Virtual Riot
{{short description|German DJ and electronic music producer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Virtual Riot
| image = Virtual_riot_logo.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Virtual Riot's logo
| birth_name = Christian Valentin Brunn
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|07|20}}
| birth_place = Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
| origin =
| genre = {{hlist|EDM|Electronic|Dubstep|Riddim{{Cite web|url=https://www.youredm.com/2018/01/31/virtual-riots-new-ep-just-bass-music-needed/|title=Virtual Riot's New EP Is Exactly What Bass Music Needed|last=Meadow|first=Matthew|date=2018-01-31|website=Your EDM|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04}}}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Music producer|DJ}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Piano|Synthetiser|Digital Audio Workstation}}
| years_active = 2010–present
| label = {{hlist|Warner Records|Owsla|Lowly|Monstercat|Rottun Recordings|Firepower Records|Circus Records|Disciple|Never Say Die|Buygore|Slugz Music|Cyclops Recordings|FORM|SectionZ|Audiophile Live|Moving Castle|Jet Set Trash|Spirited|Phantom Hertz Recordings|Anemnesis|Bass Liberation|N-recordings}}
| associated_acts = Excision, 12th Planet, Datsik, Barely Alive, Dodge & Fuski, Modestep
| module = {{Infobox YouTube personality|embed=yes
| channel_handle = VirtualRiot
| channel_display_name = Virtual Riot
| years_active = 2011–present
| genre = Music
| subscribers = 481 thousand
| views = 92.2 million
| network =
| silver_year = 2014
}}
}}
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 seventeen extended plays and two studio albums, most notably his 2016 extended play Chemistry, which peaked at 20 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums charts and his 2018 extended play German Engineering, which peaked on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart at the No. 11 position. He was signed to the independent music label Disciple Recordings in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/virtual-riot-mn0002992110/biography|title=Virtual Riot - Biography & History - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=13 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613201229/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/virtual-riot-mn0002992110/biography|archive-date=13 June 2017|df=dmy-all}} On 16 April 2019, he announced a publishing deal with Skrillex's OWSLA.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BwVir4olej5/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BwVir4olej5 |archive-date=24 December 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Virtual Riot on Instagram: "Today I signed a publishing deal with @owsla . Thanks to @skrillex and my legendary managers for making this happen 💜🎉🍾"|website=Instagram|access-date=17 April 2019}}{{cbignore}}
Career
Brunn has had numerous Beatport chart hits including "One For All, All For One" with Razihel and "Cali Born" with Helicopter Showdown.{{cite web |url=http://www.djz.com/news/exclusive-virtual-interview-with-virtual-riot/ |title=Archived copy |website=www.djz.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703150535/http://www.djz.com/news/exclusive-virtual-interview-with-virtual-riot/ |archive-date=3 July 2015 |url-status=dead}} Other electronic music outlets, such as Your EDM, have called his music "non-traditional" and "edgy", comparing him to artists like Savant.{{cite web|url=http://www.youredm.com/2013/10/30/edm-roadmap-electronic-dance-music-industry-explained/|title=An EDM Roadmap: The Electronic Dance Music Industry Explained|first=Brett|last=Edgerly|date=30 October 2013|website=Youredm.com|access-date=6 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325125736/http://www.youredm.com/2013/10/30/edm-roadmap-electronic-dance-music-industry-explained/|archive-date=25 March 2017|df=dmy-all}}
Prior to producing under the alias "Virtual Riot", Brunn produced ambient dubstep and future garage music under another alias, Your Personal Tranquilizer.{{cite web|url=http://themusies.com/2016/08/exclusive-interview-with-virtual-riot-from-the-disciple-takeover-tour-in-philly/|title=Exclusive Interview with Virtual Riot from the Disciple Takeover Tour in Philly|date=30 August 2016|website=Themusies.com|access-date=6 June 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830205357/http://themusies.com/2016/08/exclusive-interview-with-virtual-riot-from-the-disciple-takeover-tour-in-philly/|archive-date=30 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}
Brunn has released several EPs under British record label Disciple Records, including his charted EP, Chemistry.{{Cite news|url=http://www.bassrush.com/virtual-riot-conjures-up-bad-chemistry/|title=Virtual Riot Conjures Up Bad Chemistry {{!}} Bassrush|date=2 May 2016|work=Bassrush|access-date=8 August 2017|language=en-US}} He produces in genres such as riddim, future bass, future garage, electro house, and both bass-heavy and melodic dubstep.
