Introduction:

For the last 6 years, Bobina (aka Moscow-based DJ, producer & label impresario Dmitry Almazov) has formed the tip of Russia’s electronic dance spear. His globe-circumnavigating DJ adventures have taken him around the planet numerous times, playing tent-pole events like Gatecrasher Summer Soundsystem, Trance Energy, and the WMC. Through his label, World Club Music, Bobina has been the single greatest catalysing factor in the Federation-side careers of Armin, Tiësto & Above & Beyond, releasing their artist albums throughout her caucuses. On the production front he has released numerous singles, 3 critically acclaimed artist albums and along the way prompted Ferry Corsten to say that Bobina is: «one of the most talented music producers ever to come out of Russia». Bobina is without question Russia’s first dance Superstar!

Bobina – The Producer:

Taking his name from the Russian word for a reel-to-reel tape, Dmitry brought the artist Bobina to life in Moscow in 2003. Moving the act unstintingly towards album status, he released his freshman long-player, ‘Catchy’ in 2004. Bobina’s sound spread like wildfire across Dmitry’s home country, turning ‘Catchy’ into the country’s first No.1 electronic dance album. ‘Lazy World’, the first single taken from it was signed to Solarstone’s DeepBlue label in the UK and marked the first international step in Bobina’s career. In 2005 Dmitry followed this up with the vocal anthem ‘September Rain’ under the moniker Zenon. With A-list DJs Ferry Corsten, Paul van Dyk, and Paul Oakenfold wasting no time in picking up on the track, it was signed to the NewState/Maelstrom Music group for a UK release. This deal ultimately paved the way for Dmitry to sign Bobina to the highly respected imprint. His 2006 follow-up album ‘Beautiful Friend‘ posted week 1 sales in Russia of over 10,000 units and the video for the single of ‘Beautiful Friend’ made the Russian and the UK’s MTV network hotlists. After taking time out to begin establishing himself as a remixer (see below), in mid-2007 Bobina pushed forward with production on his third album, ‘Again‘. ‘Lighthouse’, the first single taken from it enjoyed heavy airplay across Europe and earned Bobina the ‘Most Rotated Artist’ accolade at 2007′s RDMA’s (Russian Dance Music Awards). ‘Slow‘, an electro-trance cover of the Kylie Minogue hit followed it in April 2008 and set the scene for the release of ‘Again’ the following month. Its arrival brought with it a new wave of Bobina fans and it rapidly eclipsed sales of the previous albums. Over 40,000 units were sold in the first 3 months of release, making it both Russia’s best & fastest selling electronic dance album to date. It has gone on to spawn the singles ‘Invisible Touch‘, ‘Time & Tide‘, ‘Lighthouse‘ & ‘Honestly‘. In September of 2009 the album for followed by ‘Again Remixed’. Featuring reworks of all the album’s tracks, it prompted both Top 10 DJ/producers like Ferry Corsten & Gareth Emery as well as underground heroes like Sean Tyas & First State to contribute tracks. In November both ‘Again’ and ‘Again Remixed’ were re-packaged to form a 2xCD set ‘Again – The Special Edition’ for the UK’s Maelstrom Records label. This made Bobina the first Russian electronic music artist to release an album outside their home country.