Despite claiming to be a 'smile hunter and emotion cultivator', for his latest EP, Slovenian knob-twiddler Alan Roposa (aka Evol Ai) has gone all mean and moody. That's cool - we prefer the darker side of disco. "Dar K Disco" is a sparse jam with punchy snares, a lean electro-funk bass line and a whole host of ethereal vocals. Sleazy McQueen steps in to further the experiment fusing disco and acid (to great results) and Ilya Santana goes straight for the '70s side of town - with whooshes and big strings. Finally "Te Qi" is a quirky little space funk number.

Evol Ai_Dar Ka Disco (Ilya Santana Disco Fury Remix) Black Compost records

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

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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"

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