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 Backstreet Boys, Boyzone, Robyn, NSYNC, Britney Spears, and Westlife produced many of their greatest hits.
[1] Talomaa and Max Martin reformed the company as Maratone, while Kristian Lundin and Jake Schulze formed the Location, and David Kreuger and Per Magnusson started A Side Productions.
In 1986, a group of ten Swedish disc jockeys founded SweMix, a remix service, as a response to DiscoNet, Hot Tracks, and DMC.
The group included Dag Krister Volle (Denniz PoP), René Hedemyr (JackMaster Fax), Sten Hallström (StoneBridge), Emil Hellman (SoundFactory), and Johan Järpsten (JJ).
Tom Talomaa, a nightclub owner, became involved and supported the studio with more sophisticated equipment, and musicians began seeking out the group's services.
In 1991, the company was divided, and Remixed Records was sold to Giovanni Sconfienza, who later converted it into a full-fledged label (releasing artists such as Solid Base and Sonic Dream Collective).
[7] They produced hits for Swedish artists such as Leila K, Papa Dee, Rob'n'Raz, and Herbie, and hired more staff to meet rising demand.
– Max Martin, 19 March 2001[8] As the studio's repertoire expanded, Talomaa offered to release the second album by the Swedish funk metal band It's Alive, titled Earthquake Visions (1993).
[11] They followed it with the 1994 debut album by Swedish Eurodance singer E-Type, titled Made in Sweden, which included the #1 hits "Set the World on Fire" and "This Is the Way."
The latter ended up on the Billboard top 10[15] and was featured in the 1998 Swedish movie Fucking Åmål (the English distribution borrowed the song's title for the film due to the obscenity).
Magnusson and Kreuger teamed up with songwriter Jörgen Elofsson, who had previously recorded his own music under the name Shane, to write the song "Will Be Yours".
[18] Magnusson/Kreuger produced two tracks for the Danish group Michael Learns to Rock that were included on their 1999 compilation MLTR: a new version of "The Actor" and "I'm Gonna Be Around".
In 1998, Cheiron worked with the boy bands 5ive and NSYNC and the girl group Solid HarmoniE, and collaborated with Bryan Adams on the song "Cloud Number Nine".
[27] The Backstreet Boys recorded another hit for their fourth album, Black & Blue, "Shape of My Heart", which was written by Lisa Miskovsky, Martin, and Yacoub.
By the end of the year, however, Cheiron had concluded their joint production and publishing venture with Zomba Group, which they had signed in 1996,[12][13] and the decision was made to close the studio.