Career 2012–2016: Career beginnings and breakthrough He initially had no musical background, but was able to teach himself by watching YouTube tutorials based on musical production. Walker later found interest in computers, a hobby which has driven him deeper to computing graphical design, and musical programming. At the age of two, along with his family, he moved to Bergen, Norway. He grew up with two siblings, an elder sister named Camilla, who was also born in England and a younger brother named Andreas, who was born in Norway.
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As a result, by his international parental inheritance, he was granted dual citizenship from both the United Kingdom and Norway.
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I play a mixture of BPM's of down tempo, up tempo, and melancholic songs. I don't play constantly down tempo because people may get bored so I would say my shows are like a wavy experience. I try to mix a bit of my own songs so they can get a taste of Alan Walker and playing up tempo, harder tracks, so they can get a different vibe. I play a mixture of playing my tracks in its original form and doing live edits of my own songs or playing a remix of them. Your tracks are emotional and more on the chill side, how do you translate them into your festival sets? We talked in depth about how he created his hit tracks, future releases, and who's at the top of his wishlist for a future collaboration.
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With a regular release schedule and a focus on bridging the gap between EDM and pop music, Alan Walker has all the makings to be one of our next biggest stars in the scene.ĮDM Canada caught up with the Norwegian artist at ÎleSoniq in Montreal where he played on the mainstage to a packed crowd in early August. At only 20 years old he's created not only one, but multiple mega hits that have generated over a billion views, massive Soundcloud appeal, and hundreds of millions of Spotify plays.