When did you first get into producing music and what kick-started it?

I was about 13 years old, and I found the Hip-Hop Ejay CD among my brother’s CDs by mere chance. Installed it on his PC and started putting together blocks of samples one after another, choosing of the ones I liked. At that moment I fell in love with music. And I fiddled around with that software product until I was about 15 years old.
Then the Internet appeared, and I learned about other programs, more professional ones where I could create sounds myself, for me it was just inexplicable. I felt as though I was overcome by a miracle, and already imagined the sounds I’d create. This is how I started transforming my feelings into music.

 What is your favorite genre at the moment?

As far back as two years ago I settled on creating Techno and Minimal music, but stepped outside those bounds soon. Now I write various music that can consist of many genres, depending on the emotions invested into it:
Techno / Minimal / Future Garage / Experimental / Ambient / Deep / Broken Beat / Breaks and many others.
As to what music I prefer listening to, then you’ll probably be surprised, but on my playlist you can find both Oliver Huntemann’s deep labyrinths of sound; the old-school hip-hop of the little-known People Without Shoes; and also Wolfgang Mozart’s unmatched magic, and the miracles of IDM from Aphex Twin.
There’s no specific genre, it all depends on the mood, the place and my thoughts.

 Favorite artists at the moment?

Paul Kalkbrenner, Ishome, Oliver Huntemann.

 Favorite labels/platforms at the moment?

I think it’s standard for many people: BPitch Control and KOMPAKT.

 Most played tracks in your most recent DJ sets/mixes?

As for sets, this is another story. I don’t consider myself a DJ, I don’t have the equipment required for that, and I’m not planning to purchase it for now. Yes, I did launch my Techno Therapy mix show about a year ago, but this doesn’t make me a DJ. At that time I had a creative pause because of certain circumstances, and in order not to waste time I decided to bring some joy to the lovers of my music by weekly sets with quality Techno and Minimal sound. Now I record sets rarely if ever, this requires quite a lot of time, which I don’t have enough any more.
I haven’t yet speculated on the future of the mix show, maybe I’ll unite several DJs who want to popularize it, or maybe I’ll just forget about it. I’ll see about it.
As for the most popular tracks… I don’t even know, if we mean the style, then of course it’s Techno, Minimal and their branches. If we talk about the artists, then I use compositions of totally different artists, it’s the music that is important to me, the emotions of which I want to share with the listeners, and I don’t care about the author’s rating at all.

 Give us some insight into your music creation process? Which production tools do you use, be it software or hardware?

It’s different every time. I can do something in the yard of my house and in the next breath drop it all and run to my computer like mad because I’ve been struck with inspiration. I can record music for 5 minutes, or for many hours without stopping. I remember once sitting for about 10 hours in a row at creating a composition, taking breaks only for hot tea. In general, there are very many factors that can influence it.
I create with the help of FL Studio. I can record something from the microphone or dictaphone if a sound of the external world attracts me.

 What do you feel is the perfect time differential for a label and/or an artist to release music?

As to most of the musicians and labels of our time, there’s simply no perfect time for them because the quality of those new musicians’ creative work is no good at all. Schoolboys arrange ready-made samples in a row, send that to some label of those appearing every day and closing the next day, and already call themselves composers and cool DJs.
Speaking of talented musicians, I think there’s no definite time, and shouldn’t be. The main thing is to create quality works and to have the desire to develop their skills.
As to labels, I think that a label should tackle releasing when it is able to perform good PR campaigns for its artists, to organize their work at a high level, to support the artists all the time, to have its own corporate style (unique design and logo), and to develop too. To keep the information current at their online platforms (their own website, social networks and audio platforms). In this way, the popularity of the artist and the label will grow, and so will their profit.

 Music aside, what influences your daily life and the way you live?

My life is influenced by everything happening in it, like it is for the rest of the people. But it’s hardly possible that anything could ever influence my lifestyle any more, causing it to change, though I don’t reject this variant either. Every day I discover something new for myself, learn and read, and contemplate without interruption, maybe this is why I’ve been clear with my lifestyle since long ago. But I improve myself every day, all of myself. I love living.
Now my life is very busy in terms of work. Aside from earning my living, I’m concerned with constructing the house for my mother, and as you can imagine this takes an enormous amount of time, energy and money. So I contribute totally less time to music than I’d like to. But there’s a time for everything; patience, setting the goals and moving towards them – that’s what is the main thing. And another important thing is to do everything to a good quality.

 What is your career highlight so far, and what do you look forward to professionally?

I think the main thing I’ve achieved at the moment as a musician is the right attitude towards music and towards any creative work in general. Experience and sense – that’s what has helped me to develop all along.
Now there are many musical projects lurking in my mind, which I’ll surely translate into reality. I have many ideas. And while I don’t have a possibility to materialize them, I make every edge of every idea perfect inside my mind. I’ve been working at creating a proper album for a long time already, and it will be much better than all the previous ones, now it is 60% ready.
My plans include expanding the circle of my listeners, so that as many people as possible would feel the things I’ve transformed into music for them.