Carl Cox was extremely crestfallen to hear about Aviciiās passing. In a new interview with BBC Radio 1, the Techno legend had a lot of his own perspective to share on the artistās life and their own relationship. As one of the most vocal DJs to speak out about the strain of touring, he knew of the late producerās plight all too well.
Cox said that he could see Avicii, real name Tim Bergling, was not in control of himself but in the ācontrol of others who didnāt understand what he was crying out for, that was just to be understoodā.
āI saw this flyer, to say that he was playing for I think two months, all over America nearly everyday, and I said to my friends at the time, I said have you seen this? Heās not gonna last half of that tour you know, itās too much, even for a young guy of his age, and at the time he was, I think, 23, so pressure was put onto him then, and he died when he was 28, so can you imagine from 23 until 28…ā
Cox says Avicii, ājust wanted to be free to make musicā, and that he was “very, very sad” to hear of his passing.
You can listen to the full interview on BBC Radio 1 now.
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