KOROLOVA
Korolova is a groundbreaking talent who has exploded onto the melodic house and techno scene at an incredibly fast pace. In just one year she has played 60 shows in 20 countries, amassed 4.6 million streams on Spotify, 30 million views on YouTube and released tracks on influential labels such as AFTR:HR.
Her emotive sounds come from both the peaks of snow-capped mountains and the lowest point on earth next to the Dead Sea. Korolova is a new pseudonym, but the Ukrainian woman behind it has been immersed in music for a decade. After many years of searching, she has found her own voice and style. "Now I play and produce music that I really love," she says. "It's always in my headphones, in the car and everywhere with me. I just want to share it with as many people as possible and make those special moments on the dance floor for all of us." It is the experience of the past 10 years that sets Korolova's sets apart: they are richly melodic and escapist journeys that transport her audience to another dimension. Whether she's putting them in a trance, teasing them with a big drop or drowning them in euphoric chords, she's a storytelling DJ who makes a lasting impression.
Her slick and stylish productions - whether solo or with artists such as Jan Blomqvist, Spada or Tube & Berger - are equally powerful. They combine rolling percussion with delicate keys, evocative vocals and chilling chord progressions that bring a real freshness to melodic techno and progressive house. This is evidenced by the reactions to these productions on the dancefloor, but also by the fact that they are played by influential DJs such as Tiesto, Pete Tong, Vintage Culture and many others. As well as conquering Argentina's biggest club La Estacion and world-famous clubs such as Space in Sharm El Sheikh, Ibiza Odessa and Prism Hyderabad, Korolova also has an avid online fan base. Her YouTube live broadcasts are highly anticipated events and she has been seen playing live from stunning venues in Miami, Israel, New York, Chicago, Kiev, Turkey and Zanzibar. They combine the sounds she plays in her DJ sets with a wider range of personal sounds and inspirations.
Korolova fell in love with electronic music when she heard artists such as Gabriel & Dresden, Cosmic Gate and Tiesto in 2004. By then, she was already a talented ballet dancer who performed at Ukraine's largest club Beach Club 117, and went on to perform at shows such as Sensation White and Armin Only. She also swapped maths for music studies when she started collecting and playing records, and has never looked back since.
