TheFatRat
TheFatRat (born June 1, 1979 in Göttingen ; actually Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner ) is a German music producer whose music style is most likely to be assigned to glitch hop. Many of his works are available free of charge on SoundCloud, among others .
Life
Born in Göttingen , Büttner began playing the flute at the age of four and learned to play the piano at the age of six . His original career aspiration was a conductor . In 2001 he started producing music himself. In the beginning he mainly created background music for television , radio , commercials and ring tones or produced for other artists and DJs . Under the pseudonym TheFatRat he later published remixes and, from 2013, increasingly his own works. According to his own statements, a song takes anywhere from a few days to several years.
In the meantime Büttner u. a. in Munich and Los Angeles , in 2013 he moved back to the vicinity of Göttingen. He is married and has a daughter.
Career
2012: musical beginnings
On January 8, 2012 Büttner released his first remix for the song "Very Good Feeling" by Flo Rida . The next remix followed on February 7th for "Next Levels" by Avicii . Also on February 7th, he released his remix for The Knocks single "Brightside". The next Gotye remix "Somebody I Used To Know" followed on February 27th .
On March 10, 2012, he released his remix for "Don't Stop" by Foster the People . On July 30th, 2012 he released his remix for Martin Solveig's single "The Night Out". On the same day he released his song "Do Harder Be Faster" in cooperation with Daft Punk .
On October 14th 2012 Büttner released his remix for the single "Turn The World On" by Static Revenger . Three weeks later he released his remix for Pacific Air's "Float" . He released his last remix in 2012 on December 3rd for "Don't Wake Me Up" by Chris Brown .
2013: Further remixes & first own songs
The year 2013 started on January 6th with another remix for a single from The Knocks, this time for "The Feeling". On January 23rd he released his first solo song entitled "Do Be Do Be Do".
On March 22, 2013 he released his remix for the single "Set It Off" by Diplo and Lazerdisk Party Sex . The next remix followed on May 20, 2013 for "The Tide" by Singularity and Steffi Nguyen . On June 22nd 2013 he released his remix for Atlas Genius song "If So". The next remix followed on July 31, 2013, this time for the song "Picking Up All The Pieces" by Strange Talk .
On September 21, 2013 Büttner released his second solo song called "Dancing Naked". He ended 2013 with a remix for "All Night" by Icona Pop on November 28th.
2014: Song releases & cooperation with Tasty
On January 12th 2014 Büttner started with the song "Infinite Power". On September 29, 2014 he released his most successful song "Unity" after the YouTube views. The song has over 173 million views.
On November 19, 2014 he released his song "Windfall", which was created in conjunction with the music label Tasty. On November 29, 2014, another song was created in connection with Tasty with the title "Xenogenesis", which formed the end of 2014. The song is also available on the Trap Nation YouTube channel .
2015: More songs & cooperation with Tasty and MrSuicideSheep
Büttner started 2015 on January 25th with a remix of the song "We Are The Dream" by Sound Remedy . Four days later he released another song associated with Tasty called "Never Be Alone".
On April 17th his song "Time Lapse" was released in cooperation with the music label MrSuicideSheep . On June 20, 2015, he released his first mixtape . On October 9, 2015, he released the song "Telescope".
On November 7th, 2015 he released another song in cooperation with MrSuicideSheep called "Monody". The vocals were provided by the singer Laura Brehm . The song marked the end of 2015.
2016: More songs & first EP
In 2016 Büttner released the song "The Calling" on March 31st, which was sung again by Laura Brehm. On June 3, 2016 he released the song "No No No". On July 4th, 2016 he released his song "YOUTUBERS LIFE RAP" in cooperation with the rapper Kronno Zomber .
On November 18, 2016, he released his first EP called "Jackpot EP", consisting of the songs "Jackpot", "Epic", "Prelude" and "Elegy". The songs formed the background music of his Q&A released on May 29, 2015. The song "Epic" can also be found on the MrSuicideSheep YouTube channel. A week later he released the radio edit version of his song "Monody".
On December 4, 2016, he published his one million subscriber special in the form of an almost one-hour music mix of all of his songs. The end of 2016 was a remix of his song "Monody" for the Rolling Sky app on December 27th.
2017: Song Releases
The year 2017 began in the form of a VIP edit version of his song Prelude on February 10th in cooperation with the Dutch music producer JJD . On March 24th, 2017 Büttner released the Da Tweekaz remix of his song The Calling .
On June 2, 2017 he released the song Fly Away in cooperation with the singer Anjulie . The instrumental version followed on June 22, 2017. On October 21, 2017 he released the remixes by Inukshuk and JJD.
On October 27, 2017, the song Oblivion was released with the singer Lola Blanc .
2018: 3rd cooperation with Laura Brehm
On March 23, 2018, Büttner released the song MAYDAY in renewed collaboration with the singer Laura Brehm. On November 14th, 2018 he also released "Afterlife", "Elevate" and "Origin" and on July 24th, 2018 "Threnody".
2020: Cooperation with Maisy Kay
On February 7th, 2020 Büttner released the song "The Storm" in cooperation with Maisy Kay. Parts of the song were sung in Na'vi , the language from the science fiction film Avatar .
