Alan Walker

Alan Walker Biography

Alan Walker (August 24, 1997) DJ and producer. He was born in Northampton, England. He lived in Bergen, Norway because at the age of two his parents moved there for work reasons. His interest in music began when he met and closely followed the careers of producers like K-391 and Ahrix, Alan spent hours watching videos of them on YouTube, and also closely followed composers Steve Jablonsky and Hans Zimmer. Thus, Walker began to create his own music from his laptop. He began composing under the pseudonym DJ Walkzz.

His most popular composition in his beginnings was titled Fade (2014) its virtual launch was due to an error by Walker who uploaded it by mistake, but what he did not know is that it would be popular quickly with the public and the record label NoCopyrightSounds (NCS ) with whom he had signed a contract. NoCopyrightSounds launched Faded on its YouTube channel in late 2014. It was very successful and had over 300 million views.

The songs Specter and Force followed in 2015. The same year he managed to sign with the important Sony Music Entertainment (SME), they released Faded, a vocal and remastered version of Faded. The song had the vocal collaboration of Iselin Solheim and contained the instrumental version. Within a few weeks of the release, it began to lead the top positions on the European charts. It got 2 billion views on YouTube, making the song the most popular. Two months later, he released the acoustic version of it, titled Faded (Restrung). Then Walker released Sing Me to Sleep, singer Iselin Solheim reappeared, this time with an instrumental version.

Subsequently, he released three remixes, one of the Coldplay song Hymn for the Weekend, another of the Cash Cash & Digital Farm Animals Millionaire (ft. Nelly) song, and the last of Sia’s song, Move Your Body. Before the end of 2016, his followers were able to enjoy his new single Alone. Noonie Bao collaborated. Later, an instrumental remix version and an acoustic version titled Alone (Restrung) was released.

It is important to mention that 2017 was a low production year for Alan Walker: he released his new single Tired, which featured the voice of Irish singer Gavin James and then a remix produced by Kygo was released. We must say that Walker has walked in the paths of the various branches of electronic music, for example, EDM, Progressive House, Drum & bass. He will soon be taking his music to Japan, South Korea, and other surrounding areas. The following year, he started performing in Canada. In 2018 he went on several tours of Europe and Asia.