Maratone is a

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company, and started by two music producers and songwriters,

Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (; born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
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and Tom Talomaa. Based in

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, it was started in January 2001 after the closing of

Cheiron Studios Cheiron Studios () was a recording studio located in the Kungsholmen district of Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1992 by Denniz PoP and Tom Talomaa, it was famous for being the place where popular music acts of the late 1990s/early 2000s such a ...

. Maratone moved in at

Cosmos Studios X-Level Studios, formerly known as EMI Studios, Abbey Road Studios and Cosmos Studios, is a recording studio in Skärmarbrink on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden. It has been running since the early 1960s. It was founded by Kent Isaacs, who ...

after the production team Kai Erixon and Kent (Gillström) Isaacs decided to split up after working together for 10 years on numerous productions. Isaacs bought the old Abbey Road/EMI Studios that is now

. Cosmos Studios is closely affiliated with Cosmos Music Group. The first songs to be written and produced at Maratone were four tracks for

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' third album, '' Britney''. The Maratone production crew now consists of producers/songwriters Max Martin,

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and

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Alexandra Talomaa Alexandra Talomaa (born 1975) is a Swedish songwriter who has written songs for A-Teens, Anders Fernette (previously Johansson), Backstreet Boys, Darin, Westlife Westlife is an Irish pop vocal group formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1998. The gr ...

left, and is now running her own studio/production company named "Maridox Songs". With

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's hits "

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" and " Behind These Hazel Eyes", which were produced at Maratone, Max Martin had reinvented himself together with Dr Luke (Lukasz Gottwald) by using a completely different sound than the "Cheiron sound" he was famous for. He has continued to use the new

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sounds on hits for

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and many more.

Other ventures

Martin's time at Maratone Studios evolved into his own production companies, such as MXM and Wolf Cousins and has gathered numerous working affiliates, making themselves a songwriting and production collective under the label. These people are

, Shellback, Rickard Goransson, Johan Carlsson,

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and OzGo. This also did include

Dr. Luke Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald (born September 26, 1973), known professionally as Dr. Luke, Tyson Trax, and Made in China, is an American record producer and songwriter. His professional music career began in the late-night television sketch comedy ...

for a short while until 2014. Songs recorded at MXM Studios include " Stone Cold" by

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, "

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" and " Roar" by

, "

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" by Usher, and " Let There Be Love" by

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. In 2013, the production entity Wolf Cousins was created in Stockholm, with songs such as "

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" and " Confident" by Demi Lovato, "

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" by

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, and " Problem" by

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being produced in the Wolf Cousins Studios.

References

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External links

Maratone's web site
Music production companies Recording studios in Sweden Music organizations based in Sweden