Christian Valentin Brunn, known professionally as Virtual Riot, is a German DJ and electronic music producer. He debuted on Monstercat with his song One For All, All For One in collaboration with Razihel, which was released on June 21, 2013.
Background[]
At the age of 23, 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. He has had numerous Beatport chart hits including "One For All, All For One" with Razihel and "Cali Born" with Helicopter Showdown. Other electronic music outlets, such as YourEDM, have called his music "non-traditional" and "edgy," comparing him to artists like Savant.
Prior to producing under the alias Virtual Riot, Valentin Brunn produced Liquid Dubstep and Future Garage under another alias known as Your Personal Tranquillizer, and chiptune, under the alias Code Generator.
In late 2015 and early 2016 he was a part of the dubstep trio known as "Chodegang" along with Barely Alive and Dubloadz from Disciple. The project was later discontinued to internal issues between Barely Alive and Dubloadz.
Virtual Riot has also produced several sample and preset packs for music producers, with some of his most popular packs being his 2014 self-titled sample pack on Prime Loops, his "Heavy Bass Design" + "Virtual Riot: Serum Presets for PRESET JUNKIES" (for Xfer Records' Serum) packs on Splice and his other preset packs for VST's like Native Instruments' Massive.
His studio mascot is a little elephant (also known as Fant), his wife (Miss Neko) bought him for his 20th birthday. He also owns a cat named Luna.
Timeline[]
2013[]
June
- June 21, 2013: Virtual Riot released his debut Monstercat single, One For All, All For One, in collaboration with Razihel. The song is featured on Monstercat 014 - Discovery.
2014[]
March
- March 19, 2014: Virtual Riot created a remix of the song Quantum by Astronaut. The remix is featured on Monstercat 017 - Ascension and Astronaut's Destination: Quantum EP.
July
- July 11, 2014: Virtual Riot created a remix of the song Follow You by Au5, featuring Danyka Nadeau. The remix is featured on Follow You (The Remixes) and Monstercat #BeatportDecade Dubstep.
2017[]
May
- May 16, 2017: Virtual Riot created a remix of the song Talk About It by Pegboard Nerds, featuring Desirée Dawson. The remix is featured on Nerds By Nature (The Remixes).
2024[]
September
- September 13, 2024: Virtual Riot released his second Monstercat single, Give in to you, in collaboration with Rezz and featuring One True God. The song is featured on Monstercat - Best of 2024 and Virtual Riot's Stealing Fire LP.
- September 30, 2024: Virtual Riot released his third Monstercat single, Believe What You Want. The song is featured on Monstercat - Best of 2024 and his Stealing Fire LP.
October
- October 9, 2024: Virtual Riot released his fourth Monstercat single, Scorched Earth. The song is featured on his Stealing Fire LP.
- October 18, 2024: Virtual Riot released his debut Monstercat LP, Stealing Fire LP:
2025[]
February
- February 3, 2025: Virtual Riot released his fifth Monstercat single, Damage in collaboration with DIESEL and featuring Shaquille O'Neal.
Monstercat Uploads[]
- One For All, All For One (with Razihel)
- June 21, 2013
- Astronaut - Quantum (Virtual Riot Remix)
- March 19, 2014
- Pegboard Nerds - Talk About It (feat. Desirée Dawson) (Virtual Riot Remix)
- May 16, 2017
- Give in to you (with Rezz, feat. One True God)
- September 13, 2024
- Believe What You Want
- September 30, 2024
- Scorched Earth
- October 9, 2024
- Stealing Fire
- October 18, 2024
- Damage (with DIESEL, feat. Shaquille O'Neal)
- February 3, 2025
Trivia[]
Collaborated With[]
Artists featured[]
- One True God (1)
- Raven Gray (1)
- Shaquille O'Neal (1)
Artists remixed[]
- Astronaut (1)
- Au5 (1)
- Pegboard Nerds (1)
Featured artists on artist's remixes[]
- Danyka Nadeau (1)
- Desirée Dawson (1)
Off-Monstercat releases[]
Collaborations[]
- Never Let You Go (with Crystal Drop & Bunjee) (2012) [Bass Liberation]
- Cali Born (with Helicopter Showdown) (2013) [Anemnesis]
- Where Are You (with Sub.Sound) (2013) [Audiophile Live]
- Symphony (with Jonas Minor) (2014)
- Thwek (with Mr. Bill) (2014) [SectionZ Records]
- Nightmare (feat. Autodrive & Splitbreed) (2015) [Disciple Recordings]
- Fatal Fist Punch (with Megalodon) (2015) [Never Say Die Records]
- Alien (with Dodge & Fuski) (2015) [Disciple Recordings]
