Kevin Farabaugh was born and raised in the industrial sprawl of northwest Indiana. At 12, he took an early fondness to the dark side of electronic music with a healthy interest In industrial and EBM. Inspired by the sounds of nitzer ebb, front 242, skinny puppy, nine inch nails and ministry, he bought his first drum machine at 14 to work on his own mechanized sound, supplementing these rhythms with emerging music software technology.
After drifting through various local bands, his frustration with the lack of electronic acts in the area brought him to Chicago's rave scene for the first time in 1996. Hearing the sounds of techno via such artists as the Surgeon, Dave Clarke, The Advent and Cari Lekebusch gave new inspiration and purpose to his musical direction. At 16, he bought turntables and began frequenting Chicago record stores such as Gramaphone and Hot Jams, which catered to his focus of complex, abrasive and polyrhythmic techno.
Kevin played with international talents such as Chris Liberator, Dave The Drummer and Nigel Richards in northwest Indiana, until relocating to Purdue university to study in 2000. creating the Virulent alias for his focus on techno of all categories, he went on to play alongside such respected techno and tech-house giants as DJ Dan and Christian Smith.
Once again becoming interested in writing and producing his own material, in 2002 Kevin began this task anew. Falling back on previous experience coupled with the guidance of his close friend and fledging producer Adam Jay, in less than a year he had already written several unsigned pieces. Adam signed one of these works, the frenetic "Ombrophobia", for the second release on his Chromagnon label, a various artist EP entitled "Out Of Extinction". The next label to call upon Kevin's production talents was Detroit-based Seismic Records, who signed the much-lauded "Hive Minded" to a compilation release due out in January of 2004.
Upon meeting the BerettaMusic crew, Virulent was immediately interested in the positive, productive attitude of the group. The tech-house sound of the label also gave him a means to hearken back to his Chicago roots, which is just what he did on his remix of Airport Society's "Travellers". The remix has been a critical smash, garnering high praise from the likes of Bryan Zentz, Mateo Murphy and Christian Smith.
After drifting through various local bands, his frustration with the lack of electronic acts in the area brought him to Chicago's rave scene for the first time in 1996. Hearing the sounds of techno via such artists as the Surgeon, Dave Clarke, The Advent and Cari Lekebusch gave new inspiration and purpose to his musical direction. At 16, he bought turntables and began frequenting Chicago record stores such as Gramaphone and Hot Jams, which catered to his focus of complex, abrasive and polyrhythmic techno.
Kevin played with international talents such as Chris Liberator, Dave The Drummer and Nigel Richards in northwest Indiana, until relocating to Purdue university to study in 2000. creating the Virulent alias for his focus on techno of all categories, he went on to play alongside such respected techno and tech-house giants as DJ Dan and Christian Smith.
Once again becoming interested in writing and producing his own material, in 2002 Kevin began this task anew. Falling back on previous experience coupled with the guidance of his close friend and fledging producer Adam Jay, in less than a year he had already written several unsigned pieces. Adam signed one of these works, the frenetic "Ombrophobia", for the second release on his Chromagnon label, a various artist EP entitled "Out Of Extinction". The next label to call upon Kevin's production talents was Detroit-based Seismic Records, who signed the much-lauded "Hive Minded" to a compilation release due out in January of 2004.
Upon meeting the BerettaMusic crew, Virulent was immediately interested in the positive, productive attitude of the group. The tech-house sound of the label also gave him a means to hearken back to his Chicago roots, which is just what he did on his remix of Airport Society's "Travellers". The remix has been a critical smash, garnering high praise from the likes of Bryan Zentz, Mateo Murphy and Christian Smith.