Avicii

Avicii was the stage name of Tim Bergling (1989–2018), a Swedish DJ and producer who helped bring electronic dance music into the pop mainstream.

His hits include "Levels," "Wake Me Up," and "Hey Brother." The name derives from Avīci, the lowest level of Buddhist hell.

He retired from touring in 2016 due to health problems and died by suicide at 28.

production

Ableton

Music production software

  • DAWAudio production software
  • stemsPlant's main axes
  • mixingCombining into one mass

mastering · collaboration · ghostwriter · demo · session · sample · loop · arrangement · layering · compression

legacy

memorial

Thing preserving remembrance

documentary · biography · posthumous · remembered · iconic · influential · pioneer · legend · farewell · Oman

EDM

synthesizer

Electronic sound-generating instrument

progressive · electro · festival · mainstage · banger · anthem · buildup · breakdown · remix · mashup

Swedish

Stockholm

Sweden's seat of government

Max Martin · Spotify · Eurovision · ABBA · melodic · Scandinavian · homeland · birthplace

performance

Ultra

Premium product line marker

Ibiza · Vegas · residency · DJ set · headline · crowd · light show · visuals · energy · tour

Categories
Opposites
musical energy/mood

AviciiLeonard Cohen

Canadian singer-songwriter, poet

Bon Iver · ambient music · Brian Eno · dirge · requiem

cultural positioning in electronic music

Aviciiunderground

Below ground or countercultural

noise music · industrial music

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G