The soulless wonders finally bite the dust. Good stuff.
http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/aust/53178/Swedish_House_Mafia_break_up_We_came_we_raved_we_loved
hahahahaha…you shall be missed
NOT!!!
[quote]ICN (24/06/2012)[hr]The soulless wonders finally bite the dust. Good stuff.
http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/aust/53178/Swedish_House_Mafia_break_up_We_came_we_raved_we_loved[/quote]
A bit harsh. They certainly knew how to put on a show and had a few good tracks to boot.
[quote]Ryley (25/06/2012)[hr][quote]ICN (24/06/2012)[hr]The soulless wonders finally bite the dust. Good stuff.
http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/aust/53178/Swedish_House_Mafia_break_up_We_came_we_raved_we_loved[/quote]
A bit harsh. They certainly knew how to put on a show and had a few good tracks to boot.[/quote]
I totally agree, even if you don’t like their music. They were the first EDM act to sell out Madison Square Garden! Personally I think that speaks volumes
[quote]Ben Lloyd (25/06/2012)[hr]
I totally agree, even if you don’t like their music. They were the first EDM act to sell out Madison Square Garden! Personally I think that speaks volumes[/quote]
Justin Bieber has also sold out Madison Square Gardens. I think that speaks volumes.
Surely their existence can only have been a positive for dance music. They may have been commercial but i’m sure a lot of us became attracted to EDM through commercial acts before discovering the deeper side of dance.
[quote]TheAnt (25/06/2012)[hr][quote]Ben Lloyd (25/06/2012)[hr]
I totally agree, even if you don’t like their music. They were the first EDM act to sell out Madison Square Garden! Personally I think that speaks volumes[/quote]
Justin Bieber has also sold out Madison Square Gardens. I think that speaks volumes.[/quote]
Fair enough. But I just don’t understand the hate that the swedes get. Justin Bieber is a fine example because i don’t like his music at all. But even I admit fair play to him! His fan base is Incredible and obviously some people like his music (that was painful to admit). The only point I’m trying to make is that I don’t really see the need to hate on successful artists because you don’t like their music.
[quote][b]Ben Lloyd (25/06/2012)The only point I’m trying to make is that I don’t really see the need to hate on successful artists because you don’t like their music.[/quote]
It isn’t hate, it is an opinion. What you are saying is that you don’t think I should have an opinion, or at least I shouldn’t express it. Does that seem reasonable?
[quote]TheAnt (25/06/2012)[hr][quote][b]Ben Lloyd (25/06/2012)The only point I’m trying to make is that I don’t really see the need to hate on successful artists because you don’t like their music.[/quote]
It isn’t hate, it is an opinion. What you are saying is that you don’t think I should have an opinion, or at least I shouldn’t express it. Does that seem reasonable?[/quote]
I am sorry if that’s what you thought I meant from that, everyone is fully entitled to their own opinion.
My personal opinion is that it’s far more constructive to have a mutual appreciation of successful artists rather than to shoot them down and celebrate the death of them. I agree with Ryley, in that they have probably helped introduce people to a style of music that they would not normally have listened to which is a good thing for EDM as a whole.
Yeah Ant - Ya big Hater!
Take the mask off & show us your real face why don’t ya! Fake username not enough, eh? Had to add a pic with a mask too haha 
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No-one hates Swedes… theres lots of wicked music has come out of there over the years (including LOTS of modern pop music)… but I think the thing that gets eveyone a annoyed is how cheesy & arrogant the SHM looked.
Its one thing being cocky - Man, you expect it with peope who get on in life.
But they also acted like cocks. Dont know why exactly… and you cannot clearly define it why they appear to act like 3 penises - but a crazy amount of people seem to feel the same way. Doesn’t make it right, but interesting that so many share a particular feeling. Maybe we can all agree that their image was awful & they maybe over marketed & took themselves a little too seriously? Maybe? :D
I know not everyone feels that way, but you have to admit that they were 50% Spinal Tap & 50% “The DJ” from Kevin & Perry go large.
I hope they don’t die or anything - but I’m so glad they’re not making music anymore. I’d rather someone else get a shot for a while. They cant be any worse haha
Im pretty sure they where sitting down one day and just went right lets just make the biggest most commercial club music imaginable then act like big rock stars and milk the **** out of it for a few years. 14 year olds will be all over it.
…and so it was. Ka-ching!
Without a doubt.
However, I wonder if they had accurately estimated the backlash / harm to their credibility.
I know they have ton’s of cash & it doesn’t matter… but so much criticism has to hurt a little. Just goes to show that you cant have it both ways
But John, do you honestly think that they’ll, as individuals, lose bookings going forwards or sell fewer tracks because of their participation in SHM? I doubt it. Have they really lost credibility amongst their audience?
Sure you and others don’t like what they did but then I suppose it’s unlikely you (and other SHM anti-fans - I can’t think of a good word for it right now) would ever have gone to see them DJ (individually) or bought their tracks. So no harm done as far as they’re concerned.
