SMAGIN press-kit
BIO LONG
Electronic artist, DJ, founder of the project MYSLI FORMY and 1/2 of the music label THOUGHTS.FORMS
Ilya was born and raised in the capital of Siberia - Novosibirsk, where he began his journey to the electronic scene in 2017, joining perhaps the strongest promo group beyond the Urals Re_Play Community, then still as a marketer and promoter. As part of Re_Play, together with Maxim Marcello and Alexander Luther, Ilya organized many large events with world-class artists, and was at the helm of such projects as #GESH_HOUSE_MUSIC (a widely known series of events at the Sheregesh ski resort), created such a high-profile project as TONGSALA VIBES (a legendary series of summer parties on a boat), 4 years won the cult status for the Stories bar in Novosibirsk, and for several years was part of the organizers of the large-scale Butterfly DJ Session festival in Altai.
Simple parties were never enough for Ilya, his soul was looking for meaning and asked for something more, so in 2022, together with Sergey TwoTwenty and Dari Neris, Ilya created a unique socio-cultural project MYSLI FORMY and the music label of the same name THOUGHTS.FORMS. Under the wing of these projects, absolutely amazing events were born in Gorny Altai and Sheregesh together with the Moscow project RADI MIRA I LUBVI, as well as a number of unique creative products, such as music on cassettes inlaid with resin and bark of centuries-old cedar from a sacred spring, as well as a series of video sets, including the first video set in 360-degree format with KRASA ROSA on Lake Teletskoye, and a set from Nikola Melnikov's performance during a forest fire in Altai.
All this experience in 2018 brought Ilya to the place on the other side of the dance floor console, and during a DJ career that lasted 6 years, in addition to the projects in which he took direct part, he was noted at such significant events as the TRIP festival in Rostov, the Odyssey festival in St. Petersburg, the RADI MIRA I LUBVI festival at Super Metal in Moscow, the PLAYA festival on the island in his native Novosibirsk, and also performed in top Moscow clubs - Gazgolder, Massone.
Due to the "replay" school, which, together with his father's records, left a big imprint on Ilya's musical taste, he prefers high-quality electronic house sound, but is always not averse to taking a step to the side and combining several genres at once in a set, while managing to competently and emotionally compile them. Many note that Ilya knows how to feel and work with the dance floor on some metaphysical level, sometimes sending listeners into a real musical meditation.
BIO SHORT
ILYA SMAGIN - electronic artist, DJ, co-founder of the projects MYSLI FORMY, TONGSALA VIBES and 1/2 of the electronic label THOUGHTS.FORMS
In 2018, the experience of organizing large events brought Ilya to a place on the other side of the dance floor console. And during his 6-year DJ career, in addition to the projects in which he took direct part (BUTTERFLY FESTIVAL, #GESH_HOUSE_MUSIC, TONGSALA VIBES, MYSLI FORMY), he was noted at such significant events as the TRIP festival in Rostov, the Odyssey festival in St. Petersburg, the RADI MIRA I LUBVI festival at Super Metal in Moscow and also performed in top Moscow clubs - Gazgolder, Massone st.one.
Due to the Novosibirsk "replay" school, which, together with his father's records from childhood, left a big imprint on Ilya's musical taste, he prefers high-quality house sound, but is always ready to take a step in the direction and combine several genres at once in a set, while always managing to competently and emotionally compile them. Many people note that Ilya knows how to manage energy and work with the dance floor on some kind of metaphysical level, sometimes sending listeners into a real musical meditation.
LINKS
ТОНГСАЛА VIBES 2021 / / Boat party Novosibirsk
ТОНГСАЛА VIBES x Dari Neris 2022 / Boat party Novosibirsk