TheFatRat
TheFatRat | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner |
| Also known as | TheFatRat |
| Born | 1 June 1979 Göttingen, Germany |
| Genres | Electronic dance music, Glitch Hop |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, musician |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Universal Music Group, Spinnin Records, Tasty, Seeking Blue, independent[1] |
| Associated acts | Laura Brehm, Anjulie, Lola Blanc |
| Website | Official Website |
Christian Friedrich Johannes Büttner (Born 1 June 1979), known as TheFatRat, is a German record producer and musician. His genre is often described as "glitch-hop".[1] He is best known for his 2014 song "Unity," which has more than 100 million views on YouTube,[2] and his 2016 Jackpot EP which reached #23 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[3] As of December 2018[update], his YouTube channel has over 3.3 million subscribers and over 680 million views.[4]
Music career[edit]
In his youth, Büttner practiced the flute at the age of four, the piano at the age of 6 and participated in music classes at his school.[5]
Büttner began producing music in 2001 under his real name. He began by making background music for television, radio and advertisements and produced music for DJs.
In 2010, Büttner produced the song Mignon Mignon for René la Taupe, which became a number-one single in France.[6] Around that time, he also produced the song "Audubon Ballroom" on Lupe Fiasco's album Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1, which charted at #5 on the Billboard 200.[7]
In July 2011, he began making solo music under the pseudonym "TheFatRat," a nickname given to him in his youth.[8] His career began with the release of his first EP, Do Be Do Be Do.
Büttner's music is popular within YouTube, and has been used in over 1.5 million YouTube videos.[9]
His single "Unity" was included on the album Sounds of Syndication Vol. 1[10] curated by Tom Cassell, one of the most subscribed streamers on Twitch.tv.
In November 2016, Büttner released his second EP, Jackpot on the Universal Music label.[9] The EP reached #23 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.[3] In December 2016, Büttner started a record label, The Arcadium, in collaboration with Universal Music.[11]
In June 2017, he released the single "Fly Away" featuring vocalist Anjulie. In July, he performed at the Electric Forest Festival.[12] In October 2017, he released the single "Oblivion" featuring vocalist Lola Blanc.
In March 2018, he released the single "MAYDAY".[13] In July 2018, he released "Warrior Songs", a music pack for the video game Dota 2, which has been made available in the game as of September 13, 2018,[14] according to Matthew "Cyborgmatt" Bailey, director of operations of Team Secret.
In December 2018, he posted a video about about how YouTube's content ID system is "broken", as one anonymous user claimed all the earnings for one of his songs and YouTube refused to settle the dispute.[15][16][17] He is currently signed onto Casablanca Records, which is owned by Universal Music Group. On December 23, 2018 he released a post on Instagram saying that his video was no longer being stolen and that the person who was stealing it got their channel removed. He thanked all his followers for helping him get his video back.
Discography[edit]
EPs[edit]
| Year | Title | Information | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [3] | |||
| 2011 | Do Be Do Be Do |
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| 2016 | Jackpot |
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23 |
Singles[edit]
| Title | Date | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Some Body" | 2011 | Do Be Do Be Do EP | N/A |
| "Less Than Three" | |||
| "Do Be Do Be Do" | |||
| "Splinter" | 2013 | N/A | Spinnin Records |
| "Dancing Naked" | Melofaktur UG | ||
| "Infinite Power!" | 2014 | Rocket League OST | |
| "Unity" | Sounds of Syndication Vol. 1 | ||
| "Windfall" | Tasty Album 001 - Entree | Tasty Records | |
| "Xenogenesis" | |||
| "Never Be Alone" | 2015 | ||
| "Time Lapse" | N/A | Melofaktur UG | |
| "Telescope" | Taking You Higher Pt. 4 | Seeking Blue | |
| "Monody" (feat. Laura Brehm)[21] |
N/A | Melofaktur UG | |
| "The Calling" (feat. Laura Brehm) |
2016 | ||
| "No No No" | |||
| "Youtubers Life Rap" (with Kronno Zomber) | |||
| "Fly Away" (feat. Anjulie)[22] |
2017 | N/A | Universal Music |
| "Oblivion" (feat. Lola Blanc)[23] | |||
| "Mayday" (feat. Laura Brehm)[24] |
2018 | N/A |
Remixes[edit]
| Year | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Flo Rida | Very Good Feeling |
| Avicii | Next Levels | |
| The Knocks | Brightside | |
| Gotye | Somebody That I Used to Know | |
| Foster the People | Don't Stop | |
| Martin Solveig | The Night Out | |
| Static Revenger | Turn The World On | |
| Pacific Air | Float | |
| Chris Brown | Don't Wake Me Up | |
| 2013 | The Knocks | The Feeling |
| Diplo | Set It Off (ft. Lazerdisk Party Sex) | |
| Singularity | The Tide (ft. Steffi Nguyen) | |
| Atlas Genius | If So | |
| Strange Talk | Picking Up All The Pieces | |
| Icona Pop | All Night | |
| 2015 | Sound Remedy | We Are The Dream |
