Sound Of Swedish House (Unmixed 2cd)

Make no mistake: Swedish selectors are everywhere. From Axwell and Avicii to Eric Prydz and Ida Engberg, they're a nation of electronic afficionados, from pumping vocal house and epic trance synths to the deep, angular rhythms of Stockholm techno imprint Drum Code. As this mix testifies, the Swedish stamp is everywhere, from the premiere league Swedes right across the (wild) pitch. From Pleasurekraft and Style Of Eye to Adam Beyer, the floodgates have been well and truly broken. And it's not just the stadium-stomping Swedish House Mafia either: they even have protégées now! In truth, SHM have helped usher in almost everyone who ap-pears on the seventy-minute mix you now own.
Opening with a brand new Eric Prydz remix of 'Midnight City' by M83 (a song which has proved to be to 2012 what MGMT’s 'Kids' was to 2008), it's been remixed and rebooted for way bigger rooms than French musician Anthony Gonzalez could have ever expected by Steve and Seb's oldest production buddy Eric ‘Pryda’ Prydz. From there, the mix dives into Above and Beyond protégée Arty territory, who also appears later on in the mix thanks to a timely new refix of 'Punk' by Ferry Corsten. What's scary is he's just 22 years old.
Elsewhere, the music is a showcase of the new generation of electronic Swedes, from Alex Kenji and the fast-rising Swede-channeling Thomas Gold (actually from Munich) to Deniz Koyu, Daddy’s Groove and Dragan Roganovic AKA Dirty South. Also listen out for a cover of Depeche Mode’s 80s classic 'Behind The Wheel' by the mysterious house producer Dirty Funker.
But right at the top are Steve Angello, Seb Ingrosso and Axwell. Aside from David Guetta, there isn't a global entity in dance music that has crossed as many oceans, continents and confetti-strewn parties as Steve, Sebastian and the irrepressible Axwell. Like any astute operators, they all have young protégées - Steve has little brother AN21, Axwell has Thomas Gold and Seb has Alessandro Lindblad AKA Alesso - not to mention their own labels (Size, Refune and Axtone respectively).