The Norwegian and Swedish music producer duo Tungevaag & Raaban was officially formed in the beginning of 2015, but has already marked some impressive achievements in Scandinavia and GSA.
The duo debuted with the single ”Samsara” in February 2015. The song immediately became a smash hit and rapidly achieved international success. By today’s date, the song has certified four times platinum in Norway, double platinum in Sweden and platinum in Finland and Denmark.
”Samsara” has also topped Spotify’s official most streamed songs-chart in several Scandinavian countries.
Just a couple of months after the release of ”Samsara”, the duo dropped their second track: ”Parade”. The song instantly became a viral success and has since the release in June 2015 been streamed millions of times all over the globe.
Since the immediate break thru, the DJ- and producer duo has been busy touring all over Europe. Sold out main stage performances at the Weekend Festival’s in Helsinki, Finland and Pärnu, Estonia with a combined amount of visitors of 160 000, the Swedish Peace & Love festival and the Norwegian VG-Lista to name a few. The latter with a reported audience of 70 000 people.
But even though Tungevaag & Raaban is fairly new phenomenon, both Martin Tungevaag and Robbin Söderlund has produced music for many years. Both in collaboration and separately.
Tungevaag, who originates from Ålesund in Norway, has already left his mark on the European music market with the chart-topping hit “Wicked Wonderland” on the German EDM label Kontor Records. He has been Grammy nominated and has over the years built himself a strong fan base within the European dance music scene.
Raaban, from Borås in Sweden, has during the last five years made himself a name at the burgeoning dance music scene in Sweden. He has produced music for the Japanese superstar Yika Masaki and the Swedish house-duo Stockholm Syndrome. He has also produced commercial music for the music hit show Swedish Idol.
Tungevaag & Raaban’s single “Russian Roulette” was released worldwide on 27th November 2015 with great feedback. The single has already acquired Platinum in Sweden, Finland & Norway. Just a week after release it managed to surpass Adele with her #1 position in Finland.
Follow up singles “Wolf” (March 9th 2016) and Magical (May 27th 2016) have both gathered millions streams and several top positions in Europe.
The duo has to date over 185 million streams on Spotify. Their new single ‘Beast’ featuring Isac Elliot was released worldwide on September 9th 2016.