Introduction
Nina Kraviz (Russian: Нина Кравиц, Nina Kravits) is a Russian DJ, music producer and singer.
Career
Kraviz has worked in a number of roles in the early 2000s before her music career took off, including fixing "cosmonauts' teeth", hosting a local Irkutsk radio show and writing for a fanzine. She was accepted into the Red Bull Music Academy in Seattle in 2005, however couldn't attend as she couldn't obtain a visa, attending the following year in Melbourne instead. By 2008 she was playing a regular night at the Propaganda Club in Moscow.
Kraviz released her self-titled debut album in February 2012 through the Rekids record label, to mixed-positive reviews.
Kraviz started her own record label in 2014, named трип (English: Trip).
She mixed the forty-eighth DJ-Kicks mix album, which was released in January 2015.
Awards and Nominations
| Year | Award | Nomination | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | DJ Awards | «Techno» | Nominated |
| 2018 | DJ Mag Top 100 | «Best DJ» | 97 |
Personal life
Kraviz was born and raised in Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia. She studied dentistry at the age of 19 in Moscow, where she later gained her residency.
According to the Guardian, “Kraviz’s techno education started in her hometown of Irkutsk, when she would listen to early-hours radio broadcasts of electronic music on the Europa Plus network. By the end of 2000's, she was living in Moscow, working as a dentist at a war veterans’ hospital by day and holding down a club residency on Friday nights."
Discography
Albums
- Nina Kraviz (Rekids, 2012)
- Mr Jones (2013)
Compilations
- DJ-Kicks (#48) (2015)
Singles
- "Pain in the Ass" (Rekids, 2009)
- "I'm Week" (Rekids, 2010)
- "Ghetto Kraviz" (Rekids, 2011)
- "Pochuvstvui" (Trip, 2017)
- "Cascalho" (2009)
- "Grizado de Alface" (2011)
- "Kiko D Santos" (1999)
- "Preto na branca"
Remixes
- St. Vincent — "New York" (Nina Kraviz Vocal Remix) (2019)