Aivi & Surasshu

Aivi & Surasshu
Information
Name	Aivi Tran Steven "Surasshu" Velema
Gender	Non-binary (Aivi) Male (Surasshu)
Jobs
Jobs	Composers

Aivi & Surasshu is a chiptune and piano duo, comprised of pianist Aivi Tran and sound designer Steven "Surasshu" Velema.

The two have created a significant number of songs for Steven Universe and Steven Universe Future.

Personal Life

Aivi composes music for indie games, plays piano on YouTube and also teaches at a music school. Aivi and Surasshu got married in 2015.^{[citation needed]}

About

Aivi & Surasshu specialize in chiptune and piano music. This style is reflected in the songs they have composed for the show. The two met in a hotel bar and bonded over their love of video game music.^{[citation needed]} They later collaborated to produce the album "The Black Box", which has a comic book dedicated to it.

Aivi in particular is a big fan of Rebecca Sugar's work on Adventure Time, and was equally thrilled with Steven Universe.^{[citation needed]} Aivi said:

"Rebecca Sugar’s work as a storyboard artist and songwriter on Adventure Time is fantastic, and we instantly fell in love with Steven Universe and its diverse characters. The music that we've been writing for the show draws inspiration from both classical and pop genres, synth and acoustic sounds, and of course, what the two of us are best at: Videogame Music!".^{[citation needed]}

You can find Aivi & Surasshu's non-Steven Universe work from the link to "The Black Box" above. Everything they create for the show is posted to their Soundcloud account of the group's name.

Musical Credits

Songs

• "We Are the Crystal Gems"
• "Ending Theme"
• "Love Like You"
• "Let Me Drive My Van (into Your Heart)"
• "Hey, Mr. Postman"
• "Steven and the Crystal Gems"
• "Strong in the Real Way"
• "Be Wherever You Are"
• "Lapis Lazuli"
• "Destiny"
• "Stronger Than You"
• "Full Disclosure"
• "Do It for Her"
• "Don't Cost Nothing"
• "Empire City"
• "It's Over Isn't It"
• "Both of You"
• "What's the Use of Feeling (Blue)?"
• "That Distant Shore"
• "Ruby Rider"
• "For Just One Day Let's Only Think About (Love)"
• "Familiar"
• "Escapism"
• "The Tale of Steven"
• "Let Us Adore You"
• "Happily Ever After"
• "Other Friends"
• "System/BOOT.pearl final(3).Info"
• "Who We Are"
• "Isn't It Love?"
• "No Matter What"
• "Independent Together"
• "Drift Away"
• "Found"
• "True Kinda Love"
• "Change"
• "Let Us Adore You (Reprise)"
• "Finale"
• "Being Human"
• "The Tidying Song"
• "Shining Through"
• "Looking Forward"
• "Mr. Universe"
• "My Little Reason Why"

