Tero Civill
Encyclopedia
Tero Civill is a Finnish
DJ
and music producer. He began promoting warehouse raves
and DJing at age of 15. Since 1991 he has performed at hundreds of events, including Roskilde Festival
and MTV's
Isle Of MTV among others. Civill also has a weekly radio
show Sunnuntaikooma at Finland's only electronic music
radio station, Basso FM. He owns a personal record collection of over 20 000 songs.
His music production work began around 1994 when he began to use old synthesizers
he had started collecting years before. Early experimental gigs paved the way for his Syv2 Un1 project, which focuses on ambient
, downtempo
and IDM
. Since then he has produced music for TV, theater
and different record labels
.
Tero has also appeared in few television advertisements, as well in music video by Finnish
musician Darude
.
“Best Finnish artist/producer” nominee at 2003 Finnish Club Awards
“Best DJ of the year” top ten rankings in 2002 and 2003 Finnish Club Awards
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
and music producer. He began promoting warehouse raves
Rave
Rave, rave dance, and rave party are parties that originated mostly from acid house parties, which featured fast-paced electronic music and light shows. At these parties people dance and socialize to dance music played by disc jockeys and occasionally live performers...
and DJing at age of 15. Since 1991 he has performed at hundreds of events, including Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival is a festival held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the six biggest annual music festivals in Europe . It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandfær and Jesper Switzer Møller, and promoter Carl Fischer...
and MTV's
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
Isle Of MTV among others. Civill also has a weekly radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
show Sunnuntaikooma at Finland's only electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
radio station, Basso FM. He owns a personal record collection of over 20 000 songs.
His music production work began around 1994 when he began to use old synthesizers
Analog synthesizer
An analog or analogue synthesizer is a synthesizer that uses analog circuits and analog computer techniques to generate sound electronically. The earliest analog synthesizers in the 1920s and 1930s such as the Trautonium were built with a variety of vacuum-tube and electro-mechanical technologies...
he had started collecting years before. Early experimental gigs paved the way for his Syv2 Un1 project, which focuses on ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
, downtempo
Downtempo
Downtempo is a laid-back electronic music style similar to ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike the beatless forms of Ambient music. The beat is sometimes made from loops that have a hypnotic feeling...
and IDM
Intelligent dance music
Intelligent dance music is a term that describes an electronic music genre that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre is influenced by a wide range of musical styles particularly electronic dance music such as Detroit Techno...
. Since then he has produced music for TV, theater
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and different record labels
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
.
Tero has also appeared in few television advertisements, as well in music video by Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
musician Darude
Darude
Ville Virtanen , better known by his stage name Darude is a trance producer and DJ from Eura, Hinnerjoki, Finland. Debuting in 1995, he released the hit single "Sandstorm" in late 1999 and subsequent album Before the Storm...
.
“Best Finnish artist/producer” nominee at 2003 Finnish Club Awards
“Best DJ of the year” top ten rankings in 2002 and 2003 Finnish Club Awards
Remixes
- 2005 "U&K - Paranoid (Tero Civill Remix)"
- 2006 "Miika Kuisma - Miami Nice (Tero Civill Four Of A Kind Remix)"