Background
Axel Christofer Hedfors was born on December 18, 1977 in the town of Lund, Sweden. At the age of 9 he began learning to play the drum kit. At the age of 13 he started playing electronic drum-machine.
Swedish House Mafia
Record label owner DJ record producer remixer
Axel Christofer Hedfors was born on December 18, 1977 in the town of Lund, Sweden. At the age of 9 he began learning to play the drum kit. At the age of 13 he started playing electronic drum-machine.
Axwell's career began with the release of tracks on the label "Soulfuric" supported by "Mambana & Jetlag". Here he got his first fame after hits like Feel the Vibe (2004) and Watch The Sunrise (2005).
Lots of British labels were fighting for the opportunity to have the rights for the song Feel the Vibe, but the label Ministry Of Sound got it. In August 2005, the vocal version of the track made its way to the music chart "UK Top 20".
In 2005 Axwell created his own record label «Axton Records».
In May 2005 with Sebastian Ingrosso they released a track «Together», which after 7 months continued to "blow up" the dance floors all over the world.
In 2006 «Axton Records» started making new hits and new remixes of Bob Sinclar as well as new Axwell's remixes.
In August 2007 Axwell and Max'C created a track "I Found U", which reached the 6th place in "The UK Singles Chart".
On August 12, 2007 Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso played Main Room at Cream Amnesia (under the name The Swedish House Mafia).That live set received positive reviews.
And in 2008 Swedish House Mafia was created. On May 26, 2010 Swedish House Mafia released their first single.
In 2011 Axwell won thefirst place in the Ibiza DJ Awards for Best House DJ.
On June 24, 2012 Swedish House Mafia announced that their current world tour would be their last together.
Axwell decided to continue his solo career.
Singles
1999 "Funkboy"
2000 "Jazz Player"
2000 "Pull Over"
2002 "Black Pony" (with StoneBridge as Playmarker)
2002 "Lead Guitar"
2002 "Burning" (with Robbie Rivera)
2003 "Burning - The Remixes" (with Robbie Rivera)
2003 "High Energy" (feat. Evelyn Thomas)
2003 "Wait A Minute" (with Nevada Cato)
2004 "Feel the Vibe" (feat. Errol Reid)
2005 "Feel the Vibe (Til the Morning Comes)" (feat. Errol Reid and Tara McDonald)
2005 "Together" (with Sebastian Ingrosso feat. Michael Feiner)
2005 "Watch the Sunrise" (feat. Steve Edwards) #70 UK
2007 "I Found U" (feat. Max'C) #6 UK
2007 "Get Dumb" (with Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso and Laidback Luke)
2007 "It's True" (with Sebastian Ingrosso vs. Salem Al Fakir)
2007 "Submariner"
2008 "What a Wonderful World" (with Bob Sinclar feat. Ron Carroll)
2008 "Open Your Heart" (with Dirty South feat. Rudy[disambiguation needed])
2009 "Leave the World Behind" (feat. Deborah Cox with Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso and Laidback Luke)
2010 "One" (as Swedish House Mafia)
2010 "Nothing but Love for You' feat. Errol Reid
2010 "Miami 2 Ibiza" (as Swedish House Mafia feat. Tinie Tempah)
2011 "Heart is King"
2011 "Save the World" (as Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin)
2011 "Antidote" (as Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party)
2012 "Greyhound" (as Swedish House Mafia)
2012 "Don't You Worry Child" (as Swedish House Mafia)
The most important thing for Axel Christofer Hedfors in his life is music. He really adores his occupation. And this fact is very tightly connected with his popularity and success and fully justifies them. This point of view is reflected in his words that “the most important reason I’m into the music scene is that it makes people happy”. He also has a very serious attitude towards his performances and his reputation as well, he always show up to the party in a sober state and underlines the importance of being “stimulant-free”.