Rimib1215

Summary

Rimi Basu is a worldbeat singer and dancer born and raised in Maryland. An ex-medical school student who dropped out of her prestigious program and defied Indian-American societal expectations to run away to India and become a musician at age 22, she has since completed two music albums and toured around the world, performing and creating music. Trained in Indian classical music and dance from a young age, as well as an accomplished belly dancer, her live performances typically feature a unique combination of both music and dance.

Performing Arts Training

Basu's interest in Indian music started from a young age, as she was trained in Indian classical music and dance and had a deep affinity for the Indian arts and entertainment. The daughter of Indian Immigrants-turned Washington bureaucrats from Calcutta (Kolkata), she grew up negotiating multiple selves: One who attended a Bengali Language School that her father founded in Washington DC and actively learned Indian classical music and dance, and another, who avidly listened to hip hop, R&B, and American pop with her Black, Asian, Latin, and White peers. These influences culminate in her music, which reflects her own multi-faceted upbringing and identity.

Her initial training in music in the USA was a juxtaposition of East and West; she learned Indian classical and folk music alongside singing in the prestigious Johns Hopkins University Peabody Choir and Howard Country Children's Chorus. Her training in Indian music spans multiple styles, including Indian classical, Bhajan and Kirtan, Rabindra Sangeet, and Nazrul Geeti. Later, she delved into performing popular Bollywood and Punjabi music through studying in India with several renowned musicians and pundits, including Ajoy Chakrobarty and Sanjay Chakroborty in Kolkata at the Srutinandan school.

Basu trained in Odissi, an Indian classical dance form, from the early age of 5 under Dr. Chitra Krishnamurti's Nrityalaya Dance Academy in Potomac, Maryland. After 14 years of training, she was awarded her "Ranga Pravesh" - the official dance certification in Odissi dance after presenting a 3-hour long performance at Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center in Maryland. Thereafter, Rimi began to develop her unique fusion style of Odissi, blending her skill in belly dance with traditional Indian classical dance, and performing as a resident artist at several venues, including L'Orange Bleu in New York City and Red Maple Lounge in Baltimore, MD.

Basu's most recent work has delved more into the genres of worldbeat, spiritual kirtan, and electronica. After receiving training in yoga and meditation from a number of institutions around the world, as well as initiation in Tantra Yoga from Shri Kali Ashram, she has performed and taught

Formal Education

Basu completed her B.A. from Johns Hopkins University, where was a Pre-Medical student. Despite receiving admission and full scholarship for an MD/PhD program in 2008, Basu decided to pursue her passion in music and the media industry. In 2012, she completed her MBA at a top-ranked international business school, INSEAD, in Fontainebleau, France. Her unique career path due to academic pressures from her family and society at odds with her own passions are key themes that arise frequently in her music and dance.

Selected Awards and Performances

• Recipient of JHU Homewood Arts Certificates in Music and Dance, 2005 • Received Odissi Indian classical dance graduation award from Nrityalaya, 2001 • Album “Crossing Over” obtained ‘Bestseller’ status in West Bengal Accolades (significant festivals played, bands opened for, awards won, tours, etc) • Original Song and music video "Maahiya" topped Indian music charts in the Indian pop category and received Bestseller status; Opened for RDB Tour in USA, • Headlining artist at Tie-CON conference in San Jose, Opened for Sonu Nigam India tour, Headlining artist at Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. Featured artist at Kennedy Center for "Fusion 2012". Featured artist at Annenberg Center, PA. • Awards: Maahiya received bestseller status in Dance Pop category, 1st place in AIMREC Competition(only national Indian music and dance competition) in Pop category

Discography

• “The Unveiling” India album launch in July 2007 in Mumbai, India The Unveiling is a pop debut in the world of Indian music, fusing Indipop with Western styles and featuring a range of sounds that please the ears. From the soothing Surmayee to the sexy foot-stomping Maahiya, the album shows Rimi's versatility as a singer as well as an accomplished dancer. The Unveiling establishes Rimi in India and abroad as a full-package entertainer with creativity and talent and a fresh, welcome addition to the genre of Indian pop.

• “Crossing Over”- Indian pop fusion album; official album press launch in June 2011 at Someplace Else, Kolkata A first ever album of bringing together Bengali modern music with Latin and hip- hop elements, has changed the face of Bengali pop music. The album cover features the Howrah Bridge intertwining with a New York City landscape, largely describing Rimi's own life and journey

Selected Press

1. http://staticmultimedia.com/music/rimi-basu-dominates-india-and-usa 2. http://underthepress.org/ex-medical-student-turned-indian-pop-singer-rimi/#more-1785 3. http://goldenmixtape.com/2015/06/29/rimi-basu-the-unveiling/ 4. http://www.dcbebop.com/dcbmusic-6_rimi.asp 5. http://www.axs.com/review-of-rimi-s-the-unveiling-59212 6. http://leadingusabsurd.com/?p=4663 7. http://24ourmusic.net/2015/07/17/rimi-reaches-new-market-unveiling-crossing/ 8. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/morena-duwe/new-artist-reviews-rimi_b_7884260.html 9. http://www.papercutmag.com/articles/2015/07/18/rimi-unveiling 10. http://guardianlv.com/2015/07/rimi-attempts-an-unveiling-of-her-crossing-over-double-ep-review/ 11. http://outsidersmusic.com/rimi-basu-back-and-here-to-stay/ 12. http://sexeemag.com/rimi-basu/ 13. http://ellenwood-ep.com/2015/08/06/track-review-rimis-nesha-nesha/ 14. http://www.dcbebop.com/dcbmusic-6_Rimi.asp 15. http://themusicnewssite.com/2015/08/single-review-rimi-nesha-nesha-follow-rimibasu/ 16. http://www.thewildhoneypie.com/fall-under-rimis-mystifying-spell-stream/ 17. http://jadedculture.com/2015/08/15/review-rimi-basu-the-unveiling-ep-crossing-over-ep/ 18. http://www.whimmagazine.com/2015/08/music-review-rimi-basu/ 19. http://www.womanhoodnow.com/she-sounds-1/2015/7/19/rimi 20. http://www.thefuture.fm/blog/music_/rimi-the-unveiling-crossing-over/

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