Born in 1981 in Odessa city the most beautiful city in Ukraine, Ruslan choosed his profession at the age of 14 and could realize himself as a DJ at 19 years old by getting his first award from Association DJ PROFY. Since that time Ruslan Mays doesn’t stop playing at the biggest clubs and festivals all around Ukraine and Russia. Due to his love to music and popularity he starts his own radioshow project “The Real Techno Mix”. During 7 years this project is leader in ukrainian radioshows charts. His techno music is a fusion of groovy, minimal, electro tech styles. Ruslan Mays is a pioneer of techno culture in Ukraine. With excellent support of people he is the best techno dj in Ukraine and for the last years he is in the top 5 djs. Mays has been working hard in his studio since 2007, his tracks are released in labels Yin Yang, Penetration Nation, TechHead, Prozak..
Best dj Odessa city, Ukraine 2004 version Beck's
Best techno dj from Ukraine 2005 version TopDj UA
Best dj Odessa city, Ukraine 2007 version TopDj UA and Medoff Night Awards
01 - Alter Ego - Jolly Joker (SuperMayer Remix)
02 - Steve Lawler - Violet (Bushwacka Mix)
03 - Javi Union - I've Just Come Back
04 - Bansi & Ritkam - Ride The Snake
05 - Adam Beyer - London
06 - Adam Beyer - A Walking Contradiction Part 2
07 - MOS - Kinky Loop (Kanzyani & Tomy DeClerque JLY Remix)
08 - Cirez D - On Off
09 - Christian Smith & John Selway - Mistral
10 - Beckers - Where is The Love (Lutzenkirchen Remix)
11 - Christian Smith & John Selway - Work It (Remastered)
12 - Planetary Assault System - Mark Me (Long Edit)
13 - Joris Voorn - MPX309
14 - Anderson Noise - Jonny (Re Dupre Remix)
15 - Umek - Heat Mode
16 - Tom Hades - Tobensprache
17 - Timo Maas - Jetstream
18 - Kazu Kimura - Addicted To FX Neo
19 - Dustin Zahn - Stranger To Stability (Len Faki Podium Mix)
20 - Aldrin & Akien - This One (Marco Bailey Remix)
21 - Gabriel Ananda - Ihre Persoenliche Gluecksmelodie
01 - Prude Polly - Push On (Aitor Ronda Remix)
02 - The Antrackx - Tribalistic Sound Garden (Mehdi D Remix)
03 - Pratap & Petter B - Addicitve (Petter B ReEdit)
04 - Aitor Ronda - Deeper
05 - DJ Devious - Boogie Beat
06 - Groove Man - Master Plan
07 - Lucky R.D.U - Feel The Rhythm
08 - Carl Falk - Mosaic
09 - Nuke - Kamikaze
10 - Killian - Disco Night
11 - Cave - Speleon (Ben Sims Remix)
12 - Ben Sims - Dubs 3
13 - Veztax - U Will Like
14 - DJ Misjah - Live is Music
15 - Carl Falk - Shuffle
16 - Aitor Ronda - No Way Out
17 - Nuke - Kamikaze (Ben Sims Remix)
18 - Oliver Ho - Instrument EP (a1)
19 - Frank Biazzi - Reflections
20 - Len Faki - Just a Dance (Technasia Straight Beats)
21 - Adrenaline - Underpool (Carl Falk Remix)
22 - Carl Falk - Late Night
23 - Electro One - Beata From Krakow
24 - Odessa Soundfreaks - Big Tits
25 - P Series - Irawf
26 - David Moleon - Nonstop
27 - Dakota Veer - Astromagnetic
28 - DJ Link - Ban Bang
29 - David Moleon - No Control
30 - Paco Osuna - Spring (Markantonio Remix)
