# Virtual Riot

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. On 16 April 2019, he announced a publishing deal with Skrillex's OWSLA.

## Career

Brunn 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 Your EDM, have called his music "non-traditional" and "edgy", comparing him to artists like Savant.
Prior to producing under the alias "Virtual Riot", Brunn produced ambient dubstep and future garage music under another alias, Your Personal Tranquilizer.
Brunn has released several EPs under British record label Disciple Records, including his charted EP, Chemistry. 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

| Title | Details |
| Simulation | Released: 10 September 2021 Label: Disciple Recordings Format: Digital download |
| Stealing Fire | Released: 18 October 2024 Label: Monstercat Format: Digital download |

### Compilations

| Title | Details |
| There Goes Your Money | Released: 27 May 2013 Label: Disciple Recordings Format: Digital download |
| The Classics | Released: 5 May 2017 Label: Create Classics Format: Digital download |
| Head to Head Vol. 1 (with Barely Alive) | Released: 28 August 2020 Label : Disciple Recordings Format: Digital download |
| Head to Head Vol. 2 (with Barely Alive) | Released: 6 February 2021 Label : Disciple Recordings Format: Digital download |

### Extended plays

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | US Dance | US Dance Sales |
| From Space | Released: May 25, 2011 Label: Phantom Hertz Recordings Format: Digital download | — | — |
| Transmission | Released: October 4, 2011 Label: Phantom Hertz Recordings Format: Digital download | — | — |
| Drop Some | Released: August 6, 2013 Label: Bass Liberation Format: Digital download | — | — |
| Sugar Rush | Released: October 14, 2013 Label: Audiophile Live Format: Digital download | — | — |
| We're Not Alone | Released: August 11, 2014 Label: Disciple Recordings Format: Digital download | — | — |
| 100% No Bangers | Released: December 27, 2014 Label: Self-Released Format: Digital download | — | — |
| Nightmare | Released: February 16, 2015 Label: Disciple Recordings Format: Digital download | — | — |
| Machinery | Released: September 21, 2015 Label: Disciple Recordings Format: Digital download | — | — |
| Chemistry | Released: May 2, 2016 Label: Disciple Recordings Format: Digital download | 20 | — |
| Throwback | Released: February 27, 2017 Label: Disciple Recordings Format: Digital download | — | — |
| Still Kids | Released: August 10, 2017 Label: Spirited Format: Digital download | — | — |
| German Engineering | Released: January 31, 2018 Label: Disciple Recordings Format: Digital download | – | 11 |
| Preset Junkies | Released: October 24, 2018 Label: Disciple Recordings Format: Digital download | – | — |
| Save Yourself | Released: September 25, 2019 Label: Disciple Recordings Format: Digital download | — | — |
| Head to Head, Vol. 1 (with Barely Alive) | Released: August 28, 2020 Label: Disciple Recordings Format: Digital download | — | — |
| Head to Head, Vol. 2 (with Barely Alive) | Released: February 6, 2021 Label: Disciple Recordings Format: Digital download | — | — |
| "—" denotes an extended play that did not chart or was not released. ||||

