ARTIST & LIVE PROJECTS
Before producing for others, he built projects of his own.
Between 2011 and the early 2020s, Konstantin Nevelskiy worked as an electronic artist, DJ, producer and musical director across a series of original projects. These years placed him inside every part of a performance: writing the music, building the arrangement, rehearsing with vocalists and instrumentalists, performing it live and seeing how it reached an audience.
That experience became the practical foundation of his later work in record production and artist development.
F.I.69
Dubstep and drum-and-bass 2011–2017
246,000+ plays on Spotify
Formed in Krasnodar by Konstantin Nevelskiy and producer and DJ Igor Maksimenko, professionally known as M.I.P., F.I.69 became Konstantin’s first established electronic project and his entry into the international label market.
Maksimenko was already recognized as one of the formative figures of the bass-music culture in Novorossiysk. Together, the two producers wrote original material, performed as DJs and collaborated with artists including Subges, Suga8 and L’Raquel.
F.I.69 releases appeared through Rub-A-Duck, a sublabel of Black Hole Recordings, establishing an international release history at the beginning of Nevelskiy’s professional career.
JetLoud
Progressive house live project 2012–2014
JetLoud brought together Nevelskiy as producer and DJ, vocalist Liubov Kotrovskaya, known as Cotry, and saxophonist and EWI performer Nikita Dudarenko, known as Nikita Silver.
The project combined electronic production with English-language vocals, live saxophone and instrumental improvisation. JetLoud performed at clubs, festivals and commercial events across southern Russia, including Radisson Rosa Khutor, and released original material such as “All I See Is You,” “ICO” and “Goodbye.”
For Konstantin, JetLoud became an early exercise in building electronic arrangements that had to work equally well as finished records and live performances.
Stellar Pride
Electronic live project · 2015–2016
Stellar Pride united Nevelskiy with vocalist and songwriter Anastasia Nekrasova, known as Jeyma, and acclaimed saxophonist Yuri Krasilnikov.
By the time of the collaboration, Krasilnikov was already a decorated musician with extensive experience in Russian and international projects. He later moved to Moscow and became the leader of the Georgy Garanyan Big Band, continuing the legacy of one of Russia’s most influential jazz musicians.
Stellar Pride combined deep house, UK garage, jazz and soulful music. Nevelskiy was responsible for electronic production and DJ performance, while the project’s live format incorporated voice, saxophone and instrumental improvisation. The group performed at regional events and released original music including “Static Space.”
Sorry4
EDM and trap production project
2015–2018
Created by Nevelskiy and Rayn Beats, Sorry4 focused on EDM, trap, original productions, remixes and bootlegs.
The project produced the “Welcome to the Future” radio show for 107.7 FM Krasnodar and performed live with Jeyma at the SunArt festival. Its catalog documented another side of Konstantin’s development: fast, performance-driven electronic production built for radio, festivals and club systems.
Selected collaborations
What the stage taught the producer
These projects were not separate from Konstantin’s later production career. They were where he learned how programmed music interacts with a live voice, how instrumentalists change an electronic arrangement, how club systems expose weaknesses in a mix, and how audiences respond before analytics arrive.
By the time he shifted his primary focus toward producing for other artists, he had already spent years writing, rehearsing, performing, releasing and developing original projects of his own.
That experience continues to shape the way he produces records today.