Introducing our next artist collab, Virtual Riot! We created a long sleeve tee and bracelet with him and we are stoked to share it with you. The Virtual Riot collab drops Friday, May 3 at 10AM PST. Proceeds from this bracelet will go to our Greater Good Fund. Read more about the Greater Good Fund at the bottom of the page.
We got a chance to sit down with Virtual Riot to get some insights into his life and career. Here are a few snippets, then scroll down to listen to the full interview.
What is the meaning behind Virtual Riot?
"I wish I knew that. I came up with it when I was 13 or 14 and my english wasn't the best because in Germany, we started english class in 5th grade, so it was around that time when I first learned english, so I thought it just sounded really cool... "
What or who was your main inspiration when you were developing the project?
"Obviously Skrillex, mostly for the electronic sound. When I first started producing, I didn't know much electronic music to be honest because all of the influences I had from my family were metal..."
Check out the rest of the interview below!
About the Greater Good Fund
The Greater Good Fund is a pool of all the money raised from Electric Family sales which is evenly distributed to our Greater Good partner charities on a quarterly basis. Our Greater Good partner charities are:
Charity: Water
Pencils for Promise
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Tim Ferriss: Treatment of Major Depression through Johns Hopkins University of Medicine
Ocean Conservancy
Make-A-Wish