Birth name Toms Burkovskis Occupation(s) Producer Albums Sugar | Also known as 7obu Website tobumusic.com | |
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Born September 10, 1992 (age 24)
Riga, Latvia ( 1992-09-10 ) Genres Electro house, Progressive house Record labels NoCopyrightSounds, Ninety9Lives, Armada Music Similar Alan Walker, Electrolight, Jim Yosef, TheFatRat, Anna Yvette Profiles | ||
Toms Burkovskis (born 10 September 1992), professionally known as Tobu (stylized as 7obu), is a Latvian music producer. He is known for the singles "Candyland" and "Sunburst", which were both released by NoCopyrightSounds.
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Early life
At the age of 11, Burkovskis made his first attempt at making music. He started producing music with musical arrangement software eJay, where he put samples together. At the age of 17, he bought himself a copy of FL Studio, a common digital audio workstation for music producers, and started to explore the world of electronic music. He initially had no musical background, he taught himself by watching tutorials on YouTube at first. His producer friends also taught him some techniques and offered help.
His productions are inspired by electronic music producer Deadmau5's track "Strobe" and musician Avicii's song “Levels”. Another music producer, Archie, was one of his biggest influences.
Career
As of January 2017, he has over 800,000 subscribers and over 70 songs on his channel. His debut album, Sugar, was released on 21 February 2016, which featured 10 tracks that accumulated a total of more than 1 million plays on SoundCloud. He is also known for his collaborations with the Dutch music producer Itro, which include the songs, "Fantasy", "Magic", "Sunburst", "Holiday" and "Cloud 9".
His most popular song, Colors, has over 11 million views on YouTube.
Songs
Hope2014
Candyland2015
Cloud 92014