DJ Smash. Biography

Andrey Shirman or DJ Smash is a popular Russian DJ and successful music producer.

Andrey's musician career began in 2003 at the Shambhala club, where he was noticed by the well-known club promoter Alexei Goroby. It was DJ Smash who created a new format of music in Russian. Until that moment, it had not been heard in nightclubs as dance hits.

DJ Smash has many awards and honors:

• Night Life Awards;
• Golden Gramophone Award;
• MUZ TV award; "Debut of the Year";
• “Best Dance Album” and others.

Many fans of DJ Smash are wondering where their idol lives. Let's look at Andrey's house.

House of DJ Smash in the village of Znamenskoye

The DJ Smash mansion is located in the elite village of Znamenskoye on Rublevo-Uspenskoye Highway. This is where the artist currently lives. Andrey loves to fry meat, so in the backyard of the house there is a large grill with a gazebo nearby. According to the artist, he compares his mansion to a dacha.

The tour of DJ Smash's house begins in the kitchen, where there is a large vase in which Andrei puts bottle caps that he collects. Next to the kitchen there is a dining area. Not far from it there is a stand on which all the diplomas, awards and bonuses for all the artist’s creative activities are displayed. A digital piano also found its place on the ground floor of the house. In the living room, a huge plasma TV, a fireplace and a DJ turntable with natural gold are striking.

On the second tier of the mansion Andrei’s office is located, where he is engaged in the creation of new tracks and hits. There is also a shelf with a collection of vinyl records. As the artist explains, this is just a small part, in fact it is much more. The rack stores all hits starting from 2000.

In Andrey's bedroom, which is also located on the second floor, there is an original modern armchair and an antique chest of drawers in the style of the English flag.

Andrey's bathroom is no less original than the previous rooms. It also contains a rather large plasma. As DJ Smash explains, he likes to take a relaxing bath after a hard tour and watch TV.

The purchase of such a mansion in the village of Znamenskoye could cost Andrei Shirman approximately 50 million Russian rubles.

He is talented and successful, and therefore a conversation about him will probably be interesting. In our article today we will try to talk about what kind of person is hiding under the pseudonym DJ Smash. What a path he took to the big stage. And how his career developed at different stages of its formation.

Early years, childhood and family DJ Smash

The mother of our today’s hero, who was a music professor and choirmaster, also worked in this area. Moreover, this woman’s undisguised pride was the title of Honored Cultural Worker. Having been brought up in such an environment, Andrei Shirman probably could not choose a destiny for himself that was not connected with the world of art.

One way or another, he began to study music at the age of six. During this period, he began to attend music school and learn to play the piano. In this field, he made good progress, and therefore it soon became clear that the young musician would enjoy enormous popularity in the future.

At the age of eight, he began composing his first compositions with all his might, and at fourteen, with the support of his parents and friends, he had already managed to record his first album. The cassette was called “Get funky” and soon enough became quite popular in Perm and the surrounding area. The total circulation of the album was 500 copies.

One of them, by a happy coincidence, ended up one day on the table of the director of the Perm Apocalypse club. He invited Andrei to his place and very soon the young musician began performing on the stage of the best club in his city. It is very noteworthy that already during this period our today’s hero began to appear on stage under the name DJ Smash. Since then, this name has become something of a personal talisman for the talented showman.

At the age of sixteen, the future idol of millions recorded his first real hit - the composition “Between Heaven and Earth.” This single was a huge success, and therefore very soon Andrei Shirman began receiving invitations from representatives of the best clubs in Moscow. However, the young guy did not immediately decide to take such a decisive step. He stayed in Perm for another two years and only after reaching adulthood did he finally move to Moscow.

Dj Smash - "Wave"

In the Russian capital, the musician began working as an arranger at the Depot recording studio. During this period, DJ Smash began to gradually get used to the world of show business. He had serious connections, the necessary experience and knowledge. It was thanks to them that our today’s hero managed to break into the fashionable club project Zima Project in 2004.

Star Trek DJ Smash: from “Moscow” to “Moscow”

The year 2007 was also bright and successful in the musician’s career. During this period, our today's hero recorded his first real radio hit, “Moscow Never Sleeps,” which very soon found itself in active rotation on all radio stations in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Latvia.

Dj Smash - Moscow never sleeps

This composition became the basis for the musician’s first solo album, “IDDQD,” which appeared on the shelves in 2008 and immediately brought Andrei Shirman two MTV Russia Music Awards, as well as the Golden Gramophone award.

