Illya is as energetic as he is enigmatic, tearing up mixes and destroying dance-floors with his unique and undeniable zeal behind the decks. Influenced by the likes of Mark Farina, Derrick Carter, The Lawnchair Generals and Inland Knights, Illya has built a solid reputation as one of Sydney’s leading DJs and is steadily becoming Australia’s not-so-secret weapon. Having formed a passion for electronic music at raves and clubs years it wasn’t until about eight years ago after seeing DJs such as Mark Farina and Derrick Carter while working as a glassy at the ‘Underground Café’ that he was inspired to follow in their footsteps. For almost five years he played at Sydney clubbing institution ‘The Globe’ as a guest DJ at Switched On and resident at ONE. He then took over promotions with DJ Frenzie and started FLY, a successful Saturday night party hosting internationals such as Kaskade, JT Donaldson, Jay-J, Chris Lum and Crazy Penis to name a few.

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