70. Alesso

Alesso

After a blistering rise to prominence, it's hardly surprising that Alessandro 'Alesso' Lindblad enters the Top 100. From only a handful of singles and EPs, the producer and DJ has built u...



 

Style: Electro/progressive house
Best known for: Being mistaken for Seb Ingrosso's son, and maybe for my remix of 'Pressure' and latest single 'Calling', with Seb.
Tune of 2011: Swedish House Mafia 'Save The World'.
Breakthrough DJ/Producer of 2011: Arty and Skrillex

What's the future of DJing? The scene looks really bright for DJs, because I feel like they're all working so hard and fighting everyday to make it go forward!
Favourite app? The Flashlight app, so I can find my way home at night.
Discovery of the year? US and A! I love it there!
Rediscovery of the year? Coldplay 'Fix You'. I love that track so much! So emotional!
Awkward Moment? The first time I tried to grab the microphone during a gig, but unfortunately it didn't work at all! Nobody heard me!
Style or substance? I have no idea how to answer that question…
Pet Hate? I hate snakes on a plane! Both the animal and the movie...

After a blistering rise to prominence, it's hardly surprising that Alessandro 'Alesso' Lindblad enters the Top 100. From only a handful of singles and EPs, the producer and DJ has built up a huge fan-base for his infectious brand of progressive electro house, particularly with his track 'Nillionaire'.
“2011 has been so hectic but amazing at the same time!” says Alesso. “It is my first year ever touring, it has been so much to take in and so many great things to experience. I've been trying to focus on everything. But the 'pressure' has been good!”
And although a main-room stomper of a collaborative single with Sebastian Ingrosso, 'Calling', undoubtedly raised his profile, the wave of interest it created was ridden out with perpetual ease and skill by Alesso, who is already gearing up for the next chapter.
“I'm so pumped after this amazing summer and year. I'm looking forward to working more on what I love doing!” TRISTAN PARKER