I was one of those people who related EDM with clubbing, excessive drinking and stories of drug overdoses at festivals but the more I got into the genre I learned that was not the case at all. There is so much more to this music than people give it credit for. The impact DJs have made not only on how music is made now but to performing in general, technology, media, business and marketing is undeniable. A once underground community with its many subgenres and its own culture emerged into the mainstream around 2012 and there was no stopping it.
Tim Bergling, known to most of us as Avicii, entered most of our lives with his hit song Seek Bromance, or for some of us maybe it was Levels. Both song that upon mentioning the titles alone I can hear immediately and if I close my eyes, transports me to a memory of my younger, wilder days. If it’s not the drop in Levels that triggers you then perhaps it’s Fade Into Darkness or Silhouettes - and if it’s none of those either then maybe you were just boring and never went out. But all these songs as well as his many many other songs, remixes and collaborations take me back to a certain time and place - where I was growing and changing into the person I am today. When Avicii passed away almost a year ago now, it was the first time in my life that a musicians death truly impacted my life.
Whilst I can’t tell you about the very first moment I heard one of Avicii’s songs, I can tell you that I knew when I heard him that he did something others could only dream of. The more I got into EDM, learning about how the music is made, about sampling, remixing, the spirit of electronic music as a whole, the more I really started respecting DJs. Avicii played music but more importantly, he played with music, remixing song, sampling from the likes of Nina Simone (Feeling Good) and Etta James (Levels), reimagining them for a new generation who didn’t even know it. He saw and heard things before any of us did, borrowing from jazz, pop, country, rock - genres that already had strong voices and sounds, reworking them and making us do a double take.
SOS, his new single featuring Aloe Blacc who also lent vocals to his ever popular Wake Me Up, serves as a precursor to his posthumous album. The album which was about 80% complete before his unfortunate passing is being completed by good friends and fellow music producers Albin Nedler and Kristoffer Fogelmark. The album, Tim, is set to be released in June and all profits will go to the Tim Bergling Foundation whose main focus in on mental health awareness. I truly hope that the album serves as a celebration of Avicii and continues to be an example of his ability to reinvent how music is made, seen, felt and heard.
Avicii brought happiness to many with his music, he was the soundtrack to new beginnings, carefree nights and hard times. I hope his music continues to be a reminder of the light in the dark for everyone.
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@avicii was a real inspiration to me, RIP legend Avicii ❤️🙏🏽! #Dj #Avicii #WakeMeUp #SeekBromance #Remake #MashUp #Remix #producer
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Avicii ◢ ◤ @Avicii you are in our hearts forever❤️ #RIPAvicii #TimBergling #Avicii #EDM #DJ #ripavicii🙏💔 #wakemeup #seekbromance #heybrother #brokenarrows #addictedtoyou #instamusic #instatrance #edm #aviciiforever (at Bethlehem, West Bank)
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<---- Now Playing ----> #Avicii #SeekBromance #Sylence_Edit #ProducedBy #Sylence #np #SoundCloud Hear it here; 👇👇👇👇 https://soundcloud.com/sylencemedia/avicii-bromance-sylence-edit #InstaMusic #InstaDJs #ElectricFamily #MusicFamily #HardstyleFamily #Hardstyle #Mixcloud #Soundcloud #Twitter #Facebook #Spotify #AmazonMusic #GooglePlay #YouTube #FollowMe (at Wales)
