Lost Stories is an

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DJ/producer duo composed of Prayag Mehta and Rishab Joshi. They are best known for their ability to uniquely blend Indian folk sounds with electronic music. Some of their most popular tracks are "Bombay Dreams" with

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, "Mahi" with

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's " Faded" , their edit of "Vaseegara" with

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's vocals, "Mai Ni Meriye" with

and Ashwin Adwani, and their official remix of

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and Demi Lovato's "

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". Lost Stories also teach

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and

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at Lost Stories Academy in

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Career

They have performed at the

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Music Festival (

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) four times. In 2018 they played at Tiesto's

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stage alongside

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and in the following year, they played at Smash The House stage curated by

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. Lost Stories were the face of Budweiser’s Freedom campaign to

. They played at and promoted the premiere of Will Smith’s ''Bright'' for

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. They have been brand ambassadors for

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, Absolut and did a multi-city tour with Chivas. They were also a part of Belvedere’s Global Studio B campaign and licensed ''Reveal Yourself'' as the Studio B anthem. Prayag and Rishab began their journey down the dance music back in 2008, garnering support from heavyweights like Tiesto,

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, BT, and

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. They then evolved their sound with their debut album - Music for the # Generation in 2012 which was the no. 3 album on Top 100 Dance Album iTunes Charts. Ever since they’ve had three #1 singles on iTunes and remixed the likes of One Republic, Afrojack, Alan Walker and U2. They were ranked no. 52 on

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Top 100 polls in 2016, making them the second ever Indian act to feature on the list. Lost Stories' "Vaseegara/ Zara Zara" edit of Jonita Gandhi's vocals and Sub Urban's "Cradles" went viral after they premiered it during the

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Aviation tour in India. An online petition was started on

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by one of their fans for them to release it and eventually, they put it out as a part of an EP called ''lo/st tapes v1'' on their YouTube channel''.'' Rishab Joshi from Lost Stories said, "I made these edits exclusively for my DJ sets and I had no plans of releasing them. From a petition to release this flip, to getting covered on national news and finally being called out by

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to put this out, we had to give this to you." The EP also contained their edits of "Aaja" and "For Aisha." In May 2020, Lost Stories became the first Indians to be announced as a part of YouTube's Foundry programme. In October 2020, they remixed

and Demi Lovato's "

", which is also one of their most popular releases, and their most successful collaboration with any international artist/s till date.

Releases

Their debut studio album, ''Music For The # Generation'' released on 23 August 2013. Their remix of the track

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featuring Spree Wilson - " The Spark" was featured in the official music video of the single. On 26 April 2016, they released a remix of the song "

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" by

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. On 6 August 2016, they released an Indian/Tropical themed remix of

's " Faded". They released an official remix of " Wherever I go" by

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on 23 September. On 22 April 2017, they released a remix of another Alan Walker track, " Alone". On 4 August 2017, they released a song titled "Spread The Fire", featuring vocals from

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singer Marc Wulf. On 10 May 2018, they released a three-track EP titled ''Bombay Electric''. On 5 July 2018, they put out "Faking It" featuring Matthew Steeper on JioSaavn's in-house label, Artist Originals. Lost Stories and

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released a cover of

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's " Sorry" that crossed over a million views on

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. On 30 November 2018, Lost Stories and

released a collaboration named "Uncomplicated" featuring vocals from Matthew Steeper. On 18 March 2019, they released their first single of the year, "Mahi", featuring vocals from Indian classical/folk musician

Kavita Seth Kavita Seth (born 14 September 1970) is an Indian singer, who is most known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, as well as a performer of Ghazals and Sufi music, and leads a Sufi musical group, ''Karwaan Group''.KSHMR Niles Hollowell-Dhar (born October 6, 1988), known professionally as Kshmr (pronounced "Kashmir" and stylized in all caps), is an American songwriter, DJ, music producer, and musician. He was ranked 23rd on ''DJ Mag''s 2015 Top 100 DJs poll and ...

's label Dharma Worldwide, making it their first release on the label. First premiered in 2015, this became one of their most sought out and anticipated works. They teamed up with KSHMR and with Kavita Seth again for "Bombay Dreams", that released on 13 September 2019. Lost Stories also remixed U2's " Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way" and released it on 14 December, right before the Irish band performed their debut gig in India. In April 2020 they released their remix of Armaan Malik's debut English single, "Control" on

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followed by "Mai Ni Meriye" featuring

and Ashwin Adwani in May 2020 on JioSaavn's record label, Artist Originals. In October 2020, they released an official remix of

and Demi Lovato's "

OK Not to Be OK "OK Not to Be OK" is a song by American music producer Marshmello and singer Demi Lovato. It was released on September 10, 2020, via Island Records and Joytime Collective, in partnership with the Hope For The Day suicide prevention movement. ...

", which was very well received by audiences and went on to become one of their most popular tracks.

Career

Releases

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays (EPs)

Singles

Remixes

As solo artists

Prayag Mehta

References

External links