### As featured artist

| Title | Details |
| In Love With the World (by Aura Dione) | Released: January 1, 2012 Label: Universal Music Germany Format: Digital download |
| Getting Wet (by Lock N Bounce) | Released: May 1, 2013 Label: Jet Set Trash Format: Digital download |
| Destination: Quantum (by Astronaut) | Released: March 19, 2014 Label: Monstercat Format: Digital download |
| Emotional (Remixes) (by Flux Pavilion and Matthew Koma) | Released: January 22, 2016 Label: Circus Records Format: Digital download |
| Alt Classic (by Kill the Noise) | Released: May 13, 2016 Label: Owsla Format: Digital download |
| RAVEN (by Grey) | Released: October 13, 2023 Label: Lowly Format: Digital download |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Dreaming" | 2011 | Transmission |
| "Dance with Me" | 2011 | Non-album singles |
| "Renegade A. I." | 2011 | Non-album singles |
| "Cold Winds and Warm Blankets" | 2011 | Non-album singles |
| "Nights on Fire" | 2011 | There Goes Your Money |
| "The Pit" | 2012 | Non-album singles |
| "Stargarden" | 2012 | Non-album singles |
| "Another Way" | 2012 | Non-album singles |
| "Energy Drink" | 2013 | Non-album singles |
| "Evil Gameboy" | 2013 | There Goes Your Money |
| "Paper Planes" | 2014 | Non-album singles |
| "Earth & Sky" | 2014 | Non-album singles |
| "Rampage" | 2014 | Non-album singles |
| "Fuck Gravity" | 2014 | 100% No Bangers |
| "Lunar" | 2015 | Non-album singles |
| "Mittens Is Angry" | 2015 | Non-album singles |
| "Yonaka" | 2015 | Non-album singles |
| "Disintegrate" | 2015 | Non-album singles |
| "Preset Junkies" | 2015 | Non-album singles |
| "Stay For a While" | 2016 | Non-album singles |
| "Dragons" | 2016 | Non-album singles |
| "Pixel Forest" | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Basement Dwellers" (with Barely Alive) | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Degenerates" | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Continue" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "By My Side" (with Modestep and Barely Alive) | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Dog Fight" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "How Do You Turn This On" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Cry Some More" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "PN-35A" | 2019 | Non-album singles |
| "Das Riddim" (with Infekt) | 2019 | Non-album singles |
| "Spicy Riddim Drums" (with Modestep) | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "Dream Logic" | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "Heavy Bass Design, Vol. 2" | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "This Could Be Us" (with Modestep and Frank Zummo) | 2021 | Simulation |
| "Chroma" | 2021 | Simulation |
| "Neon Angel" (with LeKtriQue and Leah Culver) | 2021 | Simulation |
| "Raven" (with Grey) | 2023 | Non-album singles |
| "I heard you like polyrhythms" | 2024 | Non-album singles |
| "Give in to you" (with Rezz featuring One True God) | 2024 | Stealing Fire |
| "Believe What You Want" | 2024 | Stealing Fire |
| "Scorched Earth" | 2024 | Stealing Fire |

### Mashups

| Title | Year | Album | Label |
| "Idols" | 2013 | Non-album singles | Self-released |
| "Superheroes" (with Panda Eyes) | 2015 | Non-album singles | Self-released |

### VIP (Variation In Production) mixes

| Title | Year | Album | Label |
| "We're Not Alone" | 2015 | We're Not Alone (The Remixes) | Disciple Recordings |
| "Warm Ups" | 2016 | Disciple 03: Risen | Disciple Recordings |
| "In My Head" (featuring PRXZM) | 2017 | Free Spirits, Vol. 4 | Spirited |
| "Purple Dragons" (Dragons VIP) | 2017 | Non-album singles | Self-released |
| "Everyday" (featuring Yosie) | 2017 | Non-album singles | Spirited |
| "Preset Junkies" | 2018 | Preset Junkies EP | Disciple Recordings |
| "Lost It" (featuring Pearl Andersson) | 2019 | Knights of the Round Table, Vol. 3 | Disciple Round Table |
| "Pray for Riddim" | 2020 | Head to Head Vol. 1 (with Barely Alive) | Disciple Recordings |
| "Cry Some More" | 2020 | Head to Head Vol. 1 (with Barely Alive) | Disciple Recordings |
| "Show Up" (featuring Virus Syndicate) | 2021 | Head to Head Vol. 2 (with Barely Alive) | Disciple Recordings |
| "Weeble Wobble" | 2021 | Head to Head Vol. 2 (with Barely Alive) | Disciple Recordings |
| "Basement Dwellers" | 2021 | Head to Head Vol. 2 (with Barely Alive) | Disciple Recordings |
| "Rivals" (with Astronaut) | 2021 | Head to Head Vol. 2 (with Barely Alive) | Disciple Recordings |
| "Simulation" | 2024 | Simulation - The DLC | Disciple Recordings |
| "Neon Angel" (with LeKtriQue and Leah Culver) | 2024 | Simulation - The DLC | Disciple Recordings |
| "We're Not Alone" | 2024 | Simulation - The DLC | Disciple Recordings |