31 - Wehbba & DJ Link - Excess Baggage
32 - Hardcell - Ground Effect
33 - Wehbba vs Christian Fischer - In a Daze
34 - Hertz - Keep On Doing
35 - Phil Kieran - Snakefight (Marko Nastic Remix)
36 - Len Faki - Just a Dance (Peppelino Bootleg)
37 - Marco Woods & DJ Ganez - Filter Dance
38 - David Moleon - No Control (Killians Remix)
39 - Deeroy & Gabriel Miller - Sex Machine (Kali Remix)
40 - Odessa Soundfreaks - Psycho Funk
41 - Boriqua Tribez - Junglefever
42 - Ignition Technician - Eye Of The Jackal
01) Matthias Tanzmann - Left Behind
02) Marcelo Tag - Figlio Di Botswana (Dachshund Remix)
03) DeepGroove - The Clock
04) Hector Couto - African Afterhours
05) Shin Nishimura - Frustration
06) Ramon Tapia & BP - Down at the Offkeys
07) Maetrik - Envy
08) Mike Jacinto & Mark Mendez - Relic
09) Jerome Sydenham - Texu and Romantic Couch-Ebian (Samuel L Session Remix)
10) Ramon Tapia & BP - Water Melon
11) Ramon Tapia - Aguacero
12) Ramon Tapia - Sunka Sanka
CRISTIAN VARELA, WAS BORN INTO A FAMILY OF ARTISTS WHERE HE DEVELOPED THE SKILLS HE NEEDED TO BECOME THE GREAT SPANISH PRODUCER-DJ HE IS TODAY. HIS FATHER WAS A DRAMA THEATER 1ST ACTOR (DRAMATIC NATIONAL THEATRE); HIS MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER, BALLET TEACHERS (LYCEE FRANÇAIS DE MADRID); HIS GRANDFATHER,A RADIO STATION DIRECTOR (RADIO MADRID), ETC. LIVING IN SUCH A CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT, HE WAS INSPIRED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY PIANO WHEN HE WAS ONLY NINE YEARS OLD.
TWO YEARS LATER, IN 1986, HE WROTE HIS FIRST CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS WHICH IMPRESSED IMPORTANT THEATER DIRECTORS. SOME OF THE WORKS WERE FINALLY INCLUDED IN THEATER PLAYS AS "EL RETABLO DE LA AVARICIA","LA LUJURIA","LA MUERTE DE VALLE INCLÁN" IN THE POPULAR THEATER COMPANY CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA. THIS STARTED CRISTIAN VARELA´S FRUITFUL CAREER AS BOTH COMPOSER AND PIANIST.
IT IS IN 1990 WHEN CRISTIAN STARTED LISTENING TO KRAFTWERK, MORODER, FRONT 242, SPLIT SECOND, NITZEREBB, DEPECHE MODE, VANGELIS AND MUCH MORE. FEELING A STRONG ATTRACTION TO THESE GROUPS AND ARTISTS, HE BEGAN TO CREATE HIS FIRST ELECTRONIC PRODUCTIONS.
IN 1991 HE WROTE HIS FIRST ELECTRONIC PIECE CALLED "INTRUDERS" WHICH WAS COMPOSED FOR THE CLASSICAL DANCE FESTIVAL(LFM). RESULTING IN A BIG SUCCESS, CRISTIAN CONTINUED COMPOSING PIECES FOR THE FUTURE FESTIVALS.
1992 MARKED HIS FIRST CLUB RESIDENCY AS A DJ IN A VILLALBA CLUB CALLED PORCHE CLUB WHERE HE INTRODUCED SOUNDS SUCH AS E.B.M. AND ELEKTRO WHICH WERE NOT REALLY WELL KNOWN IN THOSE DAYS IN SPAIN. HE ALSO WON THE RADIO VINILO- "CARLOS EISMAN"- BEST DJ PRIZE ALL OVER MADRID. MONTHS LATER HE BEGAN HIS RESIDENCY IN ATTICA, A VERY POPULAR AND FIRST UNDERGROUND MUSIC CLUB IN MADRID WHERE HE PLAYED AMBIENT, ELEKTRO, HOUSE, TECHNO AND E.B.M. CRISTIAN SESSIONS WERE CONSIDERED OUTSTANDING OVERALL AND HE SOON BECAME ONE OF THE UNDERGROUND CULTURE PIONEERS IN SPAIN.
