The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts will welcome back alumni David Biral (’15) and Denzel Baptiste (’14) — the Grammy-nominated production duo Take a Daytrip — for the Institute’s first-ever homecoming artist residency.
Biral and Baptiste first met as freshmen at the Institute, where they formed Take a Daytrip aiming to “seeing the world through music.” In the years since, they have collaborated on hits with Lil Nas X, Juice Wrld, Kid Cudi, Jack Harlow, Travis Scott, Dua Lipa, Miley Cyrus, James Blake, and others. Their No. 1 singles include Travis Scott and Kid Cudi’s “The Scotts” and Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” and “Industry Baby.”).
Beyond the studio, Take A Daytrip launched their publishing venture, No Idle, in partnership with Universal Music Publishing Group in 2022. They have also collaborated with Apple to create Take a Daytrip Producer Packs for GarageBand and Logic Pro.
Their NYU residency will include student listening and feedback sessions, a production masterclass, a keynote conversation with special guests, and a live performance in the Garage, the Institute’s in-house Brooklyn venue.
They join a tradition of Institute residencies previously held by Pharrell Williams, Swizz Beatz, Julie Greenwald, Kareem Riggins, Dawn Richard, Corinne Bailey Rae, and Joey Bada$$.
Biral said, “It’s such an honor to be coming back to the place where everything started for us. Our creativity, our sense of the business, our ambition, all of it was fostered at Clive and we couldn’t be happier to come back and share what we’ve learned with the next generation of CDI students.”
Baptiste added, “Over the last year we’ve really taken a back to basics approach with our creative process, rekindling our love for creation above all else and figuring out how to generate business around the music that inspires us most. It feels super poetic for us to come back to Clive at this moment, the place we met and started our dream of traveling the world off the strength of the music we make.”
Davis chair Nick Sansano said, “The Institute is deeply proud of the accomplishments of its alumni. This year marks a milestone: for the first time, we are able to feature primarily alumni in our residencies, guest presentations, and events—a long-held CDI dream realized. Welcoming Take A Daytrip as our inaugural alumni Artists-In-Residence sets an inspiring precedent. Formed at Clive, Denzel and David embody the values of our curriculum through their work as artists and entrepreneurs. We are honored to welcome them back with gratitude.”
+ Atlantic Music Group has officially joined forces with Limosa Nostra Records — the label founded by artist-entrepreneur Ricky Hil – in a new joint venture. In addition to Hil’s own music, the collaboration will launch future releases from New York-based rapper SosMula, among other artists.
“I have one goal in life, and that’s to put out great music with like-minded people,” Hil said in a statement. “So I’m very excited to be working with Atlantic Music Group.” Atlantic CEO Elliot Grainge added, “In addition to creating his own fanbase through his music, Ricky has been able to identify influential and promising artists along the way. We are thrilled to join forces with Ricky and his team at Limosa Nostra to work alongside them to develop and support his roster of talent.”