2012–15: Debut on NoCopyrightSounds and "Faded"Edit

In 2012, Walker, was listening to a song by David Whistle (formerly known as DJ Ness), and reached out to the Italian DJ to find out how he produced his music. He was inspired by EDM producers K-391 and Ahrix, and is also influenced by FILM composers like Hans Zimmer and Steve Jablonsky.[8] He started all his music on his LAPTOP with FL Studio. In July 2012, with the help and FEEDBACK from his fans online, he began pursuing his music production career and slowly began posting his music to YouTube and SoundCloud. Started as a bedroom producer, he was better known as DJ Walkzz before signing a record contract and releasing his debut single in 2014.
Walker released the track Walker released the track "Fade" on 17 August 2014.[9] The track gained attention after its re-release via the record label NoCopyrightSounds on 19 November.[10]Walker stated that the creation of the track was inspired by K-391 and Ahrix, whose tracks were also picked up by the record label. The track has over 300 million views on YouTube,[11] 79 million plays on Spotify,[12]and 20 million streams on SoundCloud.[13] It has become the most POPULAR track on the channel, and is widely used by YouTubers in their videos. The tracks "Spectre" and "Force" followed in 2015.