Soundtracks

• "Pearl's Theme"
• "Steven's Shield"
• "The Mother"
• "Luv u (Greg's Theme)"
• "Dad Museum"
• "Water Damage"
• "Atop the Sea Spire"
• "Drop the Strawberry"
• "The Waterfall"
• "Gimme Gimme"
• "That's Unusual!"
• "Peedee's Blues"
• "Connie's Theme"
• "Sunlit Battlefield / The Sleeping Pyramid"
• "Heart of the Pyramid"
• "Purple Puma and Tiger Millionaire"
• "Lion's Theme"
• "Desert Glass"
• "Funland Arcade"
• "Road Killer"
• "Teens of Rage"
• "Meat Beat Mania: FLAMBÉE!"
• "The Heaven Beetle"
• "Amalgam"
• "Opal"
• "The Heaven Beetle (reprise)"
• "Spaced Out Beats"
• "The Hill"
• "Dance of Swords"
• "Holo Pearl"
• "Underwater Temple"
• "Time Thing"
• "Battle at the Underwater Temple"
• "Lion's Ocean"
• "The Cave"
• "Golf Quest Mini OST"
• "Rose's Room"
• "Glitch City"
• "Synchronize/Sugilite"
• "Sugilite Returns"
• "Monster Buddy"
• "Monster Spelunkin'"
• "Fight, Flight, or Love"
• "Overgrown Brambles"
• "Rose's Fountain"
• "Mirror Gem (piano version)"
• "Let Me Out"
• "I Am Lapis Lazuli"
• "Q U A D R I N O M E T R Y - THE SECRET OF THE WAVE LIES IN C R E A T I O N"
• "Night Drive"
• "Mirror Match"
• "Lapis' Tower"
• "Take My Hand"
• "Love Like You (The Ocean Returns)"
• "Weatherbomb"
• "After These Messages"
• "UUU Fanfare / Let's Build a Spaceship: Part 1"
• "Blast Off!"
• "Let's Build A Spaceship: Part 2"
• "Almost There"
• "Secret Team"
• "We Were the Best"
• "Steven's Confession"
• "Paradise"
• "Sadie & the Beast"
• "Paronaldo Activity"
• "Snerson Interrogation"
• "Alexandrite"
• "Waterfall Training Montage"
• "Watermelon Steven"
• "Watermelon Battle"
• "Lion's Mane"
• "Peridot"
• "Fusion Disco"
• "Alone Together"
• "Twilight Run"
• "Be Cool at the Club"
• "Future Vision"
• "Death Rag"
• "Defective"
• "Moonlit Battlefield"
• "I'm Still Here"
• "Half A Story / Connie to the Rescue"
• "Young Gems"
• "Night Drive 2"
• "Return to the Beach/Jasper"
• "Reunion"
• "Collusion"
• "Malachite"
• "Good Morning (SU Remix)"
• "Amethyst's Theme"
• "Sky Arena / Let Me Do This For You"
• "Gem Shards"
• "Theme from An Endless Romance"
• "RARELY"
• "We are Malachite"
• "Enticement"
• "Sardonyx's Theme"
• "Reconciliation"
• "Luv u dad (And Garnet)"
• "Strength and Forgiveness"
• "Peridot's Escape"
• "Mother and Daughter"
• "Little Peridot"
• "Peridot and Steven"
• "Peridot in the Rain"
• "Robolympics"
• "Pearlbot vs. Peribot"
• "Happy Birthday Steven / 5750 Years Ago"
• "Blue Diamond"
• "The Rebels / Garnet's First Fusion"
• "Escaping the Colony / Feelings of Love"
• "The Answer"
• "Yellow Diamond"
• "Futurisms"
• "The Cluster / Gem Drill"
• "Inside The Cluster"
• "Collaboration / Malachite VS Alexandrite: Part 1"
• "Malachite VS Alexandrite: Part 2"
• "Lapis' Flight"
• "Hit the Diamond"
• "Hello, House!"
• "Macho Trance"
• "Lars for the Day"
• "Dire, Dire Drift"
• "The Final Drift"
• "Steven's Restaurant"
• "Somewhere Alone At Sea"
• "The Confrontation"
• "Get Loose"
• "Duel of the Quartz Soldiers"
• "I'll Protect You"
• "Objective Invention"
• "Steven VS Amethyst"
• "Bismuth's Return to the Battlefield"
• "Bismuth's Forge"
• "Show Me What You Got"
• "Steven's Rituals"
• "The Breaking Point"
• "Meep Morps"
• "Smoky Quartz"
• "Consolation (Steven & Amethyst's Fusion Dance)"
• "Smoky Quartz Meets Sardonyx"
• "Sardonyx Tonight! Medley"
  • "Sardonyx Tonight"
  • "Hit That Bird!"
  • "You Like That, Little Man?"
  • "Jorge's Band/Breath Of Fire"
• "One Big Super Right"
• "Good Influences"
• "Stevonnie's Anxiety"
• "Onion Gang"
• "No Gem Wars At The Table"
• "Andy's Flight"
• "Baby's First Glow"
• "STOP"
• "Holly Blue Agate"
• "The Zoomans"
• "Famethyst"
• "That Will Be All"
• "Storm in the Room"
• "Lion's Desert"
• "Ube!"
• "Aquamarine & Topaz"
• "Tension in the House"
• "Battle in Aquamarine's Ship / Steven's Sacrifice"
• "I Don't Wanna Be Alone"
• "Aquamarine Subdues Topaz"
• "The Trial: Pt. 1 (Green Zircon)"
• "The Trial: Pt. 2 (Blue Zircon)"
• "The Off Colors"
• "Lars... ?"
• "Pink Lars"
• "Lion's Secret"
• "Goodbye Lars / Home At Last"
• "Lapis Leaves"
• "Family"
• "I Miss You (She Took The Barn)"
• "Shorty Squad in the Kindergarten"
• "The Train Home"
• "VROOM
• "Kevin Party"
• "Best Friends Forever"
• "Lars of the Stars"
• "Jungle Moon"
• "The Legend of Rose Quartz"
• "Garnet & Steven Get Painted & Chase a Cat"
• "Orbservatory"
• "When I Go Back"
• "Pearl... ?"
• "Find My Phone"
• "Going Deeper"
• "No One Can Know (Pearl & Pink Diamond's Secret)"
• "Sapphire's Anger"
• "The Ancient Kindergarten"
• "Rose & Pearl On Earth"
• "Ruby Alone"
• "Ruby's Decision"
• "The Question"
• "Steven the Wedding Planner"
• "I Now Pronounce You Garnet"
• "The Crystal Gems VS Blue Diamond"
• "Inner Mind / I Am Pink Diamond"
• "Diamond Reunion"
• "Healing Nephrite"
• "Launching the Legs"
• "The Pebbles"
• "Yellow Diamond's Sauna"
• "Blue Diamond's Onsen"
• "Steven and the Wolf"
• "Homeworld Waltz"
• "The Ball / Alone Together (Reprise)"
• "Watermelon Steven's Adventure"
• "I'm Not Sorry"
• "Blue Diamond's Remorse"
• "Confronting Yellow Diamond"
• "Yellow Diamond's Sorrow"
• "Falling! / Smoky Quartz"
• "Encouragement (Steven & Pearl's Fusion Dance)"
• "Rainbow Quartz 2.0 / We Fused!"
• "Integrity (Steven & Garnet's Fusion Dance)"
• "Sunstone"
• "Unity (The Crystal Gems' Fusion Dance)"
• "Obsidian"
• "White Diamond"
• "Steven Meets Pink Steven"
• "Everything's Pink"
• "The Return Home"
• "Home Sweet Home"
• "The Arrival"
• "One on One"
• "With Friends Like These"
• "Crystal Gem Huddle"
• "Hijinks Will Ensue"
• "Search Party"
• "Echoes of Friendship"
• "Our Handshake"
• "No Ordinary Injector"
• "Running Out of Time"
• "Feelings Flooding Back"
• "A Special World"
• "Downward Spiral"
• "The Missing Piece"
• "Not Good at All"
• "There’s No Such Thing as Happily Ever After"
• "Are We Interrupting Something?"
• "Prince Pearl"

