Tobu (music producer)

Tobu
Background information
Birth name Toms Burkovskis
Also known as 7obu
Born (1992-09-10) 10 September 1992
Riga, Latvia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Producer
Labels
Website tobumusic.com

Toms Burkovskis (born 10 September 1992), professionally known as Tobu (stylized as 7obu), is a Latvian music producer.

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.[1]

Career

As of July 2017, he has over 850,000 subscribers and over 70 songs on his channel. His debut album, Sugar, was released on 21 February 2016,[2] which featured 10 tracks that accumulated a total of more than 1 million plays on SoundCloud.[3] 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, Hope, has over 70 million views on NCS' channel on YouTube.[4] On his own channel, the most popular song is Candyland, which has over 13 million views.[5]

Discography

Studio Albums

Title Details
Sugar[6][7]

Singles

List of singles, showing year released
Title[8] Year
Waves 2012
Movement
Limitless
Clean Getaway
Times
One Miracle at a Time 2013
Counting The Last Days
Enigma
Symmetry
Catch It
Heat
Climb
Vicious
Sunrise
Deja Vu
Lightness
Echoes
Altitude
(featuring Kamelia)
Obstacles
(with Etori)
Caelum
Higher
Floating
Crime
Flight
(SDDx featuring Magdalena Wolk)
Natural High
Magic
(with Itro)
Seven 2014
Colors
Hope
Sunburst
(with Itro)
Life
Infectious
Mesmerize
Holiday
(with Itro)
Cloud 9
(with Itro)
Dusk (Radio Edit)
(with Syndec)
You & I
(featuring Brenton Mattheus)
Sapphire
Running Away [Vocal Version]
(with Marcus Mouya)
Sweet Story 2015
Summer Breeze
(with Jordan Kelvin James)
Candyland
My Own Paradise
Good Times
Sound of Goodbye
Happy Ending
(featuring Cassandra Kay)
Legacy
Puzzle
Reflection
Dreams
Fantasy
(with Itro)
Such Fun
Sprinkles
(with Hellberg)
Something Right
(featuring Game4)		 2016
Cacao
Miracle
(with Jim Yosef)
Desert Voices
Roots
Aurora
(Electro-Light featuring Anna Yvette)
Alive
(with Steerner)
Nostalgia
Cool
(with Wholm and Blume)
Rollercoaster 2017
Amplified
Melomania

Tracks

List of tracks, showing year released and published
Title Year Published Ref.
Storm! It's Coming! 2012 YouTube [9]
Morning Energy
Just Another Random Title
  • YouTube
  • SoundCloud
 [9][10]
Colors (Vocal Mix)
(featuring Hayley Williams)		 2014 SoundCloud [10]
Running Away
(with Marcus Mouya)
  • YouTube
  • SoundCloud
 [11][12]
Alive (Extended Mix)
(with Steerner)		 2016 SoundCloud [13]

Remixes

List of remixes, showing original artist, year released and published
Title Original artist Year Published Ref.
The Fox (Tobu Bootleg) Ylvis 2013 SoundCloud [14]
Come Companion (Tobu Remix) Maja Francis 2016 N/A [15]
Candyland (Remix for Rolling Sky) Tobu 2017 YouTube [16]
Make Me Move (Tobu Remix) Culture Code
(featuring Karra)		 N/A [17]
Tired (Steerner and Tobu Remix) Alan Walker [18]

References

  1. ↑ "Exclusive Interview: Tobu". RouteNote. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sugar by Tobu on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tobu: Sugar [Full Album]". SoundCloud. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. ↑ NoCopyrightSounds (2014-03-30), Tobu - Hope [NCS Release], retrieved 2017-04-15
  5. ↑ "Tobu - Colors".
  6. ↑ "Sugar by Tobu on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  7. ↑ "Tobu - Sugar". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  8. ↑ "Tobu on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  9. 1 2 "Tobu". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  10. 1 2 "Tobu". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  11. ↑ NoCopyrightSounds (2014-12-22), Tobu & Marcus Mouya - Running Away [NCS Release], retrieved 2017-02-09
  12. ↑ Tobu & Marcus Mouya - Running Away [NCS Release], retrieved 2017-02-09
  13. ↑ Steerner & Tobu - Alive (Extended Mix), retrieved 2017-02-09
  14. ↑ Ylvis - The Fox (Tobu Bootleg), retrieved 2017-02-09
  15. ↑ "Come Companion (Remixes) - Single by Maja Francis on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  16. ↑ Tobu (2017-02-21), Tobu - Candyland (Remix for Rolling Sky), retrieved 2017-02-23
  17. ↑ "Spotify Web Player - Make Me Move - Tobu Remix - Culture Code". Spotify. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Tired (Remixes) by Alan Walker on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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