I liked some of their stuff. I even watched the set they did from Hackney on iPlayer and enjoyed it. There was a a level of showmanship to it for sure but also a great deal of good energy. You know, looking at the audiences I think that Madeon had a much younger crowd than they did. Which is, given his age, to be expected and he has arguably a better credibility than SHM for DJ skills.
I don’t like their music but I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t consider doing what they did if the chance came up.
I remember when they were looking like being the next big thing back in about 2005 (i mean as a collaboration, not solo as I know they were big as individuals first), at that point I was living in Singapore working for MOS and there was an outrageous bidding war between MOS and Zouk for who was going to book them and at that point, all of the people who worked at the clubs were talking about how great they were and how they were going to be the next big thing. When they went on to become the next big thing, all of the same people who were bigging them up are now slagging them off and saying they are the worst thing ever.
Success definitely brings out the haters.
I never liked them, so at least I’m consistent…!! 
I think there careers will continue to be hugely successfully and any perceived lack of credibility won’t matter in the slightest. No-one would turn down the chance to work with them.
I couldn’t agree more with the last thing Alan mentioned. If you had the chance to work with them you’d grab it with both hands.
@Jon - yeah man… like - they were doing 75% of it right for 75% of the people. Can’t take that away from them. I’m not their target audience and like Alan - I’ve been consistant in my dislike of them. Its a fair game.
Just when they are so brash, its bound to flare passions. I;m sure - like Alan says, people have flipped their opinions… and will undoubtably flip their opinions again when Capital Gold are pumping out SHM instead of Hermans Hermits. No-one will hardly remember a fcuk about the backlash. Even if the Oldies can use a computer without going into a spasm - who will they be complaining to?
Their careers wont be dented. Everything will be cool. But there’s really nothing, nothing we can do. Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew. The models will have children, we’ll get a divorce. We’ll find some more models, everything must run it’s course.
We’ll choke on our vomit and that will be the end. We were fated to pretend.
Damn! What a quote!
[quote]ICN (28/06/2012)[hr]
We’ll choke on our vomit and that will be the end. We were fated to pretend.
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SHM done everything they could imagine. Now the book closes. Good for some, bad for others. I don’t care :w00t:
Haters love to hate! Hopefully the swedes will concentrate on solo productions which imo were their better stuff!
I’m not a fan to say the least and I certainly did breathe a sigh of relief when I heard the news…they’ve got a lot to answer for as I can’t even look in the progressive house section of beatport anymore and its pretty much all their fault ;)!
That being said, they found a market and they exploited it…i’ve got mates who are my age (late 20’s or so) who are gutted about it (and they didn’t even like dance music originally) so its not just for the 14 year olds as people seem to think (or maybe that is my friends’ actual mental age!)
Anyway the point is they connected with people and to me, as cheesy as it sounds, people connecting with dance music (in whatever guise it shows itself) is the important. If the SHM fans go off and explore other avenues of dance music then that can only be a good thing surely?
And hopefully the break up will lead to a bit more of this…
That can definitely be nothing other than a good thing :)!
My personal opinion on this, is that the Swedish House Mafia are only a small part of the problem - what concerns me right now, is that we seem to have many, many talented producers who are going the same way as SHM, and now producing cheesy as **** music, and playing at cheesy as **** clubs. They are clearly just doing this as they care more about money, fame and fortune etc, than producing really great dance music!
Now I don’t have a problem with this in itself, but what does concern me is that, all the time that these producers and DJ’s are putting all their efforts into this soulless, commercial music - that’s all time that they are no longer concentrating on producing dance music that is emotional, dynamic, boundary-pushing, progressive, unique, made only for the dancefloors of ‘proper’ clubs etc etc etc.
So if enough of these producers and DJ’s ‘sell out’, then ultimately the amount of great dance music that is more ‘underground’, that is being produced will decrease (all other things being equal).
I think people who have already commented in this thread are right - it’s all about your attitude towards it, and rather than be negative and slag them off - i prefer to see this as an opportunity. For example, if all these decent producers are concentrating on producing soulless, commercial music, then that’s better for me, as if i produce tracks that are really good, and are made for the dancefloor only and strictly for the more underground scene (which is the kind of dance music and clubbing that i love) - then i have less competition and stand more chance of getting noticed and being successful!
So everyone should just concentrate on making the best possible music that they can, and DJ-ing how they want to DJ, and forget about what anyone else is doing.
And do something about it rather than just moan and slag people off! If other people aren’t producing the music you love - produce it yourself! If people aren’t DJ-ing the music you love - get out there and start DJ-ing that music yourself! If there aren’t the kind of clubnights going on that you love - start your own night up and play what the **** you wanna play!
But sitting around moaning about SHM being cocks isn’t gonna help dance music and clubbing one little bit!