A step from beyond

Soft Synth Boogie is a Sarajevo electronic music dj-duo founded in 2011 by Davor Tomić & Haris Zametica. The project is still very young and yet has undergone many changes over the past year.Soft Synth Boogie began as a surreal rock music project, each of the members contributed different things. Tomić guitar style is inspired by Neo-psychedelia bands and musicians, while Zametica contributes with keyboards and sinthesizer elements.

Genre:
Balearic, Dub-Disco, Psihodelic

Members:
Zametica Haris, Davor Tomić

Influences:
The Alan Parsons Project, Tangerine Dream, Pink Folyd, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Space, Didier Marouani, Sky, Vangelis, Laza Ristovski, Brian Bennett, Alan Hawkshaw, David Snel, Richard Hill, James Vincent, Paul Brookes, Trevor Duncan, Charlie Mike Sierra , Frédéric Mercier, The Who, Steeley Dan, Toto, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins, Hall & Oates, Ace, Gino Vanelli , Journey, Kano, Curtis Mayfield, Jean Piere Decerf, Anthony Hobson, The Sammy Burdson Group, Alan Tew, Piero Umiliani and many many more...

Artists We Also Like: 

Ilya Santana Marrero, The Beat Broker, Sare Havlicek, D-Pulse, Greg Wilson, Ichisan & Nakova, Mushrooms Project, Marabeya Sound, Raymond Mang, Emperor Machine, Lindstrom & Prins Thomas, Ajjelo, Loud E, Hot Toddy , Rune Lindbaek , Casco , Alex Douche , Lovebirds , The Outrunners , Vincenzo , Blackjoy , Crazy Penis , Michoacan , Rayko , Pompeya , WhoMadeWho , Bonar Bradberry , Bottin , Hungry Ghost , Space Ranger , Simian Mobile Disco , Rodion , Toby Tobias , Justus Kohncke , Sleazy McQueen, Worst Friends , Visti & Mayland , KZA , Lovefinger , Dirty Jesus , Breakbot , The Outrunners , Metro Area , Morgan Geist , Erland Oye , Mr Flagio , Phonique , Random Factor, Pete Herbert, Phil Mison, Reverso 68, Martin Brodin, Putsch 79, Low & Slow, Sihirbasha, Riparaparap, El Mano, Dj Benjamin De-luxe, Max Maha, Greg Punkov, Borgie, Ober Control, D-liner, Sihirbasha, Kristijan Schoomadisco Klacar, Audio Infunktion, Bison, 40 thieves, Almunia, Ilija Rudman, Neon Heights, Solaris Heights, Kevin Yost, Alan Dj, Daniel Wang, Dimitri From Paris, Second Crusade, Unai, Streetlife Originals, Street Corner Symphony, Anthony Mansfield, Cantoma, Tosca, Blaze, Vinx, Coolys Hot-Box, D-miles, Henrik Shwartz, The Dining Rooms, AGFA, Roy Ayers, Dj Cam, Alice Russell, Quantic Soul Orchestra

Bookings, remixes, re-works: 
ilyasantana@gmail.com

All media access via: 
https://linktr.ee/Ilyasantana

Biography:

Ilya Santana is a name that echoes through the shimmering corridors of electronic music, particularly in the realms of space disco and cosmic funk. Born and raised in the Canary Islands, a place where the Atlantic meets the dust of Africa, Santana found himself drawn to the edges of sound early on—edges where melody could float, and rhythm didn’t have to march. He came up through the analog warmth of the ‘70s and the cold seduction of the ‘80s, and somehow fused both into his own kind of future nostalgia.

His career took root in the early 2000s, not through grand gestures but through consistency—a steady stream of releases that wound their way through labels like Balearic stalwarts Eskimo Recordings and Nang. Each track, a kind of ode to neon dreams and late-night drives, became a testament to Santana’s gift for atmosphere: his music doesn’t just play, it inhabits. There’s a cinematic quality to his work, like he’s scoring the movie of a life that’s never quite real but always feels familiar.

Ilya’s sound is less about chart-topping bravado and more about evocation. It lingers. It hums beneath the surface of memory. Through remix work, original compositions, and DJ sets that feel like journeys, Santana has shaped a career that’s both low-key and influential—an underground luminary lighting the way for those who understand that some of the best music doesn’t demand attention, it earns it.

Ilya is running his own record label "Astrolead recordings" specialized on the most underground side of Disco, Space/Cosmic disco, Retro and Synthwave.
Also started duties as a sound designer crafting sample/loops packages for "Loopmasters"

A step from beyond

Ilya Santana (Official)