Walker released the track 'Fade' on 17 August 2014. Starting as a bedroom producer, he was better known as DJ Walkzz before signing a record deal and releasing his debut single in 2014. In July 2012, with the help and feedback from his fans online, he began pursuing his music production career and slowly began posting his music to YouTube and SoundCloud. He started producing his music on his laptop using FL Studio.

He was inspired by EDM producers K-391 and Ahrix, and by film composers like Hans Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky. In 2012, Walker was listening to a song by Italian DJ David Whistle (also known as DJ Ness) and reached out to him to find out how he produced his music. 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, he and his family moved to Bergen. 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. As a result, by his international parental inheritance, he was granted dual citizenship from both the United Kingdom and Norway. Although many critics and fans have viewed Walker as one of the pioneers of electronic dance music, several have criticized him for hiring 'ghost producers', while some fans were divided and generated concerns over his departures from his typical production style, most notably in his recently released songs.Īlan Olav Walker was born on 24 August 1997 in Northampton, England, to Anglo-Scottish British Philip Alan Walker, and his Norwegian wife Hilde Omdal Walker.

He also has the most views of any Norwegian creator, with approximately 12.1 billion views as of 21 January 2023. In early 2017, Walker's channel emerged as the most subscribed YouTube channel registered in Norway, with then 42.9 million subscribers as of Jan 2023. He has also made several songs including ' Sing Me to Sleep', ' Alone', ' Darkside', and ' On My Way', all of which attracted millions of views on YouTube. Alan Olav Walker (born 24 August 1997) is a British-born Norwegian music producer and DJ primarily known for the critically acclaimed single ' Faded' (2015), which was certified platinum in 14 countries.

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