Varien has incorporated or experimented with such styles as industrial, metal, orchestral, neofolk, and ambient music.
17 Facts About Varien
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Varien is known for his work on film soundtracks, along with his unconventional approach to electronic music, including many live instruments not normally found on tracks within his genres.
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Varien had a connection to music from a very young age, and his family supported his passion.
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At the age of 11, Varien began playing the guitar and attempting songwriting, and he joined a number of bands experimenting with genres of rock, grindcore, metalcore, and jazz.
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Varien cites these years as pivotal to his artistic development, learning sheet music, jazz theory and improvisation.
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Varien cites this as the time he developed a profound interest in electronic, folk, and metal music.
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Varien decided to focus on solo composition and began producing in 2009, with music in video games serving as his most longtime influence to date.
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Varien cites Shin Megami Tensei, Final Fantasy, and Metroid as his biggest influences when it comes to games, as well as the works of the Wachowskis.
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Varien was interviewed by Entertainment Weekly and MTV about the track.
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Varien subsequently released two more singles under the alias before abandoning it and continuing to make music under the alias Varien.
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One of the first subsequent releases as Varien was a remix of Ephixa's song "Division".
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Varien's music was used in trailers and promotional media for 300: Rise of an Empire, Bones, The Purge: Anarchy, Face Off, America's Next Top Model, PlanetSide 2, and Monsters: Dark Continent.
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Los Angeles-based singer Roniit's song "Runaway", produced by Varien, was used in multiple trailers and TV spots for the film The Loft.
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On October 26,2018, Varien released his next EP, Death Asked a Question, through Most Addictive Records.
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In January 2018, Varien played at MAGfest, an organization dedicated to the appreciation of games and video game music.
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On one hand, the world Varien created was dark and meaningless, yet on the other it was beautiful and full of life.
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Varien is coming around and finding himself as musician and artist.