In 2018, this writer had asked Udyan Sagar aka Nucleya — who by then had already established himself as arguably the biggest name in desi electronic music — to name one promising young Indian producer to watch out for. He`d picked Ritviz. The latter had just started emerging in the scene back then after his smash hit, Udd Gaye, became an anthem from clubs to wedding sangeets. But with time, Ritviz, whose last name is Srivastava, has himself become such a force to reckon with that you can now put him on the same pedestal as Nucleya in terms of popularity, which is why it might be fair to say that Baaraat, Their upcoming collaborative album, is this year`s biggest Indian electronic music offering.

But the seeds of the record — which will also be dropped as non-fungible transfers on the WazirX marketplace — were laid in 2015 when the two first met at a music festival. Talking about that initial interaction, Ritviz, 25, tells us that he looked up to Nucleya, 41, like every other kid did. He says, "Our relationship was built then and there, and he has been a constant mentor and friend ever since."