IN 1994 CRISTIAN LAUNCHED HIS FIRST MAXI "EL CIGARRITO" WITH AN INDEPENDENT COMPANY (DID.S.A.) AND REMIXED A DANCE TRACK FOR A HEINEKEN SPOT. LATER THE SAME YEAR, HE BECAME BOTH RESIDENT AND DIRECTOR TOGETHER WITH HIS BROTHER AND CURRENT MANAGER LUIS VARELA AT THE FULL GLAMOURED AFTERHOURS ZARABANDA. AT THE SAME TIME, CRISTIAN CREATED THE LEGENDARY EPSILON SESSIONS IN AIRE CLUB-MADRID. TWO MONTHS LATER HE WON "SPAIN ATTICA AWARDS 1994" FOR THE BEST SPANISH TECHNO DJ. AS HIS FAME AS A DJ STRENGTHENED, HE BEGAN TRAVELLING THROUGHOUT SPAIN AND TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES SUCH AS BELGIUM AND FRANCE.
ALSO IN 1994, TOGETHER WITH HIS BROTHER, HE SET UP PHRENETIC SOCIETY, A PIONEER COMPANY IN MASSIVE MUSIC FESTIVALS, MUSIC SHOPS, IMPORTED CLOTHING, DJ´S SCHOOL AND NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL ARTIST´S AGENCY. WITH THIS, THEY PROMOTED NEW ARTISTS AND STYLES SUCH AS TECHNO ANDHARD TECHNO WHICH NOWADAYS ARE STILL UNDER APPRECIATED IN OUR COUNTRY.
IN 1995 CRISTIAN WAS CONTRACTED BY SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT SPAIN THROUGH WHICH HIS FAME FLOURISHED IN DISCOGRAPHY ("TWO SPIRITS IN ONE" 1995, "I.L.T.E.C.S" 1996, ETC.). AT THIS TIME HE STARTED MAKING COMPILATIONS WITH BIG ARTISTS LIKE JEAN MICHELLE JARRE, CULTURE BEAT, APPOLO 13 AND MORE.
THEN IN 1996 CRISTIAN REMIXED MUSIC FROM CHRIS LIBERATOR, ONE OF THE BIGGEST DEEJAYS OF THE BRITISH TECHNO SCENE AT THAT MOMENT, CREATING THE TRACK "MADRID ACID RMX"- STAY UP FOREVER REC. WITH THIS, CRISTIAN WAS ON THE CHARTS AND ON THE BIGGEST RADIO STATIONS IN LONDON.
SOME MONTHS LATER, CRISTIAN RECEIVED AN OFFER WITH ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TECHNO LABELS: PRIMATE RECORDINGS-UK. FOLLOWING THIS, CRISTIAN WAS PROPOSITIONED BY IMPORTANT LABELS SUCH AS PLANET VISION FROM GERMANY, PRIMEVIL FROM UK, ELEPHANTHAUS FROM USA, EQUATOR FROM GERMANY, SESSION IN BELGIUM, ETC. AND REMIXED TRACKS FROM SPEEDY J, BEN SIMS, GAYLE SAN, PASCAL F.E.O.S, TIM BAKER, MARCO BAILEY...
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IN ADDITION TO BEING CONSIDERED AN INTERNATIONAL DEEJAY AND PRODUCTOR, CRISTIAN VARELA SERVES AS AN OPEN DOOR MAKING THE SPANISH SCENE WELL KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD. CRISTIAN THEN BEGAN TOURING BRAZIL, TOKYO, USA, COLOMBIA, CANADA AND BEYOND AS AN INCREDIBLY RESPECTED DEEJAY IN THE BEST WORLWIDE NIGHT CLUBS AND FSTIVALS.
