Tim Bergling (born 8 September 1989), known professionally as Avicii, Tim Berg, and Tom Hangs, is a Grammy nominated Swedish DJ, remixer, and record producer.
His single "Bromance" (recorded under the pseudonym Tim Berg) has charted in the top 20 on the national single charts of the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, and his native Sweden. A lyricized version titled "Seek Bromance" the original melody and lyrics from SAMUELE SARTINI "love u seek" was released shortly thereafter, charting on the UK Singles Chart and reaching number one on the international Beatport chart.
Other singles include "Levels" (sampling the song "Something's Got a Hold On Me" by Etta James), "Fade Into Darkness" (sampling the song "Perpetuum Mobile" by Penguin Cafe Orchestra,), "My Feelings for You" (sampling the song "My Feelings For You" by Cassius), "Street Dancer", among others. Currently he is releasing music under the Ministry of Sound label. After numerous electro successes and chart-topping remixes and original mixes, Avicii was ranked 6th in the 2011 Top 100 DJ poll.
Also, in 2011 Avicii himself posted an image on his facebook showing the cover of his latest single to be released, a compilation of remixes of his hit 2011 single "Levels", which would be titled: "Levels Remixes", as depicted on the image. The image clued in on remixes from Cazzette, and Skrillex.
Avicii was born on 8 September 1989 in Stockholm Sweden. His birth name is Tim Bergling , while he is known professionally as Avicii (Ah-vi-chi) , Tim Berg, and Tom Hangs. Explaining how he got the name 'Avicii', Bergling states: "Well, I was picking a name for my MySpace page and I had maybe 6 other options, but they were all taken. Then I remembered a friend of mine telling me about 'Avici', which is the lowest level of Buddhist hell."
Avicii emerged in the music industry in 2008, when he was 18 years old, compiling a remix of the theme song to the Commodore 64 video game Lazy Jones. This led to his first release on Strike Recordings, entitled "Lazy Lace."
In 2010, Avicii released a collaboration with fellow Swedish DJ John Dahlbäck, titled "Don't Hold Back." He is additionally working on projects with internationally-recognized DJs Tiësto and Sebastian Ingrosso. While his work is primarily electronic synthetic tracks, EMI released a vocal version of his track "Bromance," titled "Seek Bromance."
In October 2010, Avicii signed with the European A&R team with EMI Music Publishing. Based in London and New York, EMI is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the "big four" record companies and a member of the RIAA.
In 2011, his collaboration track "Sunshine" with David Guetta was to a Grammy for Best Dance Recording.
Avicii's influences include Laidback Luke, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, Axwell, Eric Prydz, Ste Kirwan, and Daft Punk.
"I’ve always been into music and growing up with older siblings. I’ve also had loads of different influences when it comes to my music taste. There are loads of other people that have influenced me but I think the biggest inspirations I’ve had aside from my manager has been the Swedish House Mafia guys and Eric Prydz, they were the ones who first got me into house!" Avicii - April 2011.
His first big track, "Manman," was released on Pete Tong's label, Bedroom Bedlam, after winning Pete Tong's Fast Trax with 70 percent of the votes.
Avicii also credits veteran dj Phil Courtney who first met with Avicii in 2002 while touring in Sweden. Although the two are still in contact, Courtney has ruled out any collaboration in the near future.
In 2010, Avicii embarked on his first world tour, primarily encompassing North America and Western Europe.
In North America, he played at Palace in Guelph, Ontario, The Guelph Concert Theatre in Guelph, Ontario, Club Glow in Washington, D.C.; SET and Nikki Beach in Miami; Club Pacha in New York; Electric Zoo Festival at Randall's Island in New York; Ultra Music Festival in Miami; Electric Daisy Carnival at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum; Ruby Skye in San Francisco; Vision Night Club in Chicago; The Guvernment in Toronto; Beta[disambiguation needed ] in Waterloo, Ontario; Stages in Kingston, Ontario; Muzique in Montreal; Club Mansion in London, Ontario, The Majestic in Madison, Wisconsin, Congress Theater in Chicago, Illinois,Wet Republic's Daylife in Las Vegas and The Edmonton Event Center in Edmonton, among other locations.
European cities and venues include Space in Ibiza; Monaco International Clubbing Show at Grimaldi Forum in Monaco; Fabulous Festival in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands; Ms Connexion in Mannheim; Aquarius Zrće in Novalja; La Dune in Toulouse; Illusions at Festivalpark Complex in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; AF-Borgen in, Sweden; and Mach 1 in Nuremberg.
Several of his concerts have been recorded for Sirius XM Radio's Trance and Progressive House channel. On 23 October 2010, in support of his world tour, Avicii presented his work in an exclusive hour-long set on Channel 52 of the Electric Area on Sirius XM Radio.
The largest crowd Avicii has played for to date was on the main stage at the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas on June 26, 2011. He also headlined at the 2011 Inox Festival in Toulouse, France.
Avicii also played at Tara's in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 8, 2011, at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on July 9, 2011, Governors Island, NYC on July 17, 2011 and at Tomorrowland in Boom, Belgium on July 23, 2011.
Avicii performed on September 7, 2011 at Brock University in St. Catharines, Canada. On September 11, he performed in Syracuse, NY as part of the annual fall concert series Juice Jam. London, Ontario as part of the O-Week celebration for The University of Western Ontario. On September 12, he performed at the Washington Avenue Armory in Albany, New York to a crowd of mostly University at Albany students.
On September 15, he played a private concert for students of McGill University in Montreal. On October 15, he will be performing in Slovenia, Ljubljana at the INTERNATIONAL FOAM FESTIVAL with David Morales and Ian Carey. October 22, 2011 Avicii performs at Bert's Warehouse in Detroit, Michigan. On October 28, he preformed at Petco Park in San Diego, CA. On October 29, 2011 Avicii will perform at Pic-a-Chic farm in Bloomington, Indiana as part of a Halloween and Indiana University Homecoming celebration. Avicii will also be at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ on October 29, 2011.
