Maratone is a

music production A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

company, and started by two music producers and songwriters,

Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
AllMusic known professional ...

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 known for being a place where popular music acts of the late 1990s/early 2000s, such as Ba ...

. 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 Kent Isaacs is a Swedish producer, mixer, musician, songwriter and music entrepreneur. He is co-owner and operator of Cosmos Music, an independent Scandinavian music label. Isaacs has been known to work with Robyn, RZA, Slick Rick, Yusuf I ...

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 Cosmos Music, formerly Bonnier Amigo Music Group (BAMG), is an independent record company based in Stockholm, Sweden. It was formed in 2001, when record company and distributor Amigo Musik merged with the record company Bonnier Music. BAMG cla ...

. 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 Rami Yacoub (born 17 January 1975), also known by the mononym Rami, is a Palestinian-Swedish record producer and songwriter and former member of the songwriting/production houses Cheiron Studios and Maratone. Yacoub collaborated extensively wi ...

and

Arnthor Birgisson Arnthor Birgisson (Icelandic: Arnþór Birgisson; born 12 February 1976) is an Icelandic naturalized Swedish songwriter and producer. He moved to Sweden in 1978 (aged two) and has lived in Stockholm since. Information As young Arnþór att ...

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 are an Irish pop group formed in Dublin in 1998. The group consists ...

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

Kelly Clarkson Kelly Brianne (born Kelly Brianne Clarkson, April 24, 1982), known professionally as Kelly Clarkson, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Rising to fame after winning the American Idol season 1, first season of ''Ameri ...

's hits "

Since U Been Gone "Since U Been Gone" is a song recorded by American singer Kelly Clarkson from her second studio album, '' Breakaway'' (2004). The song, which was written and produced by Max Martin and Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald, was released as the lead sing ...

" and "

Behind These Hazel Eyes "Behind These Hazel Eyes" is a song by American singer Kelly Clarkson for her second studio album, ''Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson album), Breakaway'' (2004). It was written by Clarkson with the song's producers Max Martin and Dr. Luke. The song wa ...

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

Dr Luke Łukasz Sebastian Gottwald (born September 26, 1973), known professionally as Dr. Luke, Tyson Trax, and Made in China, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He began his professional music career as the Saturday Night Live ...

(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 eventually evolved from Maratone Studios to found and operate his own globally successful 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, Peter Carlsson,

Ilya Salmanzadeh Ilya Salmanzadeh (; ; born 19 September 1986), known mononymously as Ilya, is an Iranian-born Swedish songwriter, producer, and singer. He rose to prominence outside of Sweden after co-writing and producing Ariana Grande's hit single "Problem" ...

Ali Payami Ali Payami is a Swedish record producer, songwriter, and DJ. Payami's first number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 was The Weeknd's single "Can't Feel My Face". In 2016, he won a Grammy for Album of the Year for his contributions on Taylor S ...

Oscar Holter Oscar Thomas Holter (born 26 February 1986) is a Swedish record producer and songwriter based in the United States. He is best known for his work with record producer and fellow Swede Max Martin and Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd on the ...

and OzGo. This also did include

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

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, "

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" and "

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" 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 "

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" by Demi Lovato, "

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" by

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, and "

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" by

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being produced in the Wolf Cousins Studios.

References

External links

Maratone's web site
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