BIOGRAPHY @ DJ River.com

DJ River Biography
page updated 2011-06-29

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First of all, I would like to say thanx to those who have given me all the great feedback, comments and even donations through the years, and also to those of you who continuously votes for me every month at thedjlist.com!

Vote for River at http://www.thedjlist.com

Your support is a major part of my work and an important essence in everything I do!

My Info¬
My name is River Edén aka DJ River. I live in Stockholm, Sweden! I was born in 1979 in a small town up north of Sweden in a town called Falun and moved to Stockholm when I was 20 years old.

I’ve been into all sorts of music since I can remember. But through out the years I've become more and more interested in the electronic music genre..
And today, Im totally addicted! There is nothing better than a day filled with music.

And yes, I'm an atheist! :)

My Styles¬
Ambient, Chillout, Lounge, House, Chill house, Beach house, Progressive house, Trance, Spychedelic, and growing..

My Mixing¬
First of all I choose the tracks very carefully. I then ensure the tracks fit together nicely. I believe the combination of these two elements is the most important aspect of the mix. When I have made a mix that contains those elements in a a smooth blend, I know I’ve made a successful mix. I treat the creation of the mixes as a competition with myself. It’s not always easy and its very time consuming. Despite the challenge, I never quit.

Another thing about my mix creations is that I always try to make them as timeless as possible. I don’t use commercial music for this reason. To be honest, I’m not that keen on commercial music anyway. :)

"an emotional journey through mind and soul" with my mixes and I hope I will create these feelings for you aswell..

My Story¬
It all began in the early 2001
only had 2 or 3 tracks that where good, and the rest just crap!
So, I abandoned the traditional music store life in order to try to find something more suitable to ease my need for quality. I started to search and download mixed sets on the net, just to find out that even there I couldnt find a reliable source to fill my musical needs. Well, I did find some quality stuff, but the truth is that the majority of online dj mixes are almost by default based on low quality, bad mixing and not to forget; low bitrates(!) who wich oftens is the cause to the final & instant deaths for most mixes, even the promising ones. s.
My conclusion: The commercial music market = sucked (and still sucks). Low bitrates = mix killers!

My Solution¬
So, when I thought all hope was gone, thats when the idea was born - I decided to do it all myself. I had the material already from years of music addiction. And I had the vision of how I wanted the music to be arranged. My goal at the time was not to become a dj. I simply just wanted to create mixes the way I wanted mixes to be like. And strictly for my own private use. But then one day, something funny happened..
I had just finished my very first mix Ambient Chillout Mix 1 (Summer 2002) that I by accident had putted in my 'shared folder' on my computer when I got my first personal message in my filesharing program. The message said: "Hello, what a wonderful mix! -are you DJ River?" -At first, I didnt give it to much thoughs, except that I enjoyed the feedback. But the messages continued to increase, and no one seem to be dissapointed about my work. Thats when I started to think; "Well, if people really like what I do, maybe I should do something more to please them!". The time was now early 2003, and people had started to ask if I had a website where they could get to know more about me and my work. Well, a couple of weeks later I decided to start build a website, and with my limited knowledge in html I did manage to create a couple of pages where I briefly presented myself and my work. This was shown to be really succesfull. The years went by and my mixes grown in number, along side with more visitors. Everything went so fast and I didnt even realize the fact that I was becoming more and more popular. Even today I still have a hard time understand it all! *lol* But I do truly enjoy it! ;)

-I'm very passionate about my work, and it keeps growing stronger everyday! And mostly because of the great support from the people that have followed me since the beginning!