R-DNA

I'm a New York–based techno DJ, curator, and Newtown Radio resident. Born and raised in Ukraine, my relationship with music began with my parents' CD collection — spanning 90s club music records that I'd dig through obsessively. From there: piano, early attempts at composing, and a growing fascination with Ukraine's contemporary electronic music, with modular and synth sounds integrating forgotten folk motifs.

My selections are guided by a deep belief in the meditative, healing power of electronic music — an ethos shaped by time spent in the underground queer scenes of Berlin, Buenos Aires, and Taipei before moving to New York. My sound moves between ambient, hypnotic, and minimal techno, bringing in hardgroove and bass-heavy textures — built through extended blends and subtle shifts into something meant to stay with you long after the night ends. For me, the dancefloor is a space where the communal and the deeply personal collapse into one.

As host of tension/release on Newtown Radio, I extend that ethos into curation — platforming emerging queer and FLINTA* artists in NYC and beyond through a techno-rooted, genre-fluid format that values artistic vision and community representation over trend.