Ritviz

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.

Ritviz
Birth nameRitviz Srivastava
Born (1996-07-24) 24 July 1996
narpatinagar , Bihar, India
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Producer, Composer, Singer-Songwriter
  • Musician
  • DJ
Years active2017 - present
Associated acts

Early life and career

Ritviz was born in Darbhanga, Bihar and brought up in Pune, Maharashtra. His mother (Mrs Anvita Bharti) is the Head of the 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 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

In 2018, at the "Redbull Off the Roof" event in Mumbai, DIVINE performed a rap verse on the beat of "Ved" by Ritviz. This version remains unreleased.

On an Instagram Live in April 2020, Ritviz played a remix of "Chehra" by Hanita Bhambri and "Jeet 2.0". A few days later, on Tanmay Bhat's "Stay Home for India - Day 2" YouTube live-stream, on a Zoom call with Ritviz and Kaneez Surka, Tanmay played two of Ritviz's unreleased songs, "Oas Hai"[10] and "Naina".[11] "Oas Hai" has a feature on the song by the rap duo Seedhe Maut, while the latter was “Naina” ("Panchi"), a track which has a feature from the rapper DIVINE, co-produced by Nucleya. He has also teased songs on his Instagram live with tracks featuring artists Nucleya, Anish Sood and Karan Kanchan. In July 2020, in the promotional video for his virtual event with Nucleya and Anish Sood, "retroFUTURE",[12] Ritviz played an unreleased song called "Dev". His tracks "Sargam", "Parchayi" and "Meet" (with Nucleya) remain unreleased as well.

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
YearAlbumTrack(s)Artist(s)
2014VizdumbBeatificRitviz
I Feel Love
2016YuvBaliRitviz
Taan
Yuv
Jiti
2017-2019VedUdd GayeRitviz
Jeet Ritviz
Barso
Ved Ritviz
Jeet 2.0
Sage
2019-2021 Dev Chalo Chalein Ritviz, Seedhe Maut
Liggi Ritviz
Raahi
Thandi Hawa
Pran
Khamoshi Ritviz, Karan Kanchan
2020 Thandi Hawa (Official Remixes) Thandi Hawa (Sez on the Beat X Enkore Remix) Ritviz
Thandi Hawa (Anish Sood Remix)
Thandi Hawa (Nucleya Remix)
Thandi Hawa (Zupiter Remix)
2021 Baaraat Sathi Ritviz & Nucleya
Ari Ari
Roz
Baaraat
Singles and Collaborations
YearArtistsSong
2013 Ritviz Teenage Sound
2019Major Lazer, Nyla, Fuse ODG, RitvizLight It Up - Ritviz Diwali Edition
2020Lauv, RitvizModern Loneliness - Ritviz Remix
Sickflip, Ritviz, Seedhe MautRoshni
Web Series Soundtracks
Year Web Series Song Artists Music
2020 Mismatched Sun Toh Ritviz 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. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.


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