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Koen van Ravensberg | |
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| Birth name | Koen van Ravensberg |
| Also known as | KVR |
| Born | 14 January 2000 Leiden, South Holland, the Netherlands |
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| Instrument(s) | Piano, Turntable, Music sequencer, Synthesizers, Guitar |
| Years active | 2014–present |
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| Website | kvrmusic |
Koen van Ravensberg (born 14 January 2000), professionally known as KVR, is a Dutch DJ and record producer best known for his 2016 remix of “Thinking About It” by Israeli singer Nathan Goshen.
Early life
[edit]Koen was born in Leiden, the Netherlands in 2000. His interest in music appeared at an early age, starting with learning the piano at age six. Though he expressed his first interest in becoming a DJ in the summer of 2015, after he suffered a knee injury. This gave him more time for music. Soundcloud became his new inspiration source. He then did havo at Bonaventura College in Leiden.
His rise came about when he encountered Nathan Goshen's song 'Thinking about it' on Soundcloud and made a remix of it. Then the Scandinavian label disco:wax found the track and released it together with him and Nathan. Because of his age, his parents had to give permission before the young DJ could get to work with his label. In the meantime, he still had to go to school.
The track became a hit on Spotify and earned him a record contract. KVR had only just started as a DJ, when he was awarded a gold record for his remix. Since his first hit, he has evolved considerably. After his success KVR decided that he wanted to stop havo and do an MBO-education music production.
In 2017 and 2018 many articles were written about him. A new young talent from a small town in the Netherlands was born.
Career
[edit]The Dutch dance talent signed his first recording agreement at the Danish label disco:wax after being discovered on SoundCloud. He signed the contract when he was only 15 years old[1], within the first year of ever writing or producing any music.
Under the moniker KVR he first surfaced in the international music scene with his remix of Israeli singer Nathan Goshen's "Thinking About It", which reached more than 35 million streams in only the first few weeks. The song appeared in numerous Spotify viral charts[2][3] and remained in the top 15 of Spotify’s Chill Hits playlist for well over a year.
One year after his debut release KVR has made an official remix of Lady Gaga’s song “Million Reasons”. He also remixed “Bae” for the very talented twin brothers Marcus & Martinus from Norway. Furthermore, he released his first single featuring Denmark vocalist Kaíva from electro trio Noréll.
In 2018 KVR made an official remix of George Ezra’s single “Shotgun” that appeared in several game chancing playlists on the streaming service Spotify. In early 2019 he made several radio edits of songs from British Superstar Mark Ronson’s album, including “Nothing Breaks Like A Heart” with Miley Cyrus.
Two years after his debut release KVR has made official remixes for Hardwell, Austin Mahone and more[4].
Discography
[edit]| Track | Release date |
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| Nathan Goshen - Thinking About It (Let It Go) (KVR Remix) | March 11th, 2016 |
| Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (KVR Remix) | February 17th, 2017 |
| KVR - Never Gonna Be ft. Kaíva[5] | February 24th, 2017 |
| Marcus & Martinus - Bae (KVR Remix) | March 3th, 2017 |
| KVR - Never Gonna Be (YFS x WHOELSEBUTJUELZ Remix) | September 22th, 2018 |
| KVR - Never Gonna Be (Anton Powers Remix) | October 6th, 2017 |
| Hardwell - Creatures Of The Night (KVR Remix) | December 7th, 2017 |
| KVR - Love With The Lights On | March 16th, 2018 |
| George Ezra - Shotgun (KVR Remix) | June 1th, 2018 |
| KVR - Summer Solstice | June 14th, 2018 |
| NOTD - Been There Done That (KVR Remix) ft. Tove Styrke | October 26th, 2018 |
| Brother Leo - Barcelona (KVR Remix) | October 11th, 2019 |
| KVR - Figured You Out | November 1th, 2019 |
Music Video's
[edit]| Track | Release date |
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| KVR - Never Gonna Be ft. Kaíva[6] | June 13th, 2017 |
| Marcus & Martinus - Bae (KVR Remix) | March 5th, 2017 |
| KVR feat. Robbie Jay - Love With The Lights On | March 16th, 2018 |
| George Ezra - Shotgun (KVR Remix) (Audio) | June 1th, 2018 |
| KVR feat. Twan Ray - Summer Solstice | June 21th, 2018 |
| NOTD - Been There Done That (KVR Remix) ft. Tove Styrke | October 26th, 2018 |
| Brother Leo - Barcelona (KVR Remix) (Audio) | October 11th, 2019 |
References
[edit]- ^ 16 jarige Koen krijgt een platencontract!, retrieved 7 January 2020
- ^ "Nathan Goshen - Thinking About It (KVR Remix)". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "Nathan Goshen - Spotify Chart History". kworb.net. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ Hungama. "Koen van Ravensberg". Hungama.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "KVR - Never Gonna Be (ft. Kaíva)". Sync. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ "KVR FT KAIVA - NEVER GONNA BE". Choice For Music UK Radio. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Pressparty article
- NOS article (in Dutch)
- LEIDEN article (in Dutch)
- Leidsch Dagblad article (in Dutch)
- Revu article (in Dutch)
- TV West article (in Dutch)
- Elsevisier article (in Dutch)
- Indebuurt article (in Dutch)
- NPO3 article (in Dutch)
- Quotenet article (in Dutch)
- Discogs
- Interview KVR (in Dutch)
- Choice RADIO article
Category:2000 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Leiden
Category:Dutch record producers
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