IN 1998 CRISTIAN DEVELOPED HIS OWN LIVE ACT TOGETHER WITH HIS THREE INSEPARABLE PERCUSSIONISTS. NOT ONCE DID THEY LET DOWN THE AWAITING CROWD IN FESTIVALS SUCH AS "I LOVE TECHNO" IN BELGIUM, "AWAKENINGS" IN HOLLAND, "NATURE ONE" AND "LIBERTY ONE" IN GERMANY; PLAYING IN UNISON WITH SOME OF THE BEST LIKE CARL COX, SVEN VATH, RICHIE HAWTIN, DAVE CLARKE OR GREEN VELVET. TODAY CRISTIAN´S NAME CAN BE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE MEDIA IN SOURCES SUCH AS MTV, VIVA, TELE5, ANTENA3, TELEMADRID, TVE, GROOVE MAG, MIXMAG, DEEJAY, EL MUNDO, EL PAÍS, LA VOZ DE GALICIA, LA NUEVA ESPAÑA, FUTURE MUSIC, ETC.
IN 2000, TOGETHER WITH HIS GOOD FRIEND AND ARTIST, MARCO BAILEY, CRISTIAN CREATED THE POPULAR RECORD LABEL "PORNOGRAPHIC RECORDINGS" WHICH STANDS AMONG THE BEST TECHNO LABELS WORLWIDE. THE LABEL ALSO PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO NEW TALENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
IT IS ALSO IN YEAR 2000 WHEN CRISTIAN WROTE THE MUSIC FOR THE POPULAR PASARELA CIBELES , FASHION CATWALK IN MADRID AND WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT HE WAS PUT IN CHARGE OF PROVIDING MUSIC FOR THE FUTURE ONES TO COME. HE ALSO COMPOSED HIS FIRST ALBUM "NEW ELECTRONIC AUDIO/ ARCHITECTURES" WHERE CRISTIAN´S MATURITY IS APPRECIATED IN CREATING DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC.
ONCE MORE, CRISTIAN WON "BEST TECHNO DJ PRIZE" IN BACHATTA CLUB AWARDS, ALSO "BEST TECHNO PRODUCER" IN DEEJAYMAGS SPAIN AWARDS 2000 AND ALSO RECEIVED "BEST TECHNO DJ PRIZE" IN DJ ONNERS SPAIN AWARDS 2000. HE WAS RANKED SEVENTH AMONG THE FIRST HUNDRED WORLWIDE PRODUCERS BY "SATELLITE", THE FAMOUS AMERICAN DISTRIBUTOR THANKS TO HIS MAXI CALLED "GROOVIE WAVEDRUMS E.P" IN PRIMATE RECORDINGS UK. BOTH HIS BROTHER AND MANAGER RECEIVED THE BEST NATIONAL DJ´S AGENCY PRIZE.
IN 2001 CRISTIAN WAS MOTIVATED BY HIS OWN ALBUM AND CREATED A NEW MUSIC LABEL CALLED "DONKEYHEAD RECORDINGS" WHERE HE PLAYED DIFFERENT STYLES SUCH AS ELEKTRO, AMBIENT, HOUSE, AND OF SOMETIMES TECHNO, WHERE HE UTILIZED THE PSEUDONYM OF CARLOS DURAN. WITH THIS NAME WE FOUND CRISTIAN PLAYING THE MOST SMART SESSIONS IN PLACES LIKE CHICAGO, NEW YORK, MADRID, AND MANY MORE.
ALSO IN YEAR 2001, CRISTIAN WON FIVE MORE PRIZES, THREE OF THEM ARE AWARDED BY DJ ONNERS SPAIN AWARDS 2001 TO THE BEST MIXED CD -TOGETHER WITH TONY VERDI, ALSO TO THE BEST ELECTRONIC MUSIC ALBUM AND TO THE BEST RECORDINGS LABEL "PORNOGRAPHIC RECORDINGS". THE OTHER TWO PRIZES ARE GIVEN BY "DEEJAYMAGS SPAIN AWARDS 2001" TO THE BEST TECHNO DJ AND ALSO BEST DJ OF THE YEAR!
