They blazed into the global music scene with numbers such as “Don’t You Worry Child”, “Save the World”, “One” and “Leave the World Behind,” paving the way for new-age EDM artists. Before uniting as a group in 2007, the three musicians successfully worked as solo DJs/artists in the 1990s and early 2000s. Image credit: Swedish House forerunners, DJ supergroup and the face of mainstream progressive house music, Swedish House Mafia is a trio - Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso - from Stockholm, Sweden. Subgenres include chillstep, focusing on creating mellow, downtempo beats acid house, typically regarded as energetic rave music and techno, embracing more experimental, high-octane electrifying sounds. The electronic music genre encompasses more than the stereotypical heart-thumping ‘noise’. The year 2010 was when iconic artists, including Deadmau5, Tiesto and David Guetta, started emerging out of the shadows, signalling a new era of electronic music. This style has been stealing the limelight for the past few decades with electronic music artists such as Swedish House Mafia, Skrillex, Avicii and Diplo, making their mark in mainstream media by serving platinum-certified bangers.Īlthough it may appear that EDM has been gaining momentum in recent years, it has existed in the underground music scene since the 1980s. Electronic Dance Music (EDM) is known for its catchy melodies, enchanting rhymes and exciting beat drops, compelling even the worst sceptics of this music genre to bob their heads and tap their feet to its beats.

Electronica bands