Positive Voltage

**Positive Voltage**, also known as **Positive V**,is a music project founded in 2012 by producer and DJ Julian Lyons. Originally a solo project of Julian, it became a duo in 2017 when singer and YouTuber Hugo Serinese joined Julian and the two began recording music together under the name. The duo is well known for 2017's "Make Da Remix", a remix song featuring dialogue from the popular web series *Baman Piderman*, and their 2018 single "The Fortnite Song", which currently has over 100,000 listens on Spotify as of October 2019.

Prior to Hugo joining, the project was Julian's main musical alias, and releases under the name were mostly instrumental electronic dance music and occasional remixes of popular songs. After Hugo joined their musical style became more pop fused with EDM, with Julian being the main producer and both Julian and Hugo recording vocals. In 2016 Julian released his first solo album under Positive Voltage, "Waterslide", and in 2019 Hugo and Julian released their debut album as a duo "Here Come The Bros".

In 2022, Julian announced on Instagram that Positive Voltage was going to be discontinued. However, there would be one more release before it's discontinuation, which would be announced soon.

## History

### 2012-2017: Beginnings and solo project

Julian Lyons was born on September 19, 2001 in Burlington, Vermont. Growing up as a kid, he always loved music and was a huge fan of musical groups such as The Black Eyed Peas, Arcade Fire and OK Go. He got his start making electronic music at an early age. At 10 years old, he started making music using the popular music software GarageBand on his stepmom's computer. Julian came up with the name Positive Voltage around this time. In 2013 he made a song called "Chicken Wicka Wicka", which was later released in 2015 on his speaker YouTube channel and on Soundcloud in 2017 along with a remix.

2 years later in November 2015, he released his first track publicly as Positive Voltage, a remix of Sunrise from the popular web game Incredibox, which Julian later revealed was made in 2014. In December 2015 he released a remix of Skyclad by Alvin Risk on Soundcloud and YouTube. In February 2016 he released his debut EP "Voltage Makes The Globe Go Round". The EP consisted of tracks he made in late 2015 - early 2016 using GarageBand's Apple Loops. Shortly after he released a remix of his social studies teacher's song "SBL Rap".

In early May 2016 he announced his debut album "Waterslide", which was released in July of that year. In June 2016 he created a drum and bass side project called Zenith, which was named after an event that he DJ'ed. He then followed it up with many singles released throughout late 2016- early 2017 including "Good Cop", "2001", and "Futurefunk".

### 2017-2018: Duo, album announcement, side projects

    In June 2017 he released his first collaboration with his friend and later music partner Hugo Serinese, which was a remix of his song "Anti-Bullying Rap" featuring new lyrics written by Hugo. Hugo was also involved in "Make Da Remix", one of Positive Voltage's most popular songs. The two would go on to record several songs throughout the rest of 2017. In December 2017, Hugo became an official member of Positive Voltage after they released their song "The Voice". Early 2018 saw Hugo and Julian releasing several popular songs, but they would see their breakout in May 2018 with "The Fortnite Song", which currently has over 90,000 listens on Spotify as of October 2019. In June 2018, they announced their album "Here Come The Bros". The rest of 2018 saw Julian and Hugo making songs based off of popular video games including Bendy and the Ink Machine and Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning. The 4th quarter of 2018 saw a shift in Julian's music style as he began working more on instrumental electronic music. Around this time he created 3 other side projects for his more electronic music: RØBØ, Dubline, and Brooklyn Breaks, in addition to Positive Voltage. However, music would not be released under these projects until 2019.

### 2018-2019: Debut album

In December 2018, rapper Lil Emo's debut single "Hold Me Tight" was released on the Positive Voltage Soundcloud, the first emo rap song and the first song by another artist on the page. Julian produced the track. Several other Lil Emo singles and his debut EP "Extasee" were all released through Positive Voltage. In February 2019, Julian announced that Here Come The Bros would be released in April of that year. In March he confirmed the official release date of April 17, 2019, whom he released.

### 2019-2020: pv music inc, TikTok popularity, Stanley, upcoming work

Shortly after the release of the album's single "Stargirl" the duo went on hiatus. However, there have been several releases under Julian's other projects including RØBØ and Dubline, as well as many collaborative releases with the Modern Family collective. In July 2019 Julian changed the Soundcloud name to simply just his name in lowercase. In December 2019, he changed his Soundcloud name again to "pv music inc". He also released a early preview of "I Keep On Rollin" around this time.

In early 2020, The Fortnite Song started to gain popularity on social media platform TikTok. The song has been used in over 9000 videos as of February 2021. In June 2020, "I Keep On Rollin" was officially released, making the duo's first single since Stargirl. In June 2020, the duo announced an album, titled *Stanley*. The album was based off the video game *The Stanley Parable*. The album is set to be released sometime in 2021. In February 2021, a new Positive Voltage song was leaked on Julian's instagram, based on the game *Among Us,* along with some songs for *Stanley.*

### 2021-present: Discontinuation announcement

In February 2021, Julian changed his Soundcloud name from "pv music inc" back to Positive Voltage, along with an updated logo and banner art. He also updated his YouTube channel with similar art. Also in February 2021, Julian released a cover of "There's a Platypus Controlling Me" from the TV series *Phineas and Ferb*. He also released another single for the Stanley album entitled "Stanley (What Ya Gonna Do)".

In late 2021, Julian signed a deal with record label Ded Sec Records under his RØBØ project, releasing his debut EP through the label in November 2021. On February 11, 2022, Julian announced via Instagram that Positive Voltage was officially going to be discontinued. However, there will be one final release through Positive Voltage that is yet to be announced.