lesha

Born 1972 in Kraljevo, Central Serbia. In 1985 he moves to Trstenik where he meets the DJ culture dominated by Italo disco, HI NRG and Hip House. 1988 - first DJ appearance. At the time he meets diverse styles and develops affection toward electronic music and is mostly influenced by Acid House and early Techno. In 1993 on a first private radio in Trstenik (Radio 48), Lesha started his own show called "House Party". The beginning of 1995 marks the "golden age" for techno in Serbia, when Lesha together with his colleagues started organizing parties and very soon got his first records. Noted appearances are at Trstenik's Cultural center and later at other locations in town where "Jungle" club is of great importance for his development as a DJ. His first appearances at various venues in nearby cities soon followed, from which are especially known gigs in Kraljevo, Belgrade's famous "Industria" club, "Banker" and "Cegar" in Nis.
He's the founder of "Deep" DJ association and author of "Accelerator" radio show on Radio Trstenik, which started January 1997 and lasted for 7 years. Since march 2001, he was one of the editors of the French independent web magazine atome.com and has been writing reviews and interviews. Since 2004, he is a moderator at www.rumski.com, the largest Serbian forum dedicated to music production.
Organized a lot of parties in Trstenik, participated in organization of two most famous parties in Kraljevo (Deep States / Alien Experiment). Beside Trstenik, where he was resident in ex "Lobby" club, he played in Belgrade (Industria / Plastic), Croatia (Kumrovec Tabor festival 2003), Novi Sad (Enter / Theatre Garage party 2), Nis (too many venues to mention), Kraljevo, Zajecar, Krusevac, Negotin, Vrnjacka Banja, Sombor, etc...
At the moment he plays melodic and groovy minimal, soulful techno, detroit and electro tech. The characteristic of his set is versatility of styles which he profoundly blends and always tries to insert a bit of a surprise. He never knows what his set would be like, which naturally depends on people and ambient and at the same time contributes to an interesting DJ set. He's not afraid of experimenting, but in acceptable boundaries. He says that his mixing is a combination of old and new school and that he's always eager to learn something new and improve his skills.
Lesha has also been involved in music production using his experience collected since 1993.
Since october 2008 he is living in Novi Sad, Serbia.
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Rođen 1972. u Kraljevu. 1985. se seli u Trstenik gde se upoznaje sa tadašnjom DJ kulturom u kojoj dominira Italo disco, HI NRG i hip house. 1988. prvi DJ nastup. U to vreme otvara piratski studio za presnimavanje gde se upoznaje sa raznim muzičkim pravcima. U sledećih par godina razvija naklonost prema elektronskom zvuku i na njega najveći utisak ostavljaju acid house i rani techno. Studio završava svoj rad 1991. zbog raspada Jugoslavije i opšte krize. 1993. na prvom privatnom trsteničkom radiju "48" pokrece emisiju "House party". Početkom 1995. kreće "zlatno doba" za techno u Srbiji i tada s prijateljima počinje da organizuje žurke i uskoro nabavlja prve ploče. Zapaženi su nastupi prvo u trsteničkom Domu kulture, a zatim i na drugim lokacijama u gradu gde posebnu važnost ima klub "Jungle". Uskoro kreću i njegova prva gostovanja po obližnjim gradovima od kojih se kasnije izdvajaju nastupi u Domu društvenih organizacija u Kraljevu, zatim gostovanja u beogradskoj "Industriji" i nastupi u klubu "Banker" i bioskopu "Čegar" u Nišu.
Jedan je od osnivača "Deep" DJ asocijacije, bio je autor i voditelj radio emisije "Accelerator" koja se sedam godina emitovala na Radio Trsteniku počev od januara 1997, odmah nakon pobede opozicije i preuzimanja gradskih medija. Tri godine je bio jedan od urednika nezavisnog francuskog web magazina atome.com (recenzije i intervjui). Već nekoliko godina je moderator na www.rumski.com, najposećenijem domaćem forumu posvećenom muzičkoj produkciji.
Organizovao je mnoga dešavanja u Trsteniku, sudelovao u organizaciji dva famozna partyja u Kraljevu (Deep States / Alien Experiment). Osim u Trsteniku (Lobby, Bubanj, Pink), radio je u Beogradu (Industrija, Plastic), Hrvatskoj (Kumrovec Tabor festival 2003), Novom Sadu (Enter, Theatre Garage party 2), Nišu (u skoro svim prostorima), Kraljevu, Zaječaru, Kruševcu, Negotinu, Vrnjačkoj Banji, Somboru itd..
Trenutno vrti melodični i groovy minimal, soulful techno, detroit i electro-tech. Karakteristika njegovog DJ nastupa je raznovrsnost stilova koje smisleno spaja i uvek se trudi da provuče pomalo underground zvuka. Nikad unapred ne zna kakav će mu biti set, što naravno zavisi od ljudi i ambijenta, i u isto vreme doprinosi njegovoj zanimljivosti. Ne plaši se eksperimentisanja, ali u granicama prihvatljivog. Za sebe kaže da je spoj stare i nove škole domaćeg DJ-inga i da se uvek trudi da napreduje i nauči nešto novo.
Takodje se bavi i muzičkom produkcijom koristeći iskustvo sakupljano još od 1993.
Od oktobra 2008. živi u Novom Sadu.