Space Discovery: RIP Youth
Welcome to a new exciting Space Discovery!
Today we are going to introduce you to a great new artist called RIP Youth. It is such a pleasure for us to feature this kind of music during August as RIP Youth’s music perfectly matches the sunny days we are enjoying also in the UK, unexpectedly I will add.
RIP Youth was created by the eclectic mind of singer-songwriter and producer James Maas. He also comes from an incredibly sunny place which is Australia, but he’s now based in Los Angeles producing and writing his own tunes.
His last tune is a remix for his song It’s a Vibe. The remix was done by the globally known DJ/producer R3hab, transforming the original tune into an EDM-infused tune, which you would not absolutely miss.
When we first listen to this remix we thought, that’s the perfect song to listen to while doing a work-out, those High-Intensity ones that Pamela Reif proposes on Youtube, the ones that you wish you didn’t start, but when you listen to this song starting in the background you would be like “You know what? I can freaking do it”. So thank you R3hab and RIP Youth for giving us the strength to finish these impossible cardio workouts.
Indeed this tune was played by Peloton Instructor Cody Rigsby and Peloton’s DJ John Michael’s ‘Pride Live DJ Ride’ at Peloton New York Studios.
This was during the Pride Month 2022 that happened this June, and we could think of a better tune to be played during such occasion.
R3hab kept the main positive vibes and performance made by RIP Youth in the original one, but added some electronic steroids to it, of course some healthy ones. The sound design was incredibly well curated bringing a hard yet moving bass synth in the middle of the action, all the FX and ear candies perfectly match with RIP Youth vocals, culminating in a drop that radiates energy everywhere.
Now let’s pass the mic to RIP Youth, which is also going to tell us about the very cool story of how this song came to life. A little spoiler, let’s thank Charli XCX for supporting RIP Youth.
Welcome to Space RIP Youth !!
Congratulations on your new release! Briefly present yourself to our Space Travellers!
RIP Youth was my brainchild and answer to being an active producer/writer that had seen how streaming would allow me to create my own hub of music and an answer to all the songs that I was pitching out to other artists that wouldn’t see the light of day. It’s evolved to me being the main feature and vocal artist now but I love the attention anyway so we’re cool.
What’s the story behind your latest release?
I recently shot for Playboy and was flown down to Art Basel to the launch party in Miami, Charli xcx was dj’ing but no one was dancing except this one person so I went up to her, started dancing and hit it off. We exchanged numbers and caught up back in LA. By then she’d listened to some of RIPYouth’s music. I called her to see if Peloton would want to collab on a video. She said she had an idea for something bigger. She wanted an exclusive Remix for the peloton members for Pride! I’d worked with R3HAB before. It turns out she had been contacted by him to find something to work on a few months back so the timing was perfect. I got together with DJ John Michael who does the live rides and music programming to discuss what the rooms would need to feel dynamic and reach the peaks and valleys of a workout before we sent our notes off to R3HAb who absolutely understood right away what this would need to be, and subsequently knocked it out of the park. Vibes all around.
What are your plans for the future?
Writing a lot! And collaborating. I’ve almost finished my EP that I’m really excited to get out there and create a live show too.
If you had a time machine, in which era would you travel and which kind of music would you bring with you in the past?
The 80’s !! For too many reasons to list. Can we also bring back the hair and clothing?
ARTIST LINKS
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/weareripyouth/
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8_c5XUlfTBSPHIWKkgxZbA