Publications
Albums
| year | Album name | Song title | information | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Warrior songs | Warrior Song (with Stasia Estep) | DOTA 2 Music Pack | Melofaktur UG |
| Origin | ||||
| Ascendancy | ||||
| Nemesis | ||||
| Origin recapitulation | ||||
| Elevate | ||||
| Kingdom Come | ||||
| Mad Moon Falling | ||||
| Thenody | ||||
| Envelope | ||||
| Reminicence | ||||
| Afterlife |
Extended Plays (EPs)
| year | EP name | Label | Song title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Do Be Do Be Do | Available on SoundCloud | Do Be Do Be Do |
| Less than three | |||
| Some body | |||
| 2016 | jackpot | Melofaktur UG, Under exclusive license to Universal Music AB | jackpot |
| Epic | |||
| Prelude | |||
| Elegy |
Singles
| year | title | Label | album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Dancing naked | Melofaktur UG (2015) | No album | |
| Splinter | Spinnin 'Records | |||
| 2014 | Xenogenesis | Tasty Records | ||
| Windfall | ||||
| Infinite power | Melofaktur UG | Rocket League OST | ||
| Unity | No album | |||
| 2015 | Time lapse | |||
| Never be alone | Tasty Records | |||
| Monody (feat. Laura Brehm ) | Melofaktur UG | Liability
limited |
||
| 2016 | No no no | |||
| YouTubers Life Rap (with Kronno Zomber) | ||||
| The Calling (feat. Laura Brehm) | ||||
| Monody (Radio Edit) | Under
exclusive license to |
|||
| 2017 | Prelude (VIP Edit) (feat.JJD) | |||
| Fly Away (feat.Anjulie) | ||||
| Oblivion (feat. Lola Blanc) | ||||
| 2018 | MAYDAY ( feat.Laura Brehm) | |||
| 2019 | Chosen (with Anna Yvette & Laura Brehm) | |||
| Solitude (with Slaydit) | ||||
| Sunlight (with Phaera) | The Arcadium GmbH | |||
| Stronger (with Slaydit & Anjulie) | Monstercat | |||
| Close To the Sun (with Anjulie) | © The Arcadium GmbH | |||
| Rise Up | Enter records | |||
| 2020 | The Storm (with Maisy Kay) | The Arcadium GmbH | ||
| Electrified | ||||
Guest contributions / songs by TheFatRat that were remixed by other musicians
| year | title |
|---|---|
| 2017 | El rap del Rubius OMG (Kronno Zomber feat. TheFatRat) |
| 2018 | Monody (Revised Remix) (IdyllEDM feat. TheFatRat & Laura Brehm) |
(still very incomplete)
Remixes
|
Original artist |
title |
|---|---|
| TheFatRat | Monody (Remix for Rolling Sky) |
| Sound Remedy | We are the dream |
| Icona pop | All night |
| Strange talk | Picking up all the pieces |
| Atlas Genius | If so |
| Diplo feat. Lazerdisk party sex | Set it off |
| Singularity feat. Steffi Nguyen | The tide |
| The Knocks | The feeling |
| Chris Brown | Don't wake me up |
| Pacific Air | Float |
| Static Revenger | Turn the World On |
| Martin Solveig | The Night Out |
| Foster the People | Don't stop |
| Gotye | Somebody That I Used to Know |
| The Knocks | Brightside |
| Avicii | Next levels |
| Flo Rida | Very good feeling |
| Video Games Live feat. Jason Paige | Pokémon Theme |
Almost all of the songs can be streamed on many music platforms (e.g. Deezer , Spotify , YouTube , SoundCloud ).
Web links
- TheFatRat at SoundCloud
- TheFatRat's channel on YouTube
- Interview in Billboard magazine
- Documentary video about TheFatRat from Red Bull Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAAadqXOcek
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Christian Büttner: Who is TheFatRat? Q&A and face reveal. on YouTube . May 29, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Go Your Own Way: How German Producer TheFatRat Finds Creative Freedom in Label Independence. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ TheFatRat. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ a b TheFatRat. Accessed December 29, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Warrior Songs. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Do Be Do Be Do - EP. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ jackpot. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Dancing Naked. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Splinter. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Xenogenesis. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Windfall. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Infinite Power. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Unity. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Time Lapse. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Never Be Alone. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Monody (feat. Laura Brehm). Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ No No. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ^ Youtubers Life Rap. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ^ The Calling. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ^ Monody (Radio Edit). Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ^ Prelude (VIP Edit). Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Fly Away. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Oblivion. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ MAYDAY. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Chosen. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ^ Solitude. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ^ Sunlight. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Stronger. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Close To The Sun. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Rise Up. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .
- ↑ "The Storm - Single" by TheFatRat & Maisy Kay. Retrieved on February 7, 2020 (German).
- ^ "Electrified - Single" by TheFatRat. Retrieved on May 21, 2020 (German).
- ↑ EL RAP DEL RUBIUS OMG !! | KRONNO ZOMBER FT. TheFatRat & Nery | ESPECIAL 25 MILLONES! Accessed December 29, 2019 (German).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | TheFatRat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Büttner, Christian (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German music producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goettingen |