Maratone is a

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company, and started by two music producers and songwriters, Max Martin and Tom Talomaa. Based in

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, it was started in January 2001 after the closing of Cheiron Studios. Maratone moved in at Cosmos Studios after the production team Kai Erixon and

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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. Cosmos Studios is closely affiliated with

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. The first songs to be written and produced at Maratone were four tracks for

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' third album, ''

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''. The Maratone production crew now consists of producers/songwriters Max Martin, Rami Yacoub and

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. Alexandra Talomaa left, and is now running her own studio/production company named "Maridox Songs". With Kelly Clarkson's hits " Since U Been Gone" and "

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", which were produced at Maratone, Max Martin had reinvented himself together with

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(Lukasz Gottwald) by using a completely different sound than the "Cheiron sound" he was famous for. He has continued to use the new rock sounds on hits for Taylor Swift, Pink,

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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 Rami Yacoub, Shellback, Rickard Goransson, Johan Carlsson, Peter Carlsson,

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, Oscar Holter and OzGo. This also did include Dr. Luke for a short while until 2014. Songs recorded at MXM Studios include " Stone Cold" by

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, " Birthday" and " Roar" by

, " Scream" by

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, and " Let There Be Love" by Christina Aguilera. In 2013, the production entity Wolf Cousins was created in Stockholm, with songs such as " Cool for the Summer" and "

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" by Demi Lovato, " First Love" by

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, and "

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" 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