

Wheelie on the zeitgeist.” However, instead of doing so with standoffishīraggadocio, he did so with arms wide open, a festival headlining disc jockeyĪt peak hour, unifying a world of partygoers in a harmonious dance.

Maybe, instead of a golden gramophone that However, on multiple occasions, for years at a time, sounds he created Lamenting his passing, let us instead celebrate what made him the kind ofĪrtistic creative who crystallized our love of dance and exuberance into aĪmazingly, though unquestionably gifted as aĬreative, Avicii never won a Grammy, for any of his nearly 20 global top 10 Thus, a living legend has left us far too soon. Sonic blend that elevated electro into the pop cultural stratosphere, he becameĪ living legend. But, in the one moment on 2013 single 'Levels' when he melded gospel and house music into a hyperkinetic and spiritual Sure, the namesĭavid Guetta, Swedish House Mafia, Diplo, Skrillex, Zedd, and Martin Garrix canīe discussed in this conversation.

To drastically undersell the legacy of the artist inarguably most responsible for the mainstream pop crossover success of electronic music. To state that today, “ Swedish electro house titan Avicii, aka Tim Bergling, was found dead, of unknown causes in Oman,” would be
