after embarking on "One Last Tour," which ended at Ultra Miami 2013 on 24 March 2013.

2014—present

Axwell and Ingrosso formed the group Axwell Λ Ingrosso officially in 2014. During June of that year, the band gained prominence among New Yorkers when they began placing clues about their new album in various locations throughout the city.[3][4] The former Swedish House Mafia manager posted images of some of the clues on Instagram along with a post that stated, "NYC. Let the games begin. Lines of a new song lie on your streets. Only sharing will make it grow. For everyone else who signed up we posted you your part :-)."[4] Ingrosso followed up with a Tweet stating, "watch your mail for post. If you didn’t sign up look on streets of NYC & together we’ll build a song."[4]

Their first performance was in 2014 at the 8 June Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City.[2] The performance debuted music from a new album they announced to release under the name Axwell Λ Ingrosso the intro music of which premiered on air during Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 program.[1] Their performance was also named one of the 15 Hot Governors Ball Moments as well as one of the Top 10 Best Performances of the Hot Governors Ball by Billboard.[5][6] They also made an appearance at the 2014 V Festival.[7] The album is also said to be the first for both artists as Swedish House Mafia never released an official full-length album.[8] Axwell and Ingrosso also deleted their personal Facebook pages and created a single page for the group to signify the new partnership.[1]

They recently toured India, as part of Sunburn Arena, where they engaged with the Indian audience. They also showcased a few of their newer tracks from the album they are launching late this year.[9] Axwell Λ Ingrosso have teased and released two singles together, "We Come We Rave We Love" and "Can't Hold Us Down". On 26 November they released their new single "Something New" which was used for the new Beats advertisement.

On 6 February, they have launched a new online hub, and three new video trailers: "Something New", "Can't Hold Us Down" and "On My Way". Four days later, the Swedish duo dropped the video for "Something New". The videoclip takes the viewer on a motorcycle ride through an extended traffic jam in the desert. At the end, the two bikes disappear into the horizon.

On 12 March 2015, the duo dropped their next new track, the anthemic "On My Way," which features vocals from Salem Al Fakir.[10] This was followed by a sequel video the next day which continued the story of the music video for 'On My Way'. This was the official music video for 'Can't Hold Us Down' [11]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[12]		 BEL (Vl)
[13]		 BEL (Wa)
[14]		 FRA
[15]		 JPN
[16]		 SPA
[17]		 UK
[18]		 US Dance
[16]
"Something New" 2014 20 63 53 56 57 43 22 14 TBA
"Can't Hold Us Down" — — — — — — — 31
"On My Way" 2015 18 — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other releases

Unreleased

Pre-Axwell Λ Ingrosso collaborations

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Blistein, Jon (29 May 2014). "Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso Form New Band". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gale, Alex (9 June 2014). "Governors Ball 2014: Ex-Swedish House Mafia Duo Axwell & Ingrosso Debut New Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Tariq, Sara (6 June 2014). "Song On The Streets: Axwell Ingrosso Premier New Music". Vibe. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lancaster, Elizabeth (3 June 2014). "Axwell & Ingrosso Post Clues To New Music All Around New York City". MTV. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Governors Ball 2014: Top 10 Best Performances". Billboard. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "15 Hot Governors Ball Moments: Axwell & Ingrosso, Vampire Weekend, Interpol Run Day 3". Billboard. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  7. ↑ Pell, Michael (18 August 2014). "Axwell Ingrosso Literally Set Fire To MTV Stage At V Festival!". MTV. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Axwell Ingrosso Confirm New Album Coming, Plus Tour Featuring Ibiza and Festival Dates". Music Times. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Axwell /\ Ingrosso enthral (sic) audience with high-octane sounds". Svetlana Lasrado - Medialogued. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Axwell Λ Ingrosso Drop Anthemic New Song On My Way".
  11. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/code/6502016/axwell-ingrosso-premiere-cant-hold-us-down-mini-movie. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Axwell Λ Ingrosso". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  13. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Axwell Λ Ingrosso". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  14. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Axwell Λ Ingrosso". Belgium (Wallonia) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  15. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Axwell Λ Ingrosso". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Axwell & Ingrosso - Chart history". Billboard.
  17. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Axwell Λ Ingrosso: Singles". Spanish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  18. ↑ "AXWELL & INGROSSO". The Official UK Charts Company.
  19. ↑ "We Come, We Rave, We Love by Axwell Λ Ingrosso - Hear the world’s sounds". SoundCloud. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

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