Steve Angello
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 Steve Angello at Winter Music Conference 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Steven Angello Josefsson Fragogiannis |
| Born | 22 November 1982 Athens, Greece |
| Origin | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Genres | House Progressive House Electro House Tech house Techno |
| Occupations | DJ, Electronic musician, Producer, Remixer, Label Owner |
| Labels | Size Records Ministry of Sound Australia |
| Associated acts | Mescal Kid, Who's Who, Supermode, Buy Now, Fireflies, General Moders, Mode Hookers, Outfunk, The Sinners, Swedish House Mafia, Angello & Ingrosso. |
| Website | www.sizerecords.com |
Steve Angello (born Steven Angello Josefsson Fragogiannis in November 22, 1982) is a Greek-Swedish DJ, producer, and record label owner. He is part of a three person group dubbed the Swedish House Mafia.[1]
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[edit] Background
Angello was born to a Greek father and Swedish mother in Athens, Greece. His father was killed when Steve was a teenager. Raised in Stockholm, Sweden, he found himself submerged in the world of music that he so loved and came to cherish. He started out as a Turntablist, fusing hip-hop, breakbeats and 70's classics but later moved onto House music, in the club life of Stockholm, together with his best friend Sebastian Ingrosso.
[edit] Production
Steve Angello's claim to fame came when he released his remix of Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams" in late 2004. Since then he has exploded onto the house music scene. In 2007 his eternal club banger, a remix of Robin S "Show Me Love" was released on Data Records.
Angello produces under several different aliases. On his own, he has called himself Who's Who and released tracks called "Not So Dirty" and "Sexy Fuck". He often works closely with his childhood friend Sebastian Ingrosso on many projects. Aside from DJing together, they have also produced under the names Buy Now, Fireflies, General Moders, Mode Hookers, Outfunk, and The Sinners. Most recently, they released "Bodycrash" under their Buy Now alias, sampling the 1978 disco hit "Let's All Chant" by the Michael Zager Band. The track was first played by Pete Tong on his Radio 1 show in late 2007. Eventually, the Dirty South remix of the tune leaked out onto the Internet in January 2008. The track has since received a much larger release via Positiva Records, also including the Laidback Luke remix.
He has produced with Eric Prydz under the name A&P Project. Also, he has created a track with his friend Axwell under the name Supermongo, later renamed Supermode. They made a cover of an old Bronski Beat track, calling it "Tell Me Why". This was released via Ministry of Sound's Data Records imprint in summer 2006.
Steve Angello's productions can mainly be classified as house ("Summer Noize"), progressive ("Yeah"), Tech house ("Partouze") and electro house ("Raining Again"). He also owns his own record label, Size Records.
Angello's brother, Antoine Josefsson, is a DJ and a producer who goes by the name AN21. Together they have released the tracks "Valodja", "Flonko" & "Swing N Swoosh".
[edit] Size Records
As well as releasing tracks through Subliminal, Data Records, Cr2 and Refune, Steve Angello is owner and founder of Size Records based in Stockholm, Sweden. Through Size he has released singles such as Gypsy, Isabel and Flonko to name a few. Size also represents artists such as Funkagenda, Max Vangeli, Third Party, Kim Fai, Veerus, Thomas Gold, An21, Max Vangelli and Maxie Devine.
[edit] Personal life
Steve Angello is engaged to Swedish model and TV personality Isabel Adrian and they have a daughter, Monday-Lily, born in 2010. He currently resides part-time in Los Angeles.[2] The couple expecting another child in April 2012.
[edit] Controversy
On 8 August 2011, a video of Steve Angello's set at the Dutch EDM festival was uploaded to YouTube under the title "Steve Angello – How To Fake Your Fans". The video contained footage of Steve Angello playing from the CDJ with no headphones on, which suggests that Angello had been playing pre-recorded sets. The video was removed days later due to copyright infringement. Angello responded to the video via Twitter, stating that his lighting and fx team needed time to sync the "firework show" at the end of Angello's performance. Thus, Angello was required to play a pre-recorded "medley mix" in order to sync the music with the "firework show." However the pre-recorded part of the set was only the last 11minutes Angello noted for a grand finale[citation needed]. Other sources[citation needed] who have seen the video and reputable DJs[citation needed] noted the CDJ was flashing red, meaning that certain track is coming to an end. If Angello's entire set was pre-recorded the CDJ could not possibly recognize the ending of a track in the middle of a recorded set.
[edit] Discography
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[edit] References
- ^ "Pure Pacha Ibiza :: Swedish House Mafia Interview". 2008-07-17. http://www.internetdj.com/article.php?storyid=1014. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/steveangello
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Steve Angello discography at Discogs
- Steve Angello on Myspace
- Steve Angello on Twitter
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