Ilya Malyuev

Ilya Malyuev is a Russian electronic music composer, producer and dj. Since the age of four, Ilya has been carried away by music. First learning classical music and composition from famous musicians, Ilya has since started working on electronic music in 2001. Influenced by great music from such artists as Robert Miles, Mike Oldfield, Paul Van Dyk, Planet Funk, Luke Chable, James Holden, Michael Burns, Musgrove&Mcgrath, Ilya started searching for his own style in many different genres of electronic music and found himself in genres like progressive, deep trance, ambient and nu-jazz. In 2005, Ilya created a new alias, [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Baltic+Sound]Baltic Sound[/url], which is not only a different alias, but also a whole new style of sound. In February 2008, Ilya released the Kivinemi EP – a different edge to Ilya's music: five soft and deep chillout/downtempo tracks with more acoustic sound. The EP is mixed and has one storyline weaved through all the tracks. "Kiviniemi - is the Finnish name of a place where I spent a lot of happy and sad moments in my life; where I fell in love first time; and where I also lost the love. I keep these moments in my memory and I want to share them with you." Now, Ilya has continued to experiment and one of result of this experiment is Ilya's new "Softtech" style, which blends atmospheric melodies with cutting-edge techy grooves. Since November 2007, Ilya and [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ormatie]Ormatie[/url] have hosted their own show, "Comfortable Underground." In the summer of 2008 Ilya has joined the [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Chance+Jumpers]Chance Jumpers[/url].