{"id":12902,"date":"2016-08-12T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T04:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsrumybg.myraidbox.de\/en\/?p=12902"},"modified":"2022-06-25T14:22:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T12:22:58","slug":"nastia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibiza-style.com\/en\/nastia\/","title":{"rendered":"Nastia \u2013 DJ, party promoter and Propaganda label boss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nastia\u2019s personal journey towards the summit of the underground dance music scene began in her home country of Ukraine. \u201cThe village where I grew up is like one big family,\u201d she begins. \u201cToday people live in the online social networks. You can write something bad on a message board and there are no repercussions. But growing up in a village you feel responsible for everything you say. If you mess up in the city and lose your friends, you can find more tomorrow. But in a village it\u2019s not like that. If you talk about people in a bad way they\u2019ll come to your house and you\u2019ll have to take responsibility for what you\u2019ve said. I think village life is responsible for sixty percent of my personality. You get a good basic upbringing.\u201d<\/p>\n

These days, Nastia lives in Kiev, Ukraine\u2019s capital city. Despite the recent political upheaval across the region the city has become her home. \u201cI had the option to move to Berlin or New York,\u201d she explains, \u201cbut I feel amazing in Kiev. After the revolution, Kiev has returned to normal life. The mess has moved to the Crimea and the eastern part of Ukraine. But in Kiev life is just as safe as before. We don\u2019t have any problems. Nobody is shooting anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the Euromaidan revolution of 2014, many Ukrainian people lost their jobs, while the hryvnia fell sharply against the euro, losing three times its previous value. \u201cIf, for example, you wanted to book an artist for your party,\u201d Nastia continues, \u201cyou suddenly had to pay three times more in local money and raise the entrance fee. We had to change a lot of things. And yet today Ukraine has the strongest dance scene I can remember. It\u2019s like Great Britain at the end of the 1980s when everything first started. Now the younger generation in the Ukraine are following the same path.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, Ukraine\u2019s recent revolution seems to have ignited a burgeoning dance scene across the region, as a disaffected generation look to find solace in the pursuit of hedonistic pleasure. \u201cI am very excited about what is happening in Ukraine right now,\u201d Nastia smiles. \u201cFor sure, we\u2019ve had some adventures with revolution and war, but not only bad things have come out of it. The younger generation are really getting into the culture. They\u2019re dressing raver style, making their outfits special. It\u2019s all very stylish. And we\u2019ve just opened an amazing new club in Odessa in southern Ukraine. It has the same feeling as Berlin in the beginning of 2000s, with a proper soundsystem, wooden floor, low ceilings, freedom and safety inside the place. Along with Kiev, there are now two cities in the country for people to party.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another interesting consequence of the revolution is that dance music parties and festivals in Ukraine are, in a sense, lawless \u2013 which means the music keeps pumping until people stop dancing. \u201cAt the moment, there are no laws for this,\u201d Nastia concludes, \u201cno limits. At my festival, for instance, we started at Saturday at 6pm and finished at 6am on Monday morning. People go together: ravers, promoters, club owners, they are all connected. It\u2019s freedom, a community \u2013 a unique situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

This summer, Nastia will perform for Circoloco at DC10, and for Cocoon at Amnesia. You can also hear her on Ibiza Sonica Radio on Mondays until September 26.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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