ILYA SANTANA

Natural from the Canary islands, He live for the quest of the balance between the mind, body and soul.

Finding in the music the instrument to can release the vibration for unify those three elements.


He start to discover his passion for the music 20 years ago, when his Father listen songs from Alan parson, Vangelis, Giorgio Moroder and many more, and start to understand the relevance of Music.

When he listened music something start to awake inside him, he need to listen everytime more and more to feed that feeling, the world flow when the music sound!!!


He start like a Dj 15 years ago, playing in every club and Disco of Gran Canaria, But he start to feel that the music have another propose ,is true that many styles are for diferents uses but he was interesting to separate the insubstancial elements. His personal musical evolution goes faster than in the time that he live, actually closing many ethical doors for share his music or his vision with an audience. Untill he decide to make his own music and take the firm choose only play and make the music that he really feel.

Taking this choose he can show in his music, no matter if he plays or compose, his vision, thanks to the constant study of the technology that is favourably to can shape in the music.

His first release was on Balihu, the label of Daniel wang who help he and belive in his talent since the beginning, playing together sometimes in Berlin and London. If fact Dany is a kind of oracle for Ilya and is so curious cause they have the same "Musical"
mind.

Ilya has been releasing many music on labels like Balihu, Tirk, Permanent Vacation, Airtight, Hoog Choons, Gomma and remix artists like Human league, Space, Zodiac, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Lindstrom, Sugardaddy....

And currently Ilya is an exclusive artist of "Eskimo recordings" and the very first release on this label is coming on 2010