- Feel The Bass (with JVST SAY YES) (2015) [Disciple Recordings]
- Borg (with Funtcase) (2016) [Disciple Recordings]
- Showdown (with ShockOne) (2016) [Disciple Recordings]
- Juices (with Dubloadz) (2016) [Disciple Recordings]
- Leave It Behind (with 12th Planet, feat. Ash Riser) (2016) [Disciple Recordings]
- Graveyard Shift (with Bukez Finezt) (2016) [Disciple Recordings]
- Gully Squad (with 12th Planet & Twine) (2016) [Smog Records]
- Nasty (with Datsik) (2016) [Firepower Records]
- Kung Fu (with PhaseOne) (2017) [Disciple Recordings]
- Beat Dem Up (with Dirtyphonics) (2017)
- Rampage (with Myro, Barely Alive & PhaseOne) (2018) [Disciple Recordings]
- Warriors Of The Night (with Datsik) (2018) [Fire Power Records]
- Freakuency (with Datsik) (2018) [Fire Power Records]
- Triforce (with Panda Eyes & Barely Alive) (2018) [Disciple Recordings)
- Get Lemon (with 12th Planet, Barely Alive, Dodge & Fuski, Eliminate, Hatcha, Fox Stevenson, Modestep, Myro, Oolacile, Panda Eyes, PhaseOne & Truth) (2018) [Disciple Recordings]
- By My Side (with Barely Alive & Modestep) (2018) [Disciple Recordings]
- Nothing (with Modestep)
- Gang Shit (with Dion Timmer and Virus Syndicate) [Disciple Recordings]
- Das Riddim (with INFEKT) [Disciple Recordings]
- We Don't Play (with 12th Planet, Bandlez, Barely Alive, Chibs, Dirtyphonics, Dodge & Fuski, Eliminate, Fox Stevenson, INFEKT, Modestep, MVRDA, Myro, Oliverse, PhaseOne, SampliFire, Terravita, Virus Syndicate) [Disciple Recordings]
Mashups[]
- Idols (2014)
- Superheroes (with Panda Eyes) (2015)
EPs[]
- From Space EP (2011) [Phantom Hertz Recordings]
- Transmission EP (2011) [Phantom Hertz Recordings]
- Super Human EP (2012) [Quantum]
- Drop Some EP (2013) [Bass Liberation]
- Sugar Rush EP (2013) [Audiophile Live]
- Sugar Rush Remixes EP (2013) [Audiophile Live]
- We're Not Alone EP (2014) [Disciple Recordings]
- We're Not Alone Remixes EP (2014) [Disciple Recordings]
- 100% No Bangers EP (2014) [Self-Released]
- Nightmare EP (2015) [Disciple Recordings]
- Carrier
- Nightmare (with Autodrive, feat. Splitbreed)
- Warm-Ups
- Different World
- Machinery EP (2015) [Disciple Recordings]
- Rise of the Robots (feat. Messinian)
- Machinery
- Running from the Cops (feat. Armanni Reign)
- Time Stops (feat. Danyka Nadeau)
- Chemistry EP (2016) [Disciple Recordings]
- Borg (with Funtcase)
- Showdown (with ShockOne)
- Juices (with Dubloadz)
- Leave It All Behind (with 12th Planet, feat. Ash Riser)
- Chemistry (The Remixes) EP (2016) [Disciple Recordings]
- Borg (with Funtcase) (Downlink Remix)
- Showdown (with ShockOne) (Ekko & Sidetrack Remix)
- Juices (with Dubloadz) (Pegboard Nerds Remix)
- Leave It All Behind (with 12th Planet, feat. Ash Riser) (Oolacile Remix)
- Throw Back EP (2017) [Disciple Recordings]
- Still Kids EP (2017) [Spirited Records]
- Still Kids (feat. Yosie)
- Everyday (feat. Yosie)
- Kingdoms And Castles (feat. tribes)
- Lost It (feat. Pearl Andersson)
- German Engineering EP (2018) [Disciple Recordings]
- Preset Junkies EP (2018) [Disciple Recordings]
- One Two
- Preset Junkies VIP
- Come With Me (feat. Leah Culver)
- Glow In The Dark (Interlude)
- Remedy (feat Leah Culver)
- Save Yourself EP (2019) [Disciple Recordings]
- Save Yourself
- Wallmonger
- Hysteria
- Iteration (Interlude)
- Self Checkout
- GOAT
- The Recall
- Insides
- Head To Head Vol. 1 (with Barely Alive) (2020) [Disciple Recordings]
- Virtual Riot - Pray For Riddim VIP
- Barely Alive - Wompum VIP
- Virtual Riot - Cry Some More VIP
- Barely Alive - Odyssey VIP
- Head To Head Vol. 2 (with Barely Alive) (2021) [Disciple Recordings]
- Virtual Riot - Show Up VIP (feat. Virus Syndicate)
- Barely Alive - Weeble Wobble VIP
- Barely Alive & Virtual Riot - Basement Dwellers VIP
- Barely Alive & Astronaut - Rivals (Virtual Riot VIP)
Albums[]
- There Goes Your Money (2013) [SectionZ Records]
- The Classics (2017) [Self Release]
- Simulation (2021) [Disciple]
Singles[]
- Another Way (2012) [Quantum]
- Superhuman (featuring Amba Shepherd) (2012) [Quantum]
- Energy Drink (2013) [Self-Released]
- Paper Planes (2014) [Self-Released / NoCopyrightSounds]
- Earth & Sky (2014) [Self-Released]
- Thwek (With Mr. Bill) (2014) [SectionZ Records]
- Rampage (2014) [Self-Released]
- Fuck Gravity (2014) [Self-Released]
- Lunar (2015) [Self-Released]
- Mittens Is Angry (2015) [Self-Released]
- Yonaka (2015) [Self-Released]
- Disintegrate (2015) [Spirited.]