On August 9, 2021, Brunn announced his debut studio album titled Simulation, which was released on September 10.
Discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="1" scope="col" |Title ! rowspan="1" scope="col" |Details |
| scope="row" |Simulation{{Cite web |last=Meadow |first=Matthew |date=11 September 2021 |title=Virtual Riot releases third studio album, Simulation |url=https://www.youredm.com/2021/09/11/virtual-riot-releases-third-studio-album-simulation-must-listen/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912003233/https://www.youredm.com/2021/09/11/virtual-riot-releases-third-studio-album-simulation-must-listen/ |archive-date=12 September 2021 |accessdate=15 September 2021 |website=Your EDM}}
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|---|
| scope="row" |Stealing Fire
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=Compilations=
=Extended plays=
=As featured artist=
=Singles=
=Mashups=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Album ! scope="col" | Label |
|---|
| "Idols"
| 2013 | rowspan="2" | Non-album singles | rowspan="2" | Self-released |
| "Superheroes" {{font|size=80%|(with Panda Eyes)}}
| 2015 |
=VIP (Variation In Production) mixes=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Album ! scope="col" | Label |
|---|
| scope="row"| "We're Not Alone"
| 2015 | We're Not Alone (The Remixes) | rowspan="2" | Disciple Recordings |
| scope="row"| "Warm Ups"
| 2016 | Disciple 03: Risen |
| scope="row"| "In My Head" {{font|size=80%|(featuring PRXZM)}} | rowspan="3"| 2017 | Free Spirits, Vol. 4 | Spirited |
| scope="row"| "Purple Dragons" {{font|size=80%|(Dragons VIP)}} | rowspan="2" {{N/A|Non-album singles}} | Self-released |
| scope="row"| "Everyday" {{font|size=80%|(featuring Yosie)}} |Spirited |
| scope="row"| "Preset Junkies"
| 2018 | Preset Junkies EP | Disciple Recordings |
| scope="row"| "Lost It"{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/track/1o0xAaXY4nEaPdBGiLZdNb |title=Lost It - VIP, a song by Virtual Riot, Pearl Andersson on Spotify |website=Spotify |date=5 November 2019 |access-date=5 December 2019}} {{font|size=80%|(featuring Pearl Andersson)}} |2019 |Knights of the Round Table, Vol. 3 |Disciple Round Table |
| scope="row"| "Pray for Riddim"
| rowspan="2"| 2020 | rowspan="2"| Head to Head Vol. 1 | rowspan="9"| Disciple Recordings |
| scope="row"| "Cry Some More" |
| scope="row"| "Show Up" {{font|size=80%|(featuring Virus Syndicate)}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/rivals-virtual-riot-vip/1548599307 |title=Rivals (Virtual Riot VIP) by Virtual Riot & Barely Alive on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=5 March 2021}} | rowspan="4"| 2021 | rowspan="4"| Head to Head Vol. 2 |
| scope="row"| "Weeble Wobble" |
| scope="row"| "Basement Dwellers" |
| scope="row"| "Rivals" {{font|size=80%|(with Astronaut)}} |
| scope="row"| "Simulation"{{cite web |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/40WKzYdV5OBamofJZRftB5 |title=Simulation - VIP, a song by Virtual Riot on Spotify |website=Spotify |access-date=6 April 2024}}
| rowspan="3"| 2024 | rowspan="3"| Simulation - The DLC |
| scope="row"| "Neon Angel" {{font|size=80%|(with LeKtriQue and Leah Culver)}} |
| scope="row"| "We're Not Alone" |
=Original compilation features=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Album ! scope="col" | Label |
|---|
| "Illusion Machine"
| 2012 | Shock Therapy LP | Phantom Hertz Recordings |
| "Gangsters"
| 2014 | Disciple Alliance, Vol. 1 | rowspan="3" | Disciple Recordings |
