Alexey Nikitin (born. November 18, 1995), known professionally as Pyti, is a Belarusian

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and producer.

Biography

In 2009, he became a

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holder of the special fund of the

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of the Republic of

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to support talented youth. Then he graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Music in the class of

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. He won several international and national competitions, for which he was

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ed the Prize of the President of the Republic of Belarus. As a member of the L. L. Ivanov Folk Instruments

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he has performed at a number of music festivals, including the State

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Palace, the Moscow International House of Music, the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music and the Moscow State Conservatory. He is also a member of the Data Bank of Gifted Youth In 2020, under the pseudonym Pyti, he began his

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in the genre of

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, releasing his first single "Fire". In 2021, he released five singles in various styles of electronic dance music, "Night Wish", "Get High", "Multiband", "Move On", and "Tell Me", which also launched his career as a music producer. The

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"Move On" and "Tell Me" were highly praised by foreign critics. As well as other tracks such as

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, Fortuna, Sunswept, Sha Be Allah from

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compared Pyti's work to artists such as AVICII, Juice WRLD, and Diplo

Singles

* 2020 — «Fire» * 2021 — «Night Wish» * 2021 — «Get High» * 2021 — «Multiband» * 2021 — «Move On» * 2021 — «Tell Me» * 2022 — «Focus» * 2023 — «Fortuna» * 2023 — «Sunswept» * 2024 — «I Wanna Dance»

References

{{reflist 1995 births Living people Belarusian composers Belarusian record producers Belarusian accordionists 21st-century Belarusian musicians Electropop musicians Electronic dance music musicians Dubstep musicians