But please don't forget that I was in that world, too. Witnessing his subject mentally fraying behind camera, did Tsikurishvili feel any responsibility to stop the filming and attend to AviciiвЂ™s well-being? His response is emphatic. To illustrate his point, Tsikurishvili recalls the touring route Avicii took on his way to his UAE debut at Dubai's World Trade Centre in 2016: 'We started in Spain, then we went to Poland, Russia, some Baltic country I don't remember, Dubai, Beirut, Israel and Italy вЂ¦ and that was in a week.' The parties are great and you travel the world and see the positive parts of each country, but at the same time you are also dealing with human beings and they just canвЂ™t deliver the same result to the fans and industry each night.

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вЂњMy sleep was basically destroyed and I eventually had this understanding that this life is basically a never-ending grind,вЂќ he says. The first sign that the DJ life wasnвЂ™t all glamour came to Tsikurishvili a few days into his first tour with Avicii, which was a run of Australian dates. And then Tim invited me to work with him and through him I stepped into that world and I realised that it was different.вЂќДЄgreeing on the concept of a warts and all documentary following the life of a DJ on the rise, Tsikurishvili was given unfettered access to AviciiвЂ™s life, and from 2013 joined him on all his tours until his retirement. вЂњI was the same as many of us in that I wanted to live that DJ life with all the parties and jets and money. Mental health and burnout in the EDM scene discussed at Amsterdam Dance Event Featuring Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, the song was officially released on June 6, as part the posthumous studio album Tim. The end result is the nostalgic and affecting music video вЂ“ officially approved by the Avicii estate вЂ“ for the track Heaven. 'He was scared of being forgotten'Дeeply affected by the artist's death, and with hours of unused footage of their Madagascar trip, Tsikurishvili decided to honour his friend by returning to the island nation in April and retracing their journey. It was in Madagascar that Avicii gave his final on-Вcamera interview to ВTsikurishvili, which went on to form part of the documentary. We would sit together, laugh and joke around, and at the same time he was interested in analysing his life and what we both went through together over the years.' 'He was in good spirits and also very reflective. 'He was in a great place mentally when I saw him,' he tells The National. The talented DJ was only 28 when he died in Muscat, Oman.Д«ut Tsikurishvili says Avicii was happy and at peace during those 19 days spent in Madagascar, less than two years before his death. Avicii took his own life six months after the documentary was released, in April 2018. Released in October 2017 and available to stream on Netflix, the film is an unflinching portrayal of a young artist struggling with the demands of fame. Levan Tsikurishvili, director of new Avicii video 'Heaven' and a friend of the late artist.В Levan Tsikurishvili He followed him through the hundreds of clubs and festivals he performed at, and spent hours with him on planes, at hotels and in his Sweden and Los Angeles homes, piecing together footage that would eventually become the documentary Avicii: True Stories. It was a break that was well earned ВTsikurishvili had been Avicii's virtual shadow for the past few years of his career. They chilled on beachside hammocks, cracking jokes and playing Monopoly. He packed his bags and cameras and joined Avicii (real name Tim Bergling) a few days later. Swedish-ВGeorgian film director Levan Tsikurishvili didn't think twice. When he got to I le Sainte Marie, an island off the east coast of Madagascar, he was so taken with it that he wanted to share its turquoise waters with a friend, so he called the man who had been with him in the electronic dance music trenches. Every few days, he would visit another town on the island and indulge in sightseeing, swimming and a good dose of hiking. The plan was simple: rest, rec uperate and replace the cacophony of clubs and crowds with the cool sounds of nature. A few days later, he hopped on a plane for a solo trip to Madagascar, off the coast of East Africa. W hen Avicii retired early from his frenetic touring career after a soaring 2016 set at Ibiza Вsuper-club Ushuaia, he had his mind set on visiting another island.

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