| 2018 | MarieMarie | Salt is My Sugar |
Mashups[edit]
| Year | plase | Artists | Tracks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Do Harder Be Faster | TheFatRat | Do Be Do Be Do |
| Daft Punk | Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger | ||
| Drive Space Junk | PrototypeRaptor | Drive Hard | |
| Wolfgang Gartner | Space Junk |
VIPs, Instrumentals, and Other[edit]
| Year | Song | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Dancing Naked | Piano |
| 2015 | Never Be Alone | Acapella |
| 2016 | Monody | Stems |
| Radio Edit | ||
| Remix for Rolling Sky | ||
| 2017 | Prelude | VIP w/ JJD |
| Fly Away | Instrumental | |
| Oblivion | Instrumental | |
| 2018 | Envelope | VIP |
Official remixed songs[edit]
| Year | Song | Note | Remixer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Calling | feat. Laura Brehm | Da Tweekaz |
| Fly Away | feat. Anjulie | Inukshuk | |
| JJD | |||
| 2018 | MAYDAY | feat. Laura Brehm | Ghost'n'Ghost |
| Rob Gasser |
The Arcadium releases[edit]
| Year | Title | Artist | EP | EA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | "Prelude" | TheFatRat & JJD | VIP Edit | |
| "Beacon" | Faux Tales | |||
| "Vestige" | Stephen Flores | |||
| "Lazer Beam" | Pure 100% & Dream Hackers |
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| 2018 | "go 4 it" | Nitro Fun | Closure EP | |
| "leader" | Nitro Fun & Glacier |
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| "keygen" | Nitro Fun & Trinergy |
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| "Alright" | Ghost'n'Ghost | |||
| "Atlas" | Faux Tales | Alpha 9 Remix | ||
| "Sugar High" | JJD | |||
| "Her Requiem" | SHANNI | |||
| "Awe" | PrototypeRaptor | |||
| "Moonlight" | Stephen Flores | |||
| "Resplendent" | Geoplex | |||
| "Through Glass" | Articulate | |||
| "Origins" | Faux Tales | |||
| "Aphrodite" | Neptunica | |||
| "We Got This" | Han Young | |||
| "Always With You" | ColBreakz & Loxive | |||
| "Delphinium" | Saiph | |||
| "Our Last Time" | Becko | |||
| "Levitation" | Mabeha | |||
| "Mindflayer" | Becko | |||
| "Mandragora" | Miyolophone | |||
| "The New Beginning" | Matt Key | |||
| "Flute Gamer" | Jhox | |||
| "Until we fall" | Revenant |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bein, Kat (12 July 2016). "Go Your Own Way: How German Producer TheFatRat Finds Creative Freedom in Label Independence". Billboard.com. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8X9_MgEdCg
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "TheFatRat Chart History | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
- ↑ https://youtube.com/user/ThisIsTheFatRat
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zBppB1oZW0
- ↑ "René la Taupe - "Mignon Mignon", French Singles Chart" (in French). Lescharts. Retrieved 28 December 2010.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Caulfield, Keith (2011-03-16). "Green Day, No Doubt & Lupe Fiasco Headed for Big Billboard 200 Debuts". Billboard. Los Angeles: Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- ↑ "Who is TheFatRat? Q&A and face reavel". YouTube. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "TheFatRat Releases 'Jackpot' EP". BroadwayWorld.com. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ↑ "Twitch Streamer Curates Album for Millions". Vice Media. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ↑ "Zwei Millionen YouTube-Abonnenten". Göttinger Tageblatt. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ https://www.electricforestfestival.com/artist/thefatrat/
- ↑ "TheFatRat Finally Releases His "MAYDAY"". Vents Magazine. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Cyborgmatt/status/1040333987187748864
- ↑ "YouTube star TheFatRat is highly 'frustrated' with the platform's copyright claim system". The Daily Dot. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ↑ "A Fed Up Musician Demands That YouTube Fix Its Broken Content ID System. More Than 100,000 People Have Signed His Petition". Digital Music News. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ↑ "YouTube let a contentID scammer steal a popular video". Boing Boing. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ↑ "Do Be Do Be Do - EP by TheFatRat | The Fat Rat | Free Listening on SoundCloud". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
- ↑ "Jackpot - EP by TheFatRat on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2017-10-15.
- ↑ "Gaming Music Pioneer TheFatRat Drops 'Jackpot' EP". DJ Mag. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ↑ "TheFatRat Releases 'Monody' feat. Laura Brehm". BroadwayWorld.com. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ↑ "June 2, 2017: New Music Released This Week". EDM Sauce. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ "New Music Releases For 27 October 2017". Noise11. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ "THEFATRAT REVEALS "MAYDAY" FT. LAURA BREHM AT LAST". Noiseporn. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
External links[edit]
- TheFatRat on SoundCloudLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- TheFatRat's channel on YouTube
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