IN 2002 CRISTIAN CREATED THE UNIQUE THURSDAY TECHNO SESSIONS IN MADRID: EMOTION TECH CLUB, WHERE THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS DEEJAYS ALL OVER THE WORLD PLAY. EMOTION REPRESENTS THE BEST SPANISH CHOICE FOR THURSDAY NIGHT.
CRISTIAN WAS APPOINTED OFFICIAL DJ OF FINAL SCRATCH (STANTON) IN SPAIN AND IS TAKING PART IN THE SOUNDTRACK IN A NEW COLUMBIA PICTURES FILM (THE MIX) ABOUT THE LIVES OF DJS, TOGETHER WITH HIS FRIEND JOHN ACQUAVIVA.
HIS COMPOSITIONS IN SOME THEATRE SHOWS, MOVIES, FASHION "PASARELAS" AND TV SPOTS AND HIS SPECTACULAR SETS AT 3 OR 4 DECKS ALONG WITH HIS CONSTANT TOURS AROUND THE WORLD, MAKE CRISTIAN THE NUMBER ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM SPAIN IN CLUBS FROM JAPAN TO U.S.A, ENGLAND, EUROPE, …AND IN FESTIVALS SUCH A:
EXPO AICHI- JAPAN- MIAMI WINTER CONFERENCE- U.S.A- GLOBAL GATHERING- UK - EXIT FESTIVAL- CROATIA- DANCE VALLEY- HOLLAND- AWAKENINGS-HOLLAND- INNER CITY- HOLLAND- SHOCKERS- HOLLAND- POPKOM- GERMANY- LOVE PARADE- GERMANY- NATURE ONE- GERMANY - LIBERTY ONE- GERMANY- GLOBAL GATHERING- UK- I LOVE TECHNO- BELGIUM- TECHNO PARADE- FRANCE- TEHNO INSIDE- PORTUGAL- ELECTROSONIC- SPAIN - GROOVE PARADE- MONEGROS- SPAIN- SONAR- SPAIN -FESTIMAD- SPAIN... AND A LONG LONG ETC.
CRISTIAN HAVE A MASSIVE WORKLIST WITH MORE THAN 100 PRODUCTIONS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS LABELS AND COMPANIES IN THE WORLD SUCH AS SONY- SPAIN, INTEC- UK, MB ELECTRONICS- BELGIUM, PLANET VISION- GERMANY, ELEPHANTHAUS (U.S.A), PORNOGRAPHIC RECORDINGS- SPAIN (HE OWNS TOGETHER WITH MARCO BAILEY) AND HIS OWN BRAND NEW LABELS DONKEYHEAD RECORDINGS AND BLACK CODES.
HIS PRODUCTIONS HAVE APPEARED IN THE TOP TENS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DJ´S IN SPECIALIZED MAGAZINES, TVS, RADIOS, INTERNET.
IN THE FIRST ALBUM "NEW ELECTRONIC AUDIO/ARCHITECTURES" (PRIMATE REC), CRISTIAN HAS SHOWN HIS MATURITY AND VERSATILITY TO MOVE AMONG OTHER FASHIONABLE STYLES AS AMBIENT, ELECTRO AND HOUSE. ALL THIS TOGETHER WITH HIS MORE THAN FIFTEEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PRODUCING AND DEEJING AS LEAD HIM TO BE ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE TOP STARS IN THE WORLD´S ELECTRONIC PANORAMA AND THE BIG TALENT IN SAFEHOUSE MANAGEMENT WITH CARL COX AND BROKEN DOLLS.
TAKE CARE WITH HIS INCREDIBLES LIVE ACTS WITH HIS THREE PERCUSSIONISTS!!
MORE THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS AS COMPOSER AND PIANIST AND MORE THAN TWELVE YEARS AS PRODUCER AND DEEJAY HAVE PROVED WHY CRISTIAN VARELA IS TODAY CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURES WITHIN THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC WORLD AND THE BIGGEST AND GREATEST REPRESENTATIVE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OUR BORDERS.
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