Avicii

Sweden, 2006–2018

Swedish producer and DJ, born Tim Bergling (1989-2018). He wrote house records as pop songs — piano hooks, verse and chorus — and on True went further, putting bluegrass and folk players over four-to-the-floor. 'Levels' and 'Wake Me Up' defined a decade of festival dance music.

MusicRoots documents 2 artists who influenced Avicii and 1 artist Avicii influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Avicii?

• Daft Punk — Avicii's way into electronic music, and he was clear it came before the genre did: he was listening to Daft Punk before he knew what house was.
• Swedish House Mafia — The Stockholm producers Avicii cited as his inspiration when he started making tracks at sixteen — Steve Angello by name.

Which artists did Avicii influence?

• Kygo — Avicii is the reason Kygo started producing at all — the melodies were close enough to what he was already playing on the piano that the gap looked crossable.