FUTURISTIC DJ

FUTURISTIC DJ (Andrey Shushukin) is music for people who are well versed in the electronic sound. Chic and elitism play an important role for this particular group of listeners, lovers of the so-called intelligent dance music, due to the fact that they can be undoubtedly called esthetes. A key landmark in Shushukin’s music is a tight groove with shades of spacy and cyber. His emotional style of presenting the ultramodern material and the inherent expressiveness also determine the relevance of Shushukin as an artist. Shushukin began his DJ career in 1996 in Moscow, in a period marked by the prosperity of such legendary clubs as Ptuch, Territory, and Angels. Since his early childhood, the pattern of songs by Kraftwerk, which he heard on his father’s reels and cassettes, left a strong impression on him. When he became older, the key influences on his musical taste included Depeche Mode, Camouflage, Nitzer Ebb, Skinny Puppy and Front 242. The year 1999 was marked by Shushukin’s first performance on the stage of the infamous Kazantip Festival. Since 2000, Shushukin has actively taken up touring activity, thanks to which he has achieved fame, both throughout Russia and elsewhere in Europe Shushukin was also among the headliners of Fort Dance 2003, an event in St. Petersburg that was attended by a total of 20,000 people. After that, he played another concert for an audience of 10,000 people at the first Gatecrasher festival in Russia, which also involved such renowned performers as Andy Fletcher and Nick Riley. He performed alongside Seb Fontane for the event World Wide Clubbing, for which the audience numbered 5000 people. He also performed on the stage of Russia's major festival - the fifth Fortdance 2004-2005, which involved 45,000 fans of electronic dance music. In the winter of 2004, this DJ put on shows in a number of clubbing venues on the heights of the Courchevel ski resort in the French Alps, and, in the summer of the same year, he participated in large-scale parties in Saint-Tropez. In 2005, he played in Ibiza at the Russian week of the Bacardi Ibiza Tour. At every opportunity, whenever he visited Europe - whether in Italy, Germany, or France - Shushukin replenished his vinyl collection. His personal vinyl mecca of the fresh records always was London. In 2006, the website of the authoritative British magazine “DJ Mag” named Shushukin the “Top Russian DJ” and included his name in the list of the most popular DJs on the planet. This event coincided with the signing of a contract between Shushukin and the booking agency DMA, organized by the nightclub “Krysha Mira”. Meanwhile, Andrey accepted an invitation from Megapolis FM and, as a recognized authority in the field of non-commercially oriented music, he again took to the air in the Friday evening slot, where he appeared regularly over the course of two years. In October of 2010, Shushukin launched his new exclusive audio-visual project called FUTURISTIC DJ. During the performances he utilizes the unique multi touch midi controller EMULATOR, created by the Canadian company Smithson Martin Inc. This project is focused on the world stage. In the summer of 2011 and 2012 the project FUTURISTIC DJ successfully performed for thousands of people in various dance floors of the festival Kazantip. In the 22 years of his career, Shushukin has played and has been a resident DJ at the best clubs of Moscow, including Giusto, 16 Tons, Propaganda, Ministry, Zeppelins, Fabric, Gazgolder, Vanilla Ninja, and Progressive Daddy. He shared the same DJ platform as a number of such stars of the electronic dance scene as Pete Tong, Nick Warren, Sander Kleinenberg, Phil Weeks, Audiofly, Monkey Brothers.