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AllaDiscoParty dal 28/1/20: specialino Milano con Meduza, Cost, Ben Dj, Dj Marietto @ Pelledoca (!)... e poi Freak a Villa Bonin e Alicante @ Napoli Milano forse non è Londra o Parigi e non è New York. Ma chi ha voglia di ballare qui trova un bel po' di opzioni. Tutte vincenti. Ad esempio Milano sabato 1 febbraio, più precisamente all'Amnesia ci sono gli splendidi Meduza, nominati ai Grammy Awards. E' un weekend infinito quello che riempie il Cost, sempre a Milano di party da giovedì al sabato. Il primo party di un weekend infinito è Unconventional Thursday, il 30/1, con Ben Dj... E che fa Ben Dj due sere prima, ovvero il 28 gennaio? E' in console al secondo compleanno del lussuoso Bullona, che aperto una "filiale" pure al Cairo. Chiudiamo il mini speciale Milano con il Pelledoca, che venerdì 31/01 dopo la Cena Cantata mette in console come dj guest lo scatenato Dj Marietto. A Vicenza a Villa Bonin: sabato 1 febbraio va in scena Freak!, una festa pop trash very very hot. L'1/2 Samuele Sartini fa scatenare il Numa di Bologna in un party dedicato a "Seek Bromance", che Avicii / Tim Berg creò partendo da "Love U Seek", che Sartini creò con Amanda Wilson (con cui è in studio ora) Arrivando in Romagna, il 31/1 al Bowling Seventies vanno in scena Darmamusic Darma, con il loro rock’n’roll anni ‘50 & swing. L'8 febbraio invece arriva quel matto di Paolo Noise. E a Napoli? L'1/2 molta techno: al Basic Club di Napoli c'è Ilario Alicante. TUTTI I PARTY DI AllaDiscoParty! 1/2 Meduza @ Amnesia Milano #house #deep #grammy 28/1 Ben Dj @ Bullona Anniversary - Milano #deluxe #pop #partygirls #food 30/1 Unconventional Thursday @ Cost Milano #deluxe #pop #partygirls #food 31/1 Dj Marietto @ Pelledoca - Milano #Dinnerparty #djset #allacarta 1/2 Freak Animalier @ Villa Bonin #trashnostop #funnypeoplegotofreak 31/1 Darmamusic @ Bowling Seventies - Rimini (RN) #swing #piadina #bowling 31/1 Samuele Sartini @ Numa - Bologna #house #seekbromance #samuelesartini 31/1 Darmamusic Darma @ Bowling Seventies - Cerasolo (RN) #rock’n’roll #anni50 #swing 1/2 Ilario Alicante @ Basic Club Napoli #techno #basic #ilarioalicante (presso Discoteca pelledoca. Milano) https://www.instagram.com/p/B71lu8po1vQ/?igshid=w90woym2h7f5
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Garoto, você estava mal
Mas eu tenho algo bom
Eu vou te tratar bem
De todas as formas, sim
Você nunca vai se sentir sozinho
O meu toque é uma loucura
Ele transborda
Brunowallkeer
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First Two to Vegas and New Orleans. Let's get it. ♥️♠️♦️♣️ #TreasureChestCasino #SeekBromance (at Treasure Chest Casino - Kenner, Louisiana)
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Now I got it bad but you got something good. . . . ◢◤ . . . #Love #Instagood #Photooftheday #Beautiful #Happy #Art #Picoftheday #Fashion #tbt #cute #Like4like #me #Instalike #Smile #Photography #fotogradia #vida #amor #avicii #tim #seekbromance (en Home) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_M0HkfIx9z/?igshid=xpimh0xiz5cv
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Your Music 🎼 ☺️🎧 Will Live 4Eva #TimBergling aka #Avicii #SeekBromance☺️
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Happy Birthday to our boy Reese! 🎉 #SeekBromance (at Boxcar Bar + Arcade)
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Tim Berg - Seek Bromance (Dividem Remix)
by Dividem
https://soundcloud.com/dividem/tim-berg-seek-bromance
Here More By This Artist At http://soundcloud.com/dividem
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#TBT #Avicii #SeekBromance #EDCLV part 2 ✌#SCEE
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As I listen to #seekbromance this morning I think of @samuelgarf and it makes me miss this fam so much!!! Reunion please?? But seriously Teresa, Erik and I already have been talking a Dec date lol who's in?! #theflirtshow #tbt #throwbackthursday #tigerheat #drag #dragqueen #instadrag (at Club TIGERHEAT)
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