Axwell
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Axel Christofer Hedfors (; born 18 December 1977), better known by his stage name Axwell, is a Swedish DJ, record producer, remixer and owner of Axtone Records. He is a member of Swedish House Mafia along with Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello. He is a two-time DJ Awards winner, and in 2013 he was placed 19th on the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ Poll.
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Axwell, born Axel in 1977 in Lund, Sweden, is a male disc jockey, record producer, songwriter, and composer. He began his work period in 1995 and specializes in house music. Axwell is a member of the groups Axwell Λ Ingrosso and Swedish House Mafia. He has collaborated with Sebastian Ingrosso and is associated with the record label Ultra Records.
His musical style is categorized under house, dance, electronic, and club genres. Axwell speaks Swedish and English. Under the name Axwell Kosui, he is listed as an author with nine works. His top works include titles referencing Robert de Niro, Uma Thurman, Sarah Paulson, Russell Crowe, and Linda Hamilton.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, MusicBrainz. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Robert de Niro
- Uma Thurman
- Sarah Paulson
- Russell Crowe
- Linda Hamilton
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1977
Discography
Member of
- Swedish House Mafia2008–2013
- Swedish House Mafiasince 2018
- Supermode
- Axwell Λ Ingrosso
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 647,645
- Total plays
- 4,753,970
Tags
Axwell, along with Sebastian Ingrosso, and Steve Angello is one-third of of what has become known as the Swedish House Mafia. Axwell, born Axel Hedfors in the Swedish countryside, found that music was in his system from a tender age. Playing the drums at the age of 9, he became frustrated with his fellow classmates who could not keep up; he traded his drums at the age of 13 for a computer so he could play all the instruments himself. Axwell released <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Axwell">
via Last.fm · Axwell
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Axwell
- Musical artist.image
- DJ Axwell - Melbourn Central 2007 (cropped).jpg
- Musical artist.landscape
- yes
- Musical artist.caption
- Axwell in Melbourne, 2007
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Axel Christofer Hedfors
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Sweden
- Musical artist.origin
- Lund, Malmöhus County, Sweden
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1995–present
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Axel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Lund
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- house music
- Record label
- Ultra Records
- Official website
- axwell.com
- Image
- DJ Axwell - Melbourn Central 2007.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- Axwell
- date of birth
- 1977-12-18
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- social media followers
- 229000
- partner in business or sport
- Sebastian Ingrosso
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Musical career
- 1995–2003: Career beginnings
- 2004–2007: Singles and breakthrough
- 2008–2013: Swedish House Mafia
- 2007–2008: Group formation, and continued solo work
- 2009–2010: ''Until One'', and ''Axtone Vol.1''
- 2011–2012: ''Until Now'', Grammy Awards, and Album Production
- 2013: ''One Last Tour'' and continued solo work
- 2014–present: Axwell Λ Ingrosso
- 2014: ''X4'' and Governors Ball
- 2015–2017: Single releases and solo work
- 2017: ''More Than You Know''
- 2018-present: Swedish House Mafia reunion and Axwell Λ Ingrosso hiatus
- Discography
- Awards and nominations
- See also
- References
- External links
Axel Christofer Hedfors (; born 18 December 1977), better known by his stage name Axwell, is a Swedish DJ, record producer, remixer and owner of Axtone Records. He is a member of Swedish House Mafia along with Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello. He is a two-time DJ Awards winner, and in 2013 he was placed 19th on the DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ Poll.
==Early life== Axwell's interest in music appeared at an early age, having taught himself to play the drums by age nine. Four years later, the 13-year-old exchanged his drums for a computer so he could create each element of his music independently. In his teenage years he attended Fäladsgården Elementary School. Axwell released limited copies of a techno/hard trance EP on vinyl under the name OXL in 1995. 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.
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