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Swedish House Mafia is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Vincent, Matisse & Sadko, Connie Constance, Tinie Tempah and Knife Party. Those roots explain a lot about how Swedish House Mafia arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Steve Angello, Alesso, Calvin Harris, Otto Knows and David Guetta, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bassjackers, Swanky Tunes, BUNT., Dawn FM and Klingande, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Swedish House Mafia, reaching back through Vincent and forward to Bassjackers. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Swedish House Mafia (SHM) are a Swedish house supergroup consisting of Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso. The group officially formed in late 2008, were placed at number ten on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJ Poll 2011, and have been called "the faces of mainstream progressive house music", while being credited for "setting the tone for the EDM boom of the early 2010s, more than any other act in modern dance music". In 2012, they were ranked at number twelve on the DJ Mag Top 100 Poll. They are recognized for bringing the progressive house genre into the mainstream around 2009–2010, together with their compatriot Avicii, standardizing a sound that until recently was relegated to the underground EDM.
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Swedish House Mafia connections
Swedish House Mafia grew out of Vincent, Matisse & Sadko, Connie Constance and Tinie Tempah, shares an orbit with Steve Angello, Alesso, Calvin Harris and Otto Knows, went on to shape Bassjackers, Swanky Tunes, BUNT. and Dawn FM. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Swedish House Mafia
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