Michael Brun
Michael Brun was born in Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti on May 19th, 1992 and is the DJ. At the age of 31, Michael Brun biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Not to be confused with singer-songwriter Michael "Mike" Brun, or CEO of ClearTrialMichael Brun (1992-92-1992) is a Haitian DJ and record producer based in New York, best known for blending experimental music with traditional Haitian styles such as kompa and rara.
He released his debut EP Gravity in 2013 and founded Kid Coconut in 2014 to promote Haitian music and develop Haitian artists.
With J Balvin, he produced the single "Positivo," which became the 2018 FIFA World Cup theme tune.
On June 26, 2019, his debut album, Lokal, was released.
Early life and education
Brun was born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to a Guyanese mother and Haitian father. He also has roots in Haitian, Portuguese, Chinese Haitian, and Afro-Haitian origins. As a child, he was exposed to the music of Caribbean Sextet and Tabou Combo, which inspired his musical tastes. In the 1990s, his father was in a Skandal band. Brun started playing piano, violin, and guitar at a young age.
He had intended to work as a pediatrician from the start. He began DJing and recording his own electronic music tracks as a hobby at 15. He attended Culver Military Academy in Indiana and then Davidson College in North Carolina as a pre-med student, while still working on his music performance.
Personal life
Brun lives in Brooklyn, New York. He is an ambassador for Paul Haggis' Artists for Peace and Justice, a non-profit that promotes peace and social justice. He mentors children in Haiti's non-profit school The Audio Institute, and he serves on the board.
Music career
Brun was one of Haiti's first electronic music performers. On June 29, 2011, he released Shades of Grey, a 4-track single on S2 Records. Brun's "Dawn," a Dutch DJ Hardwell's Revealed Recordings, on December 21, 2011. Brun is primarily known as a progressive house. Dirty South signed Brun to his label Phazing Records straight after, announcing Brun's next single "Rise." Brunette debuted in Miami on tour with Dirty South. He began attending major events, including Coachella and Electric Daisy Carnival, around that time, and decided to withdraw from medical school indefinitely.
Brunt and "Synergy" also featured in 2012. Special Features were released in 2012. Brun's debut EP Gravity debuted in September 2013, achieving number 2 on the Beatport charts. Alicia Keys, Calvin Harris, and Armin van Buuren all remixed tracks in 2013.
Brun was the first Haitian to attend the Ultra Music Festival in March 2014. He appeared at the Moonrise Festival in Baltimore and at Coachella that year. At the World Music Awards, he was nominated for World's Best EDM Artist.
Brun released the single "Zenith," the first single on his new label Kid Coconut, in August 2014. He performed "See You Soon" on Kid Coconut in June 2015. "Tongue Tied July" was his first project with Roy English.
He appeared at Create (Los Angeles), Temple (San Francisco), Union Nightclub (Toronto), and Story (Miami), and also appeared at the Billboard Hot 100 Festival in 2015.
Brun's "Wherever I Go" was released in January 2016, a joint venture between Artists for Peace and Justice's Audio Institute in January 2016. He then embarked on his first North American Tour, titled the Wherever I Go Tour, which was followed by the establishment of the Wherever I Go Festival in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
In May 2016, he collaborated with American artist The Ready Set's song Good Enough and released a remix to The Ready Set's hit "Good Enough," which debuted at number 40 on US Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay.
In August 2016, he began a conversation with Louie for the Netflix film XOXO, titled "All I Ever Wanted." In October 2016, he announced Haitian Heat, a Haitian music playlist that he curates for Spotify.
In January 2017, he released "Gaya," a joint project with Haitian roots music group Lakou Mizik and Haitian pop artist J. Perry. He mastered "Gaya" for OneRepublic, Maxwell, Kesha, Major Lazer, and FLETCHER. In December 2017, he released "Easy On My Love."
In 2018, he released the single "Positivo" with Latin singer J Balvin as part of worldwide artist collaborations to bring Haitian sounds into the mainstream. It was the theme song for Telemundo's 2018 FIFA World Cup coverage, and over 12 million views on YouTube as of March 2019. On his 2018 Vibras tour, Brun also opened for J Balvin.
Brun started in 2017 with songs that would bridge the gap between Nigerian afrobeat and Haitian music. This led to the creation of his debut album Lokal, which was released on Kid Coconut on June 26, 2019. "Akwaaba Ayiti," a reworking of a song by Mr Eazi, was the album's first single. The nine-track album features collaborations with artists including Major Lazer, Win Butler, and Regine Chassagne of Arcade Fire, J. Perry, Eddy François, and BélO. A sample of a song from his father's konpa band Skandal appears on "Nouvo Jenerasyon."
Brun runs Bayo, the third iteration of Brun's annual Haitian block party, with the third edition taking place in ten North American cities in 2019. Maxwell, Boukman Eksperyans, and Adekunle Gold were among the tour's special guests. In Haiti, it was launched in 2016 as a free block party. At Coachella 2019, he also performed a set.