The first hit is followed by new bright compositions. The musician's compositions are included in all the charts of the CIS, but during this period DJ Smash briefly disappears from the musical spaces of the post-Soviet space and begins to actively perform in London and Saint-Tropez. During this period, an adapted English version of the old hit “Moscow Never Sleeps” appeared in Europe.

In 2011, the album “23” was released in Russia and Europe, which brought new success to its author. During this period, DJ Smash returned to Russia again and recorded several successful compositions there with Russian performers and musicians from the CIS countries.

The year 2012 becomes a new triumph in the life of our today's hero. During this period, he opened his restaurant “Boom Boom Room” in Moscow, created his own group “SMASH LIVE”, and also presented to the public his third studio album “New World”. The main hits of that year were the songs “Love at a Distance” (duet with Vera Brezhneva) and “New World”, recorded together with Natalya Podolskaya for the film “12 Months”. It is very noteworthy that Andrei Shirman also took part in the work on this film as an actor.

In parallel with this, the musician records the song “Moscow” together with the Russian group “Vintage”. The composition becomes a super hit and brings the musician a whole bunch of new awards. MUZ-TV Award, TOP HIT Music Award, title of best DJ according to the VKLYBE.TV portal, as well as many, many others.

The musician remains at the peak of his popularity to this day. This means that new bright compositions will probably appear very soon.

Personal life of DJ Smash

DJ Smash now

The author of the compositions “Wave” and “Moscow Never Sleeps”, which literally tore up the dance floors of Moscow and London, talks in an interview about how he studied at school, what clubs he attended and why he ended up in a private school. Relationships with parents, first steps in the music industry - this is a short biography of a 27-year-old guy who managed to become famous. He has a lot of plans and energy: “It seems like I’ve been like this all my life,” he says. We read the interview and learn funny pages from the life of a DJ who felt cramped in Perm and made the world dance.

As befits people of his profession, DJ Smash lives at night. He goes to bed with the first roosters and gets up when it starts to get dark. But at the same time, he magically manages to do everything - play in clubs, record songs (over the past few years, DJ Smash has released three records, his new release is on the way, an album of remixes, which will be called “Remixed Grand Cru”), come up with covers for his albums, build a house, relax with friends.

By Andrei’s own admission, his life has always been so eventful, from early childhood. “My dad and mom, apparently, set themselves the task of making me a super child, and from 6 to 14 years old I did not have any free time,” says the DJ. - Every day was planned down to the minute. Since my parents are musicians (my father is a jazzman, he played in bands that are well known in my hometown of Perm, my mother is a professor of music, teaching at the Perm Pedagogical University), the issue of studying at a music school was not even discussed. But in addition to solfeggio classes and playing the piano, I attended a chess club and sat there, despite my by no means chess-like temperament, for an hour and a half several times a week.” In order to somehow escape from endless chess lessons, Andrei resorted to a trick. “At the end of each lesson we had to play a certain number of games. Chess games are very long, but I knew that if I lost, they would immediately let me go home, so I quickly gave in to my opponents and was free.” But these tricks did not save me, there was no more free time, because there were also martial arts classes and, in the end, school, and not a simple one, but with in-depth study of English. “In general, I left the house at 7 in the morning and returned only at 9 in the evening. This continued until I was 14 years old, and then I went on a spree (well, on my own scale, of course). By this age, I had already visited enough hot spots, and all thanks to my sister Katya, who was 10 years older than me, and although she was not at all happy about dragging me to these places, my parents set a strict condition: “You won’t go for a walk without your brother!” » So she had no choice but to take me with her.

There were jokes when she went on a date with a boy and we agreed that at some point she would allegedly get angry with me and be banned from the bathroom, while in the meantime she would communicate with the guy. I honestly sat in the bathroom, but then I got tired of it, and I started yelling that I would tell my parents everything. Then she freed me, cajoled me in every possible way, and we went home.”