Trivia

• Aivi's name is pronounced like "ivy" and Surasshu is pronounced like "sur-RAH-shoo".
• The two produced the music heard in Google's 2015 Halloween-themed doodle. Aivi And Surasshu came back to record the soundtrack for Google's Halloween Doodle For 2018, taking inspiration from the music for Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion.
• According to Aivi Tran, Surasshu's signature instrument would be noise drums.
• Aivi and Surasshu have made non-canon gemsonas using the Gemsona Maker on Doll Divine. Aivi's gemsona is called Calcite, and Surasshu's gemsona is called Sodalite. Their fusion, Afghanite, was chosen based on its appearance rather than its properties.
  • Sodalite is described as powerful, but fragile and "breaks easily".
  • Calcite is "common and used in everything." She "looks pretty boring, except for a red ribbon around their neck that drapes over their chest." They do this because Sodalite's gemstone is on her chest. When they fuse, Calcite's ribbon wraps around Sodalite's gemstone to protect it.
  • Their fusion music would possibly be a "strong, stable sound layered with a frantic, glitchy sound."

External links

• Aivi & Surasshu's Official website
• Aivi & Surasshu's Bandcamp
• Aivi & Surasshu's Soundcloud
• Aivi & Surasshu's Twitter
• Aivi & Surasshu's YouTube
• Aivi & Surasshu's Facebook
• Aivi's Twitter
• Surasshu's Twitter
• Aivi's IMDb page
• Surasshu's IMDb page

Gallery

A photo of Aivi at their Soundcloud.

Aivi playing the piano.

Aivi and Surasshu together.

Aivi Tran's selfie.

Surasshu playing the piano.