Creamfields: Meet the mafia (From Winsford Guardian)

Creamfields: Meet the mafia

11:02am Friday 24th July 2009

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WITH the dance extravaganza that is Creamfields less than a month away, the Guardian caught up with one of Sweden’s finest exports to find out about his plans for the festival in Cheshire.

Chatty and down to earth, Steve Angello is one-third the Swedish House Mafia, and will be joining chums Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso to rip up the mafia’s arena once more on Saturday, August 29.

How was last year’s festival for you?

It was amazing, it was a really good experience, and I think that it is a dream come true for any DJ collective or band to be able to host their own arena, and we were privileged.

After all the confetti canons and dancers last year, what can we expect this year?

I think we’re going to go even better and stronger, we’re going to step it up and take it to the next level.

Your new single ‘Leave The World Behind’ is out soon, did you enjoying working with Ingrosso, Axwell & Luke and do you ever have any disagreements in the studio?

Me and Seb have been working together for 10 years, it’s like I’m working alone, but I have someone next to me, it’s so natural, it feels right. Seb is probably the only one that I have worked with so far that I feel comfortable with.

We’re always working to the same aim and always going in the same direction with the music

Which one do you enjoy the most, Dj’ing or Producing?

I like them both, the best thing about producing is that you can actually finish a track then go straight to the airport, jump on a plane, go to a gig and you play it, you can get instant feedback on anything that you do.

Do you take influence from your background with your Greek and Swedish nationality?

I mean, I get a lot of influences from travelling and life, when I stay in Brazil for two weeks and then get back in the studio, my tracks have a very Brazilian sound, I just try to embrace everything as I see it, and try to be inspired by everything around me all the time.

If I’m in a really bad mood and I’m driving to grey, old, boring Germany, I will probably make techno music, it’s probably going to sound minimal, and if I’m in the sun its going to sound of happiness.

You are very predominant in the media for a DJ, what's the key to getting noticed and why do you think you are so widely recognised?

We’re kind of media friendly, we don’t have anything against the media, I think that its a great tool to promote stuff. And today with the Internet, Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, I think that its very important. If you are friendly and like to do media then of course it will help your career. I don’t mind doing interviews at 3am in the morning, I’ve finished my set, ‘do you want to do an interview’ sure I’m up for it.

Book tickets for Creamfields at Daresbury in Halton, Cheshire on Saturday, August 29 and Sunday, 30, by calling 0844 888 4401.

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