Virtual Riot

Virtual Riot
Virtual Riot's logo
Background information
Birth name Christian Valentin Brunn
Born (1994-07-20) 20 July 1994
Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Genres
Occupation(s) Music producer
Instruments
  • Piano
  • synthesizer
  • digital audio workstation
Years active 2010–present
Labels
Disciple Recordings
Associated acts 12th Planet, Datsik, JVST SAY YES, Chodegang (now abandoned)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active 2011–present
Genre Music
Subscribers 300 thousand
Total views 38 million
Network None
100,000 subscribers 2014
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 23 June 2018.

Christian Valentin Brunn (born 20 July 1994), better known by his stage name Virtual Riot, is a German DJ and electronic music producer. He has released several albums and EPs, most notably his 2013 album There Goes Your Money. He was signed to the independent music label Disciple Recordings in 2014.[1]

Career

Brunn has had numerous Beatport chart hits including "One For All, All For One" with Razihel and "Cali Born" with Helicopter Showdown.[2] Other electronic music outlets, such as Your EDM, have called his music "non-traditional" and "edgy", comparing him to artists like Savant.[3]

Brunn has gained over 264,000 followers on SoundCloud, where he has released many tracks, beginning with a rock-pop piece entitled "Wake Me Up" and recently his EP German Engineering. He has also gained over 300,000 subscribers on YouTube, where he uploads his songs, monologues and tutorials on music production.

Prior to producing under the alias "Virtual Riot", Brunn produced ambient dubstep and future garage music under another alias, Your Personal Tranquilizer.[4] He stated in a livestream on his Twitch.tv account that his works under that alias are "somewhere on YouTube", that being on the YouTube channel "stollentroll32", featuring Brunn playing piano and making domino videos.

He has also produced several sample and preset packs for music producers, with some of his most popular packs including his 2014 self-titled sample pack on Prime Loops and his preset packs for VSTs like Native Instruments' Massive and Xfer's Serum.[5]

His studio mascot is a little elephant his girlfriend bought him for his 20th birthday.[6]

On 21 February 2017, Brunn teased his new EP, Throwback, via his official YouTube page.[7] Unlike his Chemistry EP, which released in 2016,[8] Throwback appears to be a literal homage/tribute to his earlier works, straying away from the riddim style and containing tracks that are reminiscent of genres he previously produced within such as melodic dubstep, electro and drum and bass. The album was fully released for purchase on streaming platforms on 27 February.

Discography

  • There Goes Your Money (2013)
  • Nightmare EP (2015)
  • Chemistry EP (2016)
  • German Engineering (2017)

References

  1. ↑ "Virtual Riot - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Edgerly, Brett (30 October 2013). "An EDM Roadmap: The Electronic Dance Music Industry Explained". Youredm.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Exclusive Interview with Virtual Riot from the Disciple Takeover Tour in Philly". Themusies.com. 30 August 2016. Archived from the original on 30 August 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Sample Packs". SoundCloud. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Virtual Riot". Facebook.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Virtual Riot (21 February 2017). "Virtual Riot - Throwback EP Trailer". YouTube. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Chemistry - EP by Virtual Riot on Apple Music". iTunes. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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