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RANK	SCORE ?	GENRE	LOCATION
1522	53	Techno	Odessa, UA

Name Ruslan Mays.

Born 6 may 1981. Odessa city,Ukraine.

Odessa atmosphere of the port city: nightlife, cruise ships, beautiful people, bright light and dance music brought him up and had left a big trace in his soul. Announcing himself for the first time in 1998 by winning the Association DJ Profy first prize, Mays finally decides to dedicate all his life to music.

The first powerful steps - in the end of 90s, in the epoch of cultural underground, dj Mays organizes with friends a promo group Alien Djs Promo, which affected the clublife development in Odessa. The first radio broadcasts were on radio Feel in 2000 in the project Therapy, where he played regularly. Since then his work is inseparable from radio: Pulse project, and Territory project afterwards made techno music one of the most popular music styles in Odessa. In 2001 there was an important event in the music work of Dj Mays - performance on the big festival KaZantip (Black Sea,Crimea,Ukraine). He created a furore on publicity by his work with techno music, which was his positive distinguish on KaZantip festival.

From 2002-03-04 he started to play on tours around Russia, Ukraine, Poland with sets in the best clubs. He is the resident and participant of such festivals and events as Kazantip (Euro dancefloor and Main Stage), I love techno UA, Electro Autumn, Pro techno, Perfect rave. He collaborated at parties with best DJs and producers from Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Germany and England.

An unexpected prize was from in 2004 was presented by company Becks (Ukraine) - Mays was claimed the best DJ of Odessa. According to the words of one of the producers of Becks parties, in live sets of Dj Mays he exactly knows his aim - drive, euphoria and happiness transmitting through music which he bears in himself.

In the autumn of 2004 the first Cd-Mix Do You Like with tracks compilation of Dj Mays for year 2004 was released on Ukrainian label Virus Pr. Along with club activity Ruslan is running a radio show 'The Real Techno Mix' on the radiostation Star FM. This is the only FM radio station which broadcasts electronic music of techno styles.

In summer of 2005 dj Mays is claimed the Best Techno DJ of Ukraine by the version of TopDj (Kiev) for an exclusive contribution into the development of techno culture.

He is arranging the main techno party on KaZantip 05 'Play Techno', where took part Djs and live teams from Russia, Austria, Ukraine and England.

In the nearest future there are plans in making studio personal compositions which should occupy a worthy place in techno music.

For a long time of professional work the musical style of Mays absorbed different dance energy of various music directions united by techno style. For long and persistent contribution into the development of electronic music he can be called one of the best techno Djs in Ukraine.