Nina Kraviz (russian: Нина Кравиц, Nina Kravits) is a Russian DJ, music producer and singer.

Early life and career

Kraviz was born and raised in

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. She moved to

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to study

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where she later gained her

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. Kraviz also worked in a number of roles in the early 2000s before her music career took off, including fixing "

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' teeth", hosting a local Irkutsk radio show, writing for a

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, and held a club residency on Friday nights. In 2005, she was accepted into the

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, however couldn't attend as she couldn't obtain a

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, attending the following year in

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instead. By 2008 she was playing a regular night at the Propaganda Club in

. Kraviz released her self-titled debut album in February 2012 through the Rekids record label, to mixed-positive reviews. Kraviz started her own

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in 2014, named трип (English: Trip). She mixed the forty-eighth DJ-Kicks

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, which was released in January 2015. She took part in writing the music for the 2020 game ''

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''. She also voiced her cameo in the game itself, in Russian and English versions. In 2021 Nina Kraviz, along with other artists like Ben Sims, Oscar Mulero, and Marcel Dettmann participated in PX099: 100 Years Of Colombia: a techno compilation with tracks from the artists on the scene with the intention of raising awareness about Colombia’s social unrest. At the onset of the

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, Kraviz posted a video of herself writing "PEACE!" in Russian on her

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page. The

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wrote that Kraviz was banned from three world music festivals because she "has not been sufficiently vocal about opposing" the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Discography

Albums

* ''Nina Kraviz'' ( Rekids, 2012) * ''Mr Jones'' (2013)

Compilations

* '' DJ-Kicks (#48)'' (2015)

Singles

• "Hace Ejercicios" (

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2022) * "This Time" (2021) * "Skyscrapers" (2021) * "Pochuvstvui" (

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, 2017) * "Ghetto Kraviz" ( Rekids, 2011) * "Grizado de Alface" (2011) * "I'm Week" ( Rekids, 2010) * "Cascalho" (2009) * "Pain in the Ass" ( Rekids, 2009) * "Kiko D Santos" (1999) * "Preto na branca"

Remixes

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— "

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" (Nina Kraviz Vocal Remix) (2019)

Awards and nominations

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azine's top 100 DJs

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References

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