- Preset Junkies (2015) [Self-Released / UKF]
- Dragons (2016) [Disciple Recordings]
- Flutter (feat Madi) (2016) [Moving Castle]
- Pixel Forest (2017) [Spirited.]
- Shindeiru (2018) [Disciple Recordings]
- Continue (2018) [Disciple Recordings X Jericho]
- How Do You Turn This On (2018) [Disciple Recordings X MiniLadd]
- Dog Fight (2018) [Disciple Recordings]
- Cry Some More (2018) [Disciple Round Table]
- Original compilation features:
- Illusion Machine (2012) [Phantom Hertz Recordings]
- Gangsters (2014) [Disciple Recordings]
- Beyond (2015) [Disciple Recordings]
Remixes[]
- Basis - "Speaker Fuck (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2011) [Phantom Hertz Recordings]
- Submatik & Phil feat. Holly Drummond - "One (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2012) [Self-Released/Free]
- Nick Galea - "Now That You're Gone (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2012) [One Eighty]
- Crystal Drop, Bunjee & Virtual Riot - "Never Let You Go (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2012) [Bass Liberation]
- Lisa Rowe - "Black Light (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2012) [Self-Released/Free]
- Aura Dione - "In Love With The World" (2012) [Universal Music Germany]
- off/chopped. - "Million Miles (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2012) [Self-Released/Free]
- Submatik - "Stories Can Wait (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2013) [Quantum]
- Lock N Bounce - "Bad News (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2013) [Jet Set Trash]
- 1OAKS - "Where Do We Go (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2013) [Warner Music Germany]
- MNRS - "Arms (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2013) [Konkordski]
- Britney Spears - "Work Bitch (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2013) [RCA/Sony]
- Claire - "Next Ones To Come (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2013) [Polydor/Island/Universal]
- Youthkills - "Time Is Now (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2013) [Polydor/Island/Universal]
- Teqq vs. Alive & Kicking - "Mistake (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2013) [Modern Chap]
- Bring Me The Horizon - "Can You Feel My Heart (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2013) [Self-released/Free]
- Left Boy - "Get It Right (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2013) [Self-released/Free]
- Barely Alive feat. Spock & Directive - "Chasing Ghosts (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2014) [Disciple Recordings]
- NIHILS - "Lovers On The Run (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2014) [Self-Released]
- Skrillex - "Fire Away (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2014) [Self-Released/Free]
- Barely Alive - "Dial Up (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2014) [Disciple Recordings]
- Lana Del Rey - "Ultraviolence (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2014) [Self-Released/Free]
- MUST DIE! - "Together (Virtual Riot Bootleg)" (2014) [Self-Released/Free]
- Porter Robinson - "Lionhearted (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2015) [Self-Released/Free]
- Animal Music - "I've Got You (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2015) [MUK Records]
- Zedd - "True Colors (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2015) [Interscope/Universal]
- Excision - "Codename X (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2016) [Rottun Recordings]
- Flux Pavilion & Matthew Koma - "Emotional (Virtual Riot Remix)" (2016) [Self-Released/Free]
- Barely Alive - "Binary (Barely Alive & Virtual Riot Remix)" (2016) [Disciple Recordings]
- LDRU - "Next To You (Virtual Riot & Barely Alive Remix)" (2016) [Self Release]
- Submatik & Phil feat. Holly Drummond - "One (Virtual Riot 2017 Remix)" (2017) [Self-Released/Free]
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