Unless you've been hiding under a rock in the middle of a desert somewhere, you'll have heard the news that dance music's liveliest super-group, the Swedish House Mafia, are back in town and ready to go. The three big-room titans, Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell and Steve Angello, made their comeback at Ultra Music Festival earlier in the year and now they've hinted that they're going to make a full scale return towards the end of 2018.

The three's mainstream popularity is undeniable but before the reunion, they were working on different things and Steve Angello perhaps went down the most underground route of them all. Breaking off from Axwell and Ingrosso as they toured the world as a pair, Angello focused on his own solo projects from 2013.

He released two albums, 'Wild Youth' and 'Human', both of which dropped via his ever-expanding Size Records. He's a regular at Creamfields and with more new music about than ever before, Angello's performance at the festival will no doubt have revellers flocking to go and see the Swede.

We caught up with Steve ahead of his set there.

You’ve been away from the music and social media scene for a bit, what prompted this break?



I'm always on a break. I think it's healthy to take a break once in a while. You know, you go into the studio and you create albums – I put almost half a year each time into everything that I do – so I do think it's healthy to catch up on life once in a while.

And how does it feel to be back?

It's good, you know the album came out a couple weeks ago, I'm ready to tour – tour starts next week and then I do like 60 shows subtotal.

So you're refreshed and ready to go?

I'm stronger than ever.

You’ve just released your new record, ‘Human’ which has a biblical feel to it, like on ‘Rejoice’ there’s a sampling of a pastor/minister preaching – what did you want to say with this record as a whole?

I think it was the way that it's inspired me in the beginning. I came off the last album, I toured for 15 months, came off and I felt empty in a sense, I took some time off, started hanging out with family and friends and then on my way to the studio, there's a church. So I started going to church on my way to the studio just to get some peace and quiet on my way there because I was the only one going to the church. And it was really like a special vibe because I came and the church was closed on normal days but I always knocked on the side doors and they always let me into the church – I sat there alone for a couple of hours before I went to the studio. You know it's so great and empowering and strong and you can collect your thoughts and think a little better.