Ritviz

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Ritviz
Ritviz in 2020
Ritviz in 2020
Background information
Birth nameRitviz Srivastava
Born (1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 (age 25)
Darbhanga,India
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Producer, Composer, Singer-Songwriter
  • Musician
  • DJ
Years active2017 - present
Associated acts

Ritviz Srivastava (born 24 July 1996 ) is an Indian singer-songwriter, electronic musician and record producer from Pune, Maharashtra, India.[1] He is known for his song "Udd Gaye" featured on A.I.B.'s official YouTube channel after becoming the winner of the 2017 Bacardi House Party Sessions, a talent hunt competition organized by A.I.B.. Recently, Netflix India used Ritviz' s song "Sun Toh" in their series Mismatched.[2][3] Ritviz has been selected in the Forbes 30 under 30 list of 2021.[4] Ritviz has been featured on one of the Digital covers of Grazia, Cool List 2021.

Early life and career[]

Ritviz was born in Darbhanga, in the Indian State of Bihar and brought up in Pune, Maharashtra. His mother (Mrs. Anvita Bharti) is the Head of Department of Performing Arts at Delhi Public School, Pune, Maharashtra. His father (Mr. Pranay Prasoon) is a Banker in the department of Foreign Exchange at ICICI Bank in Pune and also plays the Tabla. This resulted in an exposure to music from an early age. He started learning music when he was 8 years old, and went on to be tutored by Uday Bhawalkar in the Dhrupad subgenre of Hindustani Music.[5][6] He composed his first song at the age of 18.[7] His preferred D.A.W. is "Ableton".[8]

His associated acts include a remix of Nucleya's track Lights, from 2016 album called Raja Baja.,[9] a remix of Major Lazer's Light It Up, of which RITVIZ made the Diwali version which features his voice as well as production, and lastly a remix of Lauv's Modern Loneliness.

Teasers[]

On Tanmay Bhat's YouTube live-stream, on a Zoom call with Ritviz and Kaneez Surka, Tanmay played two of Ritviz's songs, "Oas Hai"[10] and another untitled track.[11] "Oas Hai" has a feature on the song by the rap duo , while the latter was “Panchi” a track which has a feature from the rapper DIVINE and is said to be co-produced by Nucleya. He has also teased songs on his Instagram live with tracks featuring artists Nucleya, Anish Sood and .[12]

On World Music Day 2021, Ritviz announced two new albums consisting of 21 songs, collaborated with Nucleya and Seedhe Maut on Tanmay Bhat's Instagram Live.[13][14]

Discography[]

Albums Produced
Year Album Track(s) Artist(s)
2014 Vizdumb Beatific RITVIZ
I Feel Love
2016 YUV BALI RITVIZ
TAAN
YUV
JITI
2017-2019 VED Udd Gaye RITVIZ
JEET RITVIZ
Barso
VED RITVIZ
JEET 2.0
Sage
2019-2020 DEV Chalo Chalein RITVIZ
Liggi
Thandi Hawa RITVIZ
Singles and Collaborations
Year Artists Song
2019 Major Lazer, Nyla, Fuse ODG, Ritviz Light It Up (Ritviz Diwali Edition)
2020 Lauv, Ritviz Modern Loneliness (Ritviz Remix)
Seedhe Maut, Ritviz, Sickflip Roshni
Ritviz Raahi
2021 Ritviz Pran
Ritviz, Karan Kanchan Khamoshi
Ritviz, Nucleya Sathi

Ari Ari Roz

Web Series Soundtracks
Year Web Series Song Artists Music
2020 Mismatched Sun Toh Ritviz Abhijay Negi

References[]

  1. ^ Patwa, Priyadarshini (20 February 2020). "Meet Ritviz, the New Desi Electronica Master on the Block". Entrepreneur.
  2. ^ "Making Music In Lockdown: A Guide By Indian DJ-Composer MojoJojo". Mashable India. 16 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Bacardi House Party Sessions to take over your party playlist". RadioandMusic.Com. 2 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Ritviz: Tapping Into Classical Roots To Create New-age Music". Forbes India. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Ritviz: "I cannot make music just for the heck of it"". The Hindu. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. ^ "How Indian Electro-Pop Artist Ritviz Banked on Spotify Streams to Navigate Pandemic". Billboard. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  7. ^ Upadhye, Aishwarya (1 March 2019). "Ritviz: "I cannot make music just for the heck of it"". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  8. ^ Inc, Equipboard. "Ritviz's Equipboard". Equipboard. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  9. ^ NUCLEYA Raja Baja – Official Aftermovie | NSCI Dome, retrieved 6 July 2020
  10. ^ "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  11. ^ "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Nucleya, Anish Sood and Ritviz to live stream a 360 VR show - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  13. ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/CQX7OdujwnT/
  14. ^ "Ritviz Scopes Out Two Collaborative Albums with Nucleya and Seedhe Maut -". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

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