"It is with profound sorrow that we announce the loss of Tim Bergling, also known as Avicii," his publicist Diana Baron said in a statement. "He was found dead in Muscat, Oman this Friday afternoon local time, April 20th. The family is devastated and we ask everyone to please respect their need for privacy in this difficult time. No further statements will be given."
......just missed the 27 club by 1 year
nekholm
Rest in peace, Tim :(
Terrence Parker
Rest in peace :(:(:(
Mr.Mystery
Oh well.
idoru
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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Oh well.
:stongue:
Trance-M
This came into mind:
MR STROKE
Guy was pretty ed up mentally, heard many stories about him being kicked off the decks for being too ed up. I've heard he was a big coke head and drinker, I would bet he got into opiates and went down hill from there?
Sad as he was probably one of the biggest influences in the massive EDM explosion 7-8 years ago. Levels exploded, you started hearing it at ball games, commercials, then bam EDM took off and kids like Martin Garrix became mega stars.
Never been a fan of his music, but much respect for what he did. RIP
DJ RANN
Not to on the dead, I don't' really get this statement (that keeps getting repeated) about him being one of the biggest influences as the timing is all off?
I moved to the USA in 2007 and dance music was exploding. Even the stuff I didn't care for like SHM and EC twins were huge, and Calvin Harris and the Mau5 were killing it on the big stages.
Then 4 years later Avicii cashes in on an already booming scene and now he's one of the most influential?
I get it maybe as an inspiration for Martin Garrix but christ, Joel was trolling Avicii
and Garrix (and their crowd) to their faces for being lowest common denominator tripe.
Don't get me wrong, levels was played at sports events etc, but so was Jump Around and Zombie Nation.
Sykonee
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Originally posted by DJ RANN
Not to on the dead, I don't' really get this statement (that keeps getting repeated) about him being one of the biggest influences as the timing is all off?
I moved to the USA in 2007 and dance music was exploding. Even the stuff I didn't care for like SHM and EC twins were huge, and Calvin Harris and the Mau5 were killing it on the big stages.
Then 4 years later Avicii cashes in on an already booming scene and now he's one of the most influential?
I get it maybe as an inspiration for Martin Garrix but christ, Joel was trolling Avicii
and Garrix (and their crowd) to their faces for being lowest common denominator tripe.
Don't get me wrong, levels was played at sports events etc, but so was Jump Around and Zombie Nation.
Dance music may have been on an uptick in 2007, but it had absolutely no mainstream market penetration compared to the hottest music at the time (crunk/autotune rap, reggaeton, emo/indie rock). Then David Guetta changed all that by getting features from popular rap and R&B singers around 2009, which clued the American Mainstream to House music (again).
That's when things in America started taking off. By the time Avicii's Levels dropped, the US was primed for the 'EDM Revolution', which he capitalized on. Throw in the killer combo of Millenials now coming of age to go to clubs, and he was basically right time, right place for a new generation to discover big, pop club anthems all over again. Others made similar music before him sooner, but they didn't catch the crest of the wave like he did.
Edit: Also, he did successfully do that country-house hybrid thing. Not a new gimmick -- Bob Sinclar had done it not even a half-decade prior -- but again, right time, right place.
MR STROKE
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Originally posted by DJ RANN
Not to on the dead, I don't' really get this statement (that keeps getting repeated) about him being one of the biggest influences as the timing is all off?
Is he the most influential of all time? no. But I keep seeing this everywhere
"Avicii is what got me into EDM"
Midlothian
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Originally posted by MR STROKE
Is he the most influential of all time? no. But I keep seeing this everywhere
"Avicii is what got me into EDM"
Sometimes it's good enough for someone to have been influential and done a lot of good for those who (came to) love his music. Doesn't have to be -the most- influential indeed.
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Originally posted by DJ RANN
Not to on the dead, I don't' really get this statement (that keeps getting repeated) about him being one of the biggest influences as the timing is all off?
I moved to the USA in 2007 and dance music was exploding. Even the stuff I didn't care for like SHM and EC twins were huge, and Calvin Harris and the Mau5 were killing it on the big stages.
Then 4 years later Avicii cashes in on an already booming scene and now he's one of the most influential?
I get it maybe as an inspiration for Martin Garrix but christ, Joel was trolling Avicii
and Garrix (and their crowd) to their faces for being lowest common denominator tripe.
Don't get me wrong, levels was played at sports events etc, but so was Jump Around and Zombie Nation.
You can hardly be surprised this kind of thing said about someone in this field of music with this kind of fandom. Inappropriate or not the responses I've read to Jóhann Jóhannsson's death came to mind. Such a different world.
An article over at the BBC is saying:
'When it was suggested that he didn't make "real music", he told the Standard: "You are drawing the melodies, drawing the chord progressions. You are making music. Mozart wrote everything down on a piece of paper. DJs write on computers. I really don't see any difference."' (http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43845137)
Then (among others) some Slam FM radio DJ is quoted in Dutch media saying how some of the greats from the pop music business came to see him as a musical god for the way he did his bridge-building between dance and pop, and how people came to compare him as a composer with Mozart - saying the comparison may be a bit strong but is actually quite good.
People just can't help themselves and just have to make out-of-proportion comparisons to be able to express themselves about this sort of thing. It's never enough. If you do something reasonably well you're a "hero". If you bring something new musically/compositionally (according to some) you're the latest Mozart. To quote a highly influential speaker on here: "oh well". From many articles it sounds like he was basically just a good boy ended up in a world he didn't really belong to. As this is a usually a music discussion forum not a book of condolences it'd be hypocritical if any critical-ish contribution is considered ting the dead.
As you were.
SYSTEM-J
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Originally posted by Midlothian
From many articles it sounds like he was basically just a good boy ended up in a world he didn't really belong to.
It reminds me of the professional poker players I used to deal to when I worked in a casino. You had the grizzled veterans of 20-30 years who'd been doing it since it was an illegal, backroom thing with no glamour. But then you had the twenty-something kids who'd come from online poker and were now wearing leather jackets and flashing new-found cash. Most of them were quiet, slightly geeky guys who'd perfected something on their computer in their bedroom and had consequently been thrust into a world of vice and notoriety without quite having the social acumen to deal with it. No surprise how a lot of them ended up.
