In an interview he mentioned "Come Together" by the Beatles as one of his first musical influences at 5 years old. His parents, however, chose to send their son at age 7 to a sports school where he trained to become an ice hockey player. When Ivan was 13, he went to a disco party for the first time in his life. He mentioned the playing of "Pump Up The Jam" by Technotronic as an inspiring moment. A
t 16 Ivan left professional sports and began to work in one of the night clubs in Novosibirsk. 1992 marked the start of his career as a DJ. Shortly after In 1996 Ivan became the resident DJ at a house club called Faust. In 1997 a large Russian network radio stations "Europe Plus" offered Roudyk a weekly show dance music show. Later, his show was broadcast on the radio NRJ Russia. In 2013, Ivan organized his own record company “Electrica Records” and started to produce dance music. Ivan Roudyk is one of the most dynamic and knowledgeable specialists on the Russian electronic music scene. Since the beginning of his career, Ivan has never failed in being true to his commitment to House music and as a result he has been extremely successful as a multi-format artist, playing melodic dance music on various music playgrounds. It’s House music with a unique ability to be transformed and to develop through absorbing melodies and harmonies from world music of all eras that has become Ivan’s favorite style of music. At different times he was the resident DJ of such bold and famous Moscow projects as ‘Gallery’, ‘Zepellin’, ‘Imperia Lounge’, ‘Soho Rooms’ and ‘Pur Pur’. For more than 10 years already, an enormous number of clubbers and simply people who love electronic music have enthusiastically desired to know about the latest and best releases from Electrica podcast, which Ivan issues weekly. In the early 2000s Ivan had his first experience as a producer. It was a contract from the Miller Company to create music for a commercial. After the project was successfully completed, Ivan Roudyk has started producing music professionally. Nowadays Ivan’s music is being recorded in some of the best studios in London, New York, Los Angeles and he is collaborating with the musicians who work with superstar pop artists. The past two years have become very successful and fruitful for Ivan Roudyk. He has recorded and released on his Electrica Records label such singles as ‘To The Moon’, ‘Looking For Love’, ‘Return To The Classics’, ‘Deep Dark Symphony’, ‘It’s My Aphrodisiac’, ‘Time Out Check The Business’. In 2015 the single ‘Aphrodisiac’, which Ivan Roudyk recorded along with the British House diva Shena, got a new life. The music appeared as the original soundtrack for ‘The Rich Kid’ series on the First Channel and became very renown. Ivan Roudyk’s new single ‘Slave of Love’ is already called the most beautiful music track in the world by the fans of dance music.