| "Beyond"
| 2015 | Disciple Alliance, Vol. 2 |
| "Dragons"
| rowspan="2" |2017 |Disciple Alliance, Vol. 3 |
| "Degenerates"
|Knights of the Round Table, Vol. 1 |Disciple Round Table |
| "Continue"
| rowspan="4" |2018 |Disciple x Jericho |rowspan="3" |Disciple Recordings |
| "Dog Fight"
|Disciple Alliance, Vol. 4 |
| "How Do You Turn This On"
|Disciple x Miniladd |
| "Cry Some More"
|Knights of the Round Table, Vol. 2 |Disciple Round Table |
| "Das Riddim" (with Infekt)
|2019 |Disciple Alliance, Vol. 5 |Disciple Recordings |
| "Lost It - VIP" (featuring Pearl Andersson)
|2019 |Knights of the Round Table, Vol. 3 |Disciple Round Table |
| "Dream Logic"
|2020 |Disciple Alliance, Vol. 6 |Disciple Recordings |
| "Don't Need You"
|2021 |Disciple Alliance, Vol. 7 |Disciple Recordings |
| "All Of The Above"
|2023 |All Nighter Vol. 8 |FORM |
=Collaborations=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Collaborator(s) ! scope="col" | Label |
|---|
| "Superhuman"
| rowspan="2" |2012 | Quantum |
| "Never Let You Go"
| Crystal Drop & Bunjee | Bass Liberation |
| "Project Mayhem"
| rowspan="4" |2013 | Animal | Self-released |
| "Cali Born"
| Helicopter Showdown | Anemnesis |
| "One For All, All For One"
| Razihel |
| "Where Are You"
| Sub.Sound | Audiophile Live |
| "Symphony"
| rowspan="2" |2014 | Jonas Minor | Disciple |
| "Thwek"
|Mr. Bill | Section Z Records |
| "Nightmare" {{font|size=80%|(featuring Splitbreed)}}
| rowspan="5" |2015 | Autodrive | Disciple |
| "Fatal Fist Punch"
| Megalodon | Never Say Die Records |
| "Alien"
| Dodge & Fuski | rowspan="6" | Disciple |
| "Feel The Bass"
| JVST SAY YES |
| "Running From The Cops"
| Armanni Reign |
| "Borg"
| rowspan="8" |2016 | FuntCase |
| "Showdown"
| ShockOne |
| "Juices"
| Dubloadz |
| "Nasty"
|Firepower Records |
| "Leave It Behind" {{font|size=80%|(featuring Ash Riser)}}
| Disciple |
| "Flutter"
| Madi | Moving Castle |
| "In My Head"
| PRXZM | Spirited. |
| "Graveyard Shift"
| Bukez Finezt | rowspan="2" | Disciple |
| "Kung Fu"
| rowspan="5" |2017 | PhaseOne |
| "Beat Dem Up"
| Buygore |
| "Listen"
| The Others | rowspan="3" | Disciple |
| "Don't Get Spooked"
| Dubloadz |
| "Basement Dwellers"
| Barely Alive |
| "Warriors of the Night"
| rowspan="6" |2018 | rowspan="2" |Datsik | rowspan="2" |Firepower Records |
| "Freakuency" |
| "Rampage"
| Barely Alive, PhaseOne, and Myro | Rampage |
| "Triforce"
|Panda Eyes and Barely Alive | rowspan="2" | Disciple |
| "By My Side"
|Modestep and Barely Alive |
| "Guardians Of The Universe"{{Cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/305451|title=TeddyLoidのダブステップアルバムにちゃんみな、Paloalto＆SALUら参加（動画あり）|website=音楽ナタリー|language=ja|access-date=2019-01-12}}
|Gan-Shin Records |
| "Nothing"
| rowspan="3" |2019 | Disciple |
| "Gang Shit"
|Virus Syndicate and Dion Timmer | Disciple Round Table |
| "Das Riddim"
|Infekt |Disciple |
| "Spicy Riddim Drums"
|2020 |Disciple |
| |"This Could Be Us"{{Cite web|url=https://edm.com/news/virtual-riot-announces-new-album-simulation-release-date|title=Virtual Riot announces new album Simulation and release date|last=Sunkel|first=Cameron|website=EDM.com|date=10 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811073432/https://edm.com/news/virtual-riot-announces-new-album-simulation-release-date|archive-date=11 August 2021|accessdate=2021-08-23}}
|2021 |Modestep and Frank Zummo |Disciple |
| "Neon Angel"
|2021 |LeKtriQue and Leah Culver |Disciple |
| "Teardrop"
|2022 |Lowly |
=Remixes=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Label |
