Artbat

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Artbat
Origin Kyiv, Ukraine
Genres
Years active2014–present
Members
  • Artur Kryvenko
  • Vitaliy "Batish" Limarenko

Artbat is a Ukrainian DJ and music production duo from Kyiv, consisting of Artur Kryvenko and Vitaliy "Batish" Limarenko. [1] [2] They produce music in various techno and house variations.

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Career

Artbat's career began in 2014 when Kryvenko and Lamarenko, both experienced DJs, met in a Ukrainian club. After they quickly recognized musical similarities, they started producing music together. Just three months later, they had their breakthrough with the track "Mandrake". They received great support from the British DJ Richie Hawtin, who played the track in each of his sets for a year. [3]

In 2017, Artbat's track uplift was published as part of a compilation on Solomun's label Diynamic, followed by further EPs and tracks on the label. Their track taboo published in 2018 reached the top position of the deep house charts on the music platform Beatport and was able to stay there for eleven weeks. [4] In 2019 they won a DJ Award in the Breakthrough category. [5] In the same year they became the best-selling artist on Beatport. [6] In 2021 they founded their own label with the name Upperground. [7]

Discography

EPs

Singles

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