### Original compilation features

| Title | Year | Album | Label |
| "Illusion Machine" | 2012 | Shock Therapy LP | Phantom Hertz Recordings |
| "Gangsters" | 2014 | Disciple Alliance, Vol. 1 | Disciple Recordings |
| "Beyond" | 2015 | Disciple Alliance, Vol. 2 | Disciple Recordings |
| "Dragons" | 2017 | Disciple Alliance, Vol. 3 | Disciple Recordings |
| "Degenerates" | 2017 | Knights of the Round Table, Vol. 1 | Disciple Round Table |
| "Continue" | 2018 | Disciple x Jericho | Disciple Recordings |
| "Dog Fight" | 2018 | Disciple Alliance, Vol. 4 | Disciple Recordings |
| "How Do You Turn This On" | 2018 | Disciple x Miniladd | Disciple Recordings |
| "Cry Some More" | 2018 | Knights of the Round Table, Vol. 2 | Disciple Round Table |
| "Das Riddim" $^{(withInfekt)}$ | 2019 | Disciple Alliance, Vol. 5 | Disciple Recordings |
| "Lost It - VIP" $^{(featuringPearlAndersson)}$ | 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

| Title | Year | Collaborator(s) | Label |
| "Superhuman" | 2012 | Amba Shepherd | Quantum |
| "Never Let You Go" | 2012 | Crystal Drop & Bunjee | Bass Liberation |
| "Project Mayhem" | 2013 | Animal | Self-released |
| "Cali Born" | 2013 | Helicopter Showdown | Anemnesis |
| "One For All, All For One" | 2013 | Razihel | Monstercat |
| "Where Are You" | 2013 | Sub.Sound | Audiophile Live |
| "Symphony" | 2014 | Jonas Minor | Disciple |
| "Thwek" | 2014 | Mr. Bill | Section Z Records |
| "Nightmare" (featuring Splitbreed) | 2015 | Autodrive | Disciple |
| "Fatal Fist Punch" | 2015 | Megalodon | Never Say Die Records |
| "Alien" | 2015 | Dodge & Fuski | Disciple |
| "Feel The Bass" | 2015 | JVST SAY YES | Disciple |
| "Running From The Cops" | 2015 | Armanni Reign | Disciple |
| "Borg" | 2016 | FuntCase | Disciple |
| "Showdown" | 2016 | ShockOne | Disciple |
| "Juices" | 2016 | Dubloadz | Disciple |
| "Nasty" | 2016 | Datsik | Firepower Records |
| "Leave It Behind" (featuring Ash Riser) | 2016 | 12th Planet | Disciple |
| "Flutter" | 2016 | Madi | Moving Castle |
| "In My Head" | 2016 | PRXZM | Spirited. |
| "Graveyard Shift" | 2016 | Bukez Finezt | Disciple |
| "Kung Fu" | 2017 | PhaseOne | Disciple |
| "Beat Dem Up" | 2017 | Dirtyphonics | Buygore |
| "Listen" | 2017 | The Others | Disciple |
| "Don't Get Spooked" | 2017 | Dubloadz | Disciple |
| "Basement Dwellers" | 2017 | Barely Alive | Disciple |
| "Warriors of the Night" | 2018 | Datsik | Firepower Records |
| "Freakuency" | 2018 | Datsik | Firepower Records |
| "Rampage" | 2018 | Barely Alive, PhaseOne, and Myro | Rampage |
| "Triforce" | 2018 | Panda Eyes and Barely Alive | Disciple |
| "By My Side" | 2018 | Modestep and Barely Alive | Disciple |
| "Guardians Of The Universe" | 2018 | TeddyLoid | Gan-Shin Records |
| "Nothing" | 2019 | Modestep | Disciple |
| "Gang Shit" | 2019 | Virus Syndicate and Dion Timmer | Disciple Round Table |
| "Das Riddim" | 2019 | Infekt | Disciple |
| "Spicy Riddim Drums" | 2020 | Modestep | Disciple |
| "This Could Be Us" | 2021 | Modestep and Frank Zummo | Disciple |
| "Neon Angel" | 2021 | LeKtriQue and Leah Culver | Disciple |
| "Teardrop" | 2022 | Nghtmre and Marlhy | Lowly |

