Rivu is a music producer / multi-instrumentalist / music educator based out of Kolkata. He has been working in music professionally for about 15 years and released two concept albums — ‘The Incredible Journey Of Light’ and ‘The Incident 2019’ — both progressive synthwave records.
Besides this, in this time Rivu has played live with several bands on a number of instruments — Parekh & Singh (guitar, bass, bass-synth), Lakkhichhara (guitars), Kendraka (guitars), Dindun (bass), Bodhi & The Omega Force (guitars, keyboards vocals), Preying Mantis (live production, vocals)
In 2022, he was selected as one of 10 international participants for the 4th edition of FAMLAB, a week-long UK-based collaborative residency dealing with archive films and scoring.
He has also taught music in various capacities — as a guitar teacher, choir instructor for 9 school musicals, and most recently a music production teacher.
Besides this, he has lent his talents to various films, series, advertisements and dance productions.