One day, together with his sister, Andrei found himself in a real nightclub and realized: this is it! Since then, his loved ones saw him only in fits and starts - he spent all his free time at the club. Soon the guy was already playing his first DJ sets, and that’s when his now famous pseudonym was born. “The club administrator calls me and says: “We are printing program posters, what should we call you?” “DJ Shearman,” I say proudly. The answer I received was laughter and assurances that no one would go to see a DJ with that name. “You have half an hour, think, otherwise I’ll figure it out myself!” And I was not at all interested in becoming some kind of DJ Poperlo (this guy played for us, he found himself in a similar situation and got his “wonderful” name for the rest of his life). I remembered that in tennis, which I was playing then, there is a blow called “smash” ... "

At the age of 14, Andrei was already working hard in clubs. Most dads and moms would not have liked their son’s early acquaintance with hot spots, but Andrei’s parents were calm. “They saw that I was a very purposeful boy, and at first I was not interested in any temptations at all, I worked and studied the club world from the inside. But then, of course, I began to pay attention to beautiful girls, I could never resist. As for doping, I only started drinking at the age of 17, and even then very modestly. I quickly realized that drinking, no matter how pleasant it may be, interferes with work and takes a lot of energy. But in addition to working at night in clubs, I studied at school during the day.”

By the way, Andrei almost dropped out of school at the age of 16. His life began very turbulently, not before studying. “At that moment I opened my own store, selling vinyl records in it. All the local DJs immediately became interested in my product. There was also income, not without it, I went to school with a mobile phone, while others had never even seen it. It seemed to me that at that time I had achieved a lot, and at school they were trying to teach me something. At the age of 16, I had the feeling that I could teach anyone I wanted!” (Laughs.)

Andrei was ready to completely say goodbye to education, but his father told him: “I’ll take you to another school now, if you don’t like it, I won’t bother you anymore.” “So be it,” Andrey decided and did not regret it. - My father took me to one of the elite Perm schools, I didn’t even know about it, but there it was beautiful, the building was luxurious, the children were fashionable, there were almost restaurants inside, lunch was ordered from the menu, everyone had their own locker in the locker room. How could I not go to such a school! That’s how I finished 11th grade.”

After school, DJ Smash entered the Perm Institute of Art and Culture, but in his second year he suddenly clearly realized that he was cramped in Perm: “I had nowhere to grow, as a DJ I had already reached a certain level and began to do other things, gradually moving away from music increasingly further. I was selling advertising space in the city, was engaged in some other business and understood: a little more, and there would be no musician Andrei Shirman left, there would be Andrei Shirman - a businessman, and I did not like this at all. And I decided to move to Moscow.”

While still at school, DJ Smash and his father often visited the capital and during these visits he was active - delivering his demo recordings to recording companies. And by the time the decision to move to Moscow was finally ripe, Andrei’s compositions were being published in full force on dance collections and he already had a name. So Andrei did not experience any ordeals and hardships that could be described in his old age in his memoirs. Moreover, unlike many other representatives of show business, for whom Moscow becomes the pinnacle of their careers, DJ Smash did not stop there, soon conquering the world club capital - the city of London. For several years he was a resident of the London club "Movida", that is, he constantly played in this establishment, which was in first place in all club ratings. “It really was a cool club at that time, literally all the stars that the world’s tabloids write about were there - athletes, actors, musicians, literally everyone, from David Beckham to George Clooney. And they all danced to my music."

Andrey assures that he can capture the attention of any dance floor, be it Hollywood stars or the audience in a provincial Russian city. “Here it is important to be a good psychologist and, at one glance, determine the mood of the public and its tastes. If a DJ is a top-class professional, he can control the audience without them noticing. For example, I can keep people on the dance floor for 20 minutes, then send them to the bar for 10 minutes, and then bring them back to the dance floor. And they won’t even understand why they felt the urge to drink soft drinks right now, and 20 minutes later they felt the urge to dance again. I know for sure that when I play in a club, the revenue in bars is higher, and this is not just an accident.”

Andrey also rests in style and on a grand scale. A favorite winter holiday destination is the famous French resort of Courchevel. “It's a lot of fun there! There are a lot of our compatriots there, and I like to relax with my own people, see familiar faces, and understand that everyone is happy to see me. Everything is there - shopping, restaurants, whether you want Michelin-starred ones or authentic village ones. This year, for example, we had a great holiday with Timati and several other friends. We rented a beautiful house, every morning we went to the mountain to ride, in the evenings we played “mafia” and had parties.”

Like most of his friends in Courchevel, Andrei chose an equally famous place of residence - a few years ago he bought a house on Rublyovka. “When I was 23 years old, I came to visit my friend. He bought the former dacha of Maxim Gorky in this area - a huge luxurious house in a stunningly beautiful place, and I realized that I also wanted to live like that.

As soon as I realized my dream, my life changed somewhat. I began to understand what it was stekloizol*, how much asphalt costs and how to order KamAZ gravel. I began to decide how to deliver several 10-meter-high pines to the site and protect them from the bark beetle.

