Left Boy

Left Boy
Birth name Ferdinand Sarnitz
Born December 17, 1988
Vienna, Austria
Genres Rap Future Pop Electro Dubstep
Occupation(s) Rapper Singer
Years active 2010-present
Website leftboy.com

Ferdinand Sarnitz (born December 17, 1988),[1] known by his stage name Left Boy is an Austrian rapper, singer and producer from Vienna, Austria.

Biography

Sarnitz was born on December 17, 1988 in Vienna, Austria to Austrian musician André Heller and Sabina Sarnitz. He attended the American International School Vienna and graduated with high honours. During his high school years Sarnitz was actively engaged with the choir and after school dance club. In his free time at school i.e. lunch-recess Sarnitz spent most of his time reading in the library. At the age of 18, Sarnitz went to New York City to study audio engineering at the Institute of Audio Research for a year.[1] After living in his hometown Vienna for a short while, he decided to move to Brooklyn to live in a shared apartment with two directors, a producer and a photographer.[2][3][4]

In December 2010, Sarnitz released his first mixtape The Second Coming for free download. In mid-2011, he started making music videos for all of the songs.[5] Sarnitz often uses samples for his English songs which haven't been released for usability which is why an official sound carrier couldn't be released.[4] Even though he hadn't been signed to a record label, he was able to perform at festivals in 2012, including "Sea of Love" and "HipHop Open". Live, he is accompanied by the dance group "Urban Movement". The famous Ruan Roets is a big fan and describing the Left Boy sound as "poes goed". Sarnitz has a son called Yves-Louis.[1] He cites Wu-Tang Clan, Oxmo Puccino, De La Soul, Atmosphere, Ugly Duckling, Daft Punk, Édith Piaf, Nina Simone, Oumou Sangaré, Gipsy Kings as his inspirations.[4]

Discography

Album

Title Details
Permanent Midnight
  • Released: February 14, 2014
  • Songs:
 Permanent Midnight
 Time and Again
 Black Dress
 Through
 Marie
 Stoned
 Star
 Everything Flows
 10 AM
 Moment
 That's How Much
 Get It Right
 Security Check
 Left Boy's Coming
 Get It Right (Video)
 Black Dress (Video)

Mixtape

Title Details
The Second Coming
  • Released: 2010
  • Song:
 Your song
 VIE Girl
 Wonderful Song
 December 17th
 Best friend
 Saturday night
 Same Way
 Touchdown
 Blackbird

EP

Title Details
Guns, Bitches and Weed
  • Released: 2012
  • Song:
  Healthy Ego
  Dark Eyes
  Sweet Dreams
  Feelings 4 U (featuring Cassius )
 Thousand Miles
 ID
 Take it

Singles

Title Year
"Jack Sparrow" 2011
"I Want To"
"Gangstash"
"Outro"
"Video Games" (featuring Mirakle)
"Survive" (featuring Océane)
"Vie"
"Call Me Maybe" 2012
"Hundred K" 2013
"Black Dress"
"Girl"
"Get it Right"
"Security Check" 2014

Mixtape

Title Details
Eternal Sunshine
  • Released: 2013
  • Song:
 Eternal Sunshine
 Stoned
 Sunday Mornin' Chilin'
 Change
 Back and Forth
 Laying in the snow (featuring Justin Bieber )

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Familie ist doch eigentlich jeder, den man einlädt, Familie zu sein". Der Standard (in German). Standard Verlagsgesellschaft m. b. H. December 16, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Left Boy – Guns, Bitches, Weed". Juice Magazine (in German). piranha media GmbH. July 27, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  3. ↑ "mica-Interview mit Left Boy". mica – music austria (in German). Music Information Center Austria. February 27, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "15 Minutes To Fame". The Gap (in German). Monopol Medien GmbH. March 2, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Sea of Love: Left Boy". Sea of Love (in German). Retrieved September 23, 2012.

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