Avicii
Avicii
Tim Bergling, better known by his stage name Avicii, is a Swedish electronic musician, DJ, remixer and record producer. Avicii was ranked third on DJ Mag in 2012 and 2013 and has been nominated twice for a Grammy Award, once for his work on "Sunshine" with David Guetta in 2012 and once for his song "Levels" in 2013. Some of his most famous songs are "I Could Be the One" with Nicky Romero, "Wake Me Up", "You Make Me", "X...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionDJ
Date of Birth8 September 1989
CityStockholm, Sweden
CountrySweden
House music originated in America, and it has always been around, but I guess it just got a tighter hold on Europe and other parts of the world.
My dad has always been a big Ray Charles fan, and I've grown up listening to all kinds of music.
I've tried plenty of telephones. I tried to get into the Samsung Galaxy and the Blackberry, but the iPhone is just too easy to use. The camera takes clear pictures and the phone itself looks great. Like all Apple products, it kind of just makes sense.
When I started working on electronic music, that was after the rave period. I haven't even seen that part of it that much.
When it comes to electronic music, I started listening to a lot of Daft Punk, way before I knew what house music was, and then progressed into a lot of Steve Angello, Eric Prydz, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Laidback Luke.
I make sure to use both Twitter and Facebook a lot which helps me connect to the fans.
When I started out, I was Avici with one i. But on MySpace, that name was taken.
I have a hard time writing music when I'm on tour.
People in Sweden are very conscious of what people are saying about you.
I've always worn a lot of Ralph Lauren, and plaid shirts in general have been a signature piece for me. With plaid, you can look super-relaxed or you can look a bit dressed up.
I actually only started listening to house music around the time I started making it. I got hooked both to making music and to house music.
A lot of work and thinking goes into my DJing. I want the entire night to progress seamlessly and when I have to adapt the energy on the fly for the crowd on any given night, I can do so with harmonic mixes that Ive practiced over and over again. I am far from the only DJ that does this and its something I take pride in being able to do.
It's hard - some people get inspired by a feeling, but I'm mostly inspired by melodies.
Life's a game made for everyone and love is the prize. So wake me up when it's all over - when I'm wiser and I'm older. All this time I was finding myself and I didn't know I was lost.