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(" Divine Sorrow"),

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and Petter, to name a few.

Career

Magnus Lidehäll started in a rap / hip hop duo alongside Herbert Munkhammar called Afasi & Filthy. "1990 Nånting", released with the band Snook in 2002, was their biggest hit. Between 2007-2008 he became a member of the successful formation Maskinen. He left Maskinen to focus on writing and producing music for other artists. Today he has a great resumé working with both international and local Swedish artists such as:

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, Silk City,

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and many more. He has also worked with producers such as

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and

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. Together with

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and Henrik Jonback Magnus co-wrote and produced "How I Roll" & "Trip To Your Heart" from

's album ''

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'', which was released in March 2011. On

's 2013 album "

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". he co-wrote and produced "Love Me" with

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and Camela Leierth. He also co-wrote and produced the single "Don't Wait" from

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, released on Downtown Records in the same year as well as her 2014 debut album "Hey Hey". Magnus played a key role in breaking

, co-writing and producing all songs on her EP "For Madeleine", for which he was awarded producer of the year at 2015's

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(Swedish Grammy Awards), and her debut album " Pretend" and sophomore album "I'm A Dream" . He also collaborated on

's 2015 single "Bang My Head" (feat. Sia &

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). Since 2016 Magnus has released songs under his producer alias MagnusTheMagnus. The music turned out to fit perfectly for video and has been featured in campaigns for brands like

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and Cartier. "Area" and "Keep on Lovin’" were featured in the iPhone 8 and iPhone X reveals respectively, "Area" later led

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's Top TV Commercials Chart. One of his lesser known songs ''Calling'' was used in a Santander, a Polish bank, commercial, leading to an influx of Polish listeners who fondly remembered the commercial.

Studio Gottefar

Studio Gottefar is managed by Magnus Lindhäll,

and

Salem Al Fakir Lars Salem Al Fakir (; born 27 October 1981) is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He regularly collaborates with Vincent Pontare as the songwriting and production duo Vargas and Lagola. Together, they have worked with ma ...

and is located in the old Traxton studios near

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. Jonas Wikström, friend of the trio and head of A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group Scandinavia, described Gottefar as "''a creative hub for working with diverse artists and projects''".http://musikforlaggarna.se/wp-content/uploads/tidning2014.pdf

Discography

References

External links

ACSAP 2005

All music

Afasi & Filthy

Style Of Eye & Magnus - Antidote
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