|---|
| "Speaker Fuck"
| 2011 | Basis | Phantom Hertz Recordings |
| "One" {{font|size=80%|(featuring Holly Drummond)}}
| rowspan="6" |2012 | Submatik & Phil | Self-released |
| "Now That You're Gone"
| Nick Galea | One Eighty |
| "Never Let You Go"
| Crystal Drop, Bunjee, and Virtual Riot | Bass Liberation |
| "Black Light"
| Self-released |
| "In Love With The World" |
| "Million Miles"
| off/chopped | Self-released |
| "Stories Can Wait"
| rowspan="10" |2013 | Submatik | Quantum |
| "Bad News"
| Lock N Bounce | Jet Set Trash |
| "Where Do We Go"
| 1OAKS |
| "Arms"
| MNRS | Konkordski |
| "Work Bitch"
| RCA/Sony |
| "Next Ones To Come"
| Claire | rowspan="2" | Polydor/Island/Universal |
| "Time Is Now"
| Youthkills |
| "Mistake"
| Teqq vs. Alive & Kicking | Modern Chap |
| "Can You Feel My Heart"
| rowspan="2" | Self-released |
| "Get It Right"
| Left Boy |
| "Chasing Ghosts" {{font|size=80%|(featuring Spock & Directive)}}
| rowspan="8" |2014 | Barely Alive | Disciple Recordings |
| "Lovers On The Run"
| NIHILS | Self-released |
| "Quantum"
| Astronaut |
| "Fire Away"
| Skrillex | Self-released |
| "Dial Up"
| Barely Alive | Disciple Recordings |
| "Follow You"
| Au5 |
| "Ultraviolence"
| rowspan="3" | Self-released |
| "Together"
| MUST DIE! |
| "Lionhearted"
| rowspan="3" |2015 |
| "I've Got You"
| Animal Music | MUK Records |
| "True Colors"
| Zedd |
| "Codename X"
| rowspan="6" |2016 | Excision | Rottun Recordings |
| "Emotional"
| Flux Pavilion and Matthew Koma |
| "Binary" {{Font|(with Barely Alive)|size=80%}}
| Barely Alive | Disciple Recordings |
| "Without a Trace" {{font|(featuring Stalking Gia) [with Kill The Noise]|size=80%}}
| Owsla |
| "Next To You" {{font|size=80%|(featuring Savoi)}}
|LDRU | Audiopaxx/Universal |
| "All We Know" {{font|size=80%|(featuring Phoebe Ryan)}}
| Self-released |
| "Talk About It" {{font|size=80%|(featuring Desirée Dawson)}}
| rowspan="2" |2017 |
| "One" {{font|size=80%|(featuring Holly Drummond)}}
| Submatik | Self-released |
| "WFSU" {{font|size=80%|(with Snails)}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.youredm.com/2018/08/16/snails-teams-up-with-virtual-riot-to-remix-his-own-collab-with-waka-flocka-wfsu/ |title=Snails Teams Up With Virtual Riot to Remix His Own Collab With Waka Flocka, "WFSU" |last=Meadow |first=Matthew |date=16 August 2018 |website=Your EDM |access-date=19 August 2018}}
| rowspan="2" | 2018 |Snails and Waka Flocka Flame | Slugz Music |
| "Clarity" {{Font|(featuring Foxes)|size=80%}}{{Cite news|url=https://edmdose.com/2018/12/27/this-virtual-riot-remix-of-zedds-clarity-is-insane/|title=This Virtual Riot Remix Of ZEDD'S Clarity Is Insane|last=Dhananjaya|first=Thamindu|date=2018-12-27|website=Edm Dose|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-08}}
| Zedd | Self-released |
| "Blame Myself" {{font|size=80%|[with Illenium]}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/fallen-embers-deluxe-version/1591091543 |title=Fallen Embers (Deluxe Version) by Illenium on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=November 30, 2021}}
| 2021 | Illenium and Tori Kelly |
| "Everybody's dead!"
| rowspan="2" | 2022 | Self-released |
| "Spacetime"
| Subtronics and Nevve | Cyclops Recordings |
| "Pleasure Seeker"
| rowspan="3" | 2023 | Mr. Bill | Self-released |
| "Your favorite sidekick"
| Underscores and 8485 | Self-released |
| "Don't Get Too Close"
| Skrillex and Bibi Bourelly | Self-released |
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