### Remixes

| Title | Year | Artist | Label |
| "Speaker Fuck" | 2011 | Basis | Phantom Hertz Recordings |
| "One" (featuring Holly Drummond) | 2012 | Submatik & Phil | Self-released |
| "Now That You're Gone" | 2012 | Nick Galea | One Eighty |
| "Never Let You Go" | 2012 | Crystal Drop, Bunjee, and Virtual Riot | Bass Liberation |
| "Black Light" | 2012 | Lisa Rowe | Self-released |
| "In Love With The World" | 2012 | Aura Dione | Universal Music Germany |
| "Million Miles" | 2012 | off/chopped | Self-released |
| "Stories Can Wait" | 2013 | Submatik | Quantum |
| "Bad News" | 2013 | Lock N Bounce | Jet Set Trash |
| "Where Do We Go" | 2013 | 1OAKS | Warner Music Germany |
| "Arms" | 2013 | MNRS | Konkordski |
| "Work Bitch" | 2013 | Britney Spears | RCA/Sony |
| "Next Ones To Come" | 2013 | Claire | Polydor/Island/Universal |
| "Time Is Now" | 2013 | Youthkills | Polydor/Island/Universal |
| "Mistake" | 2013 | Teqq vs. Alive & Kicking | Modern Chap |
| "Can You Feel My Heart" | 2013 | Bring Me the Horizon | Self-released |
| "Get It Right" | 2013 | Left Boy | Self-released |
| "Chasing Ghosts" (featuring Spock & Directive) | 2014 | Barely Alive | Disciple Recordings |
| "Lovers On The Run" | 2014 | NIHILS | Self-released |
| "Quantum" | 2014 | Astronaut | Monstercat |
| "Fire Away" | 2014 | Skrillex | Self-released |
| "Dial Up" | 2014 | Barely Alive | Disciple Recordings |
| "Follow You" | 2014 | Au5 | Monstercat |
| "Ultraviolence" | 2014 | Lana Del Rey | Self-released |
| "Together" | 2014 | MUST DIE! | Self-released |
| "Lionhearted" | 2015 | Porter Robinson | Self-released |
| "I've Got You" | 2015 | Animal Music | MUK Records |
| "True Colors" | 2015 | Zedd | Interscope/Universal |
| "Codename X" | 2016 | Excision | Rottun Recordings |
| "Emotional" | 2016 | Flux Pavilion and Matthew Koma | Circus Records |
| "Binary" (with Barely Alive) | 2016 | Barely Alive | Disciple Recordings |
| "Without a Trace" (featuring Stalking Gia) [with Kill The Noise] | 2016 | Kill The Noise | Owsla |
| "Next To You" (featuring Savoi) | 2016 | LDRU | Audiopaxx/Universal |
| "All We Know" (featuring Phoebe Ryan) | 2016 | The Chainsmokers | Self-released |
| "Talk About It" (featuring Desirée Dawson) | 2017 | Pegboard Nerds | Monstercat |
| "One" (featuring Holly Drummond) | 2017 | Submatik | Self-released |
| "WFSU" (with Snails) | 2018 | Snails and Waka Flocka Flame | Slugz Music |
| "Clarity" (featuring Foxes) | 2018 | Zedd | Self-released |
| "Blame Myself" [with Illenium] | 2021 | Illenium and Tori Kelly | Warner Music |
| "Everybody's dead!" | 2022 | Underscores | Self-released |
| "Spacetime" | 2022 | Subtronics and Nevve | Cyclops Recordings |
| "Pleasure Seeker" | 2023 | Mr. Bill | Self-released |
| "Your favorite sidekick" | 2023 | Underscores and 8485 | Self-released |
| "Don't Get Too Close" | 2023 | Skrillex and Bibi Bourelly | Self-released |