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In general, I recognized myself from an unexpected side: I, it turns out, am a homely guy! And by the way, I’ll make a great husband, I know for sure. There is only one problem - I don’t have anyone to start a family with yet, although it seems that at 27 years old I’m already ready for this. There have been repeated attempts to establish serious relationships. With one girl, her name is Olya, we lived together for four years, I met her back in Perm, moved her to Moscow, and at my encouragement she began to sing in the Propaganda group. Everything was fine, but at some point the relationship reached a dead end, it was necessary either to get married and have children (and I was 23 years old), or to separate. We chose the second one. And after a while I fell madly in love, and also with Olya. She was a model, however, despite the fact that she was pretty, I could not remember her. We were introduced to each other five times, and each time I seriously got to know her anew. But once I remembered it, I fell in love. I even wanted to marry her, but somehow she didn’t understand this.

Maybe for the better? But I’m ready to start a family, and it seems to me that my lifestyle, contrary to popular belief, will not interfere with family life at all. I don’t have many tours, and my schedule is very convenient now. And even despite the crisis, there is enough work. Because Friday in Moscow is stronger than any crisis!”

Andrey Shirman, known not only in Russia, but also in Europe and the USA as DJ Smash, was born in 1982 in Perm. The love of high-quality music was instilled in the future star by his parents. Which is not surprising: Andrei’s father is a jazz musician, music teacher, leader of youth organizations and musical groups. Mom is a professor of music, choirmaster, honored cultural worker, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences. When … Read all

Andrey Shirman, known not only in Russia, but also in Europe and the USA as DJ Smash, was born in 1982 in Perm. The love of high-quality music was instilled in the future star by his parents. Which is not surprising: Andrei’s father is a jazz musician, music teacher, leader of youth organizations and musical groups. Mom is a professor of music, choirmaster, honored cultural worker, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences. When Andrey turned 6 years old, he began attending music school to study piano.

It became clear almost immediately that Andrei would have success in the musical field: at the age of 8 he began writing music, and at the age of 14 he already released his first album, “Get Funky,” which sold 500 cassettes. The record ended up on the table of the director of the most popular Perm club “Apocalypse”, and Andrei Shirman turned into Dj Smash. According to the artist, he did not choose the pseudonym by chance: “smash” is his favorite shot in tennis.

At the age of 16, Dj Smash created the composition “Between Heaven and Earth,” which was a resounding success with the public. And Andrei began to think about conquering the capital.

At the age of 18, Andrey moved to Moscow and worked as an arranger for the Depot judge for four years. The young musician spends this time usefully: he not only acquires the necessary knowledge and experience, but also makes the necessary contacts.

In 2003, Dj Smash began playing in the cult club “Shambhala”, where his talent was noticed by one of the founders of Moscow club life, Alexey Goroby. In 2004, Andrey became a resident of the fashion project Zima Project.

2004-2005 become iconic in the club culture of the capital, since during this period it was Dj Smash who created a fundamentally new format of nightclubs, opening the fashionable direction of “retro house”. Until this moment, Russian-language compositions had not been played in clubs at all. The culmination was the remix of Yuri Antonov’s song “I Remember.”

For this 2006, Dj Smash was awarded the most prestigious Night Life Awards as the best DJ, thereby becoming the youngest recipient in the history of this award (he was 23 years old at the time).

In 2007, his popular hit “Moscow Never Sleeps” was released. First, the song got into the playlist of the Dyagilev club, and then into hot rotation on all Moscow radio stations.

In 2008, Dj Smash released his first full-length album, “IDDQD,” which achieved platinum status. It included the tracks “Best Songs”, “I Am a Wave”, “Airplane” that had already been heard throughout the country.

In 2008, at the MTV Russia Music Awards, Dj Smash received two awards at once, winning in the prestigious categories “Debut of the Year” and “Best Dance Album”.

In 2009, Dj Smash received the prestigious Golden Gramophone award, and in December he became a full participant and laureate of the Song of the Year festival, where he was represented by the legendary Alla Pugacheva.

Since 2010, Dj Smash begins to conquer European musical spaces: he becomes a resident of the legendary clubs MOVIDA / LONDON and VIP ROOM (St. Tropez). In addition, the English version of “Moscow Never Sleeps”, recorded together with the world famous Alex Gaudino, is being released in Europe.

In 2011, the album “23” was released, which included the tracks “Bird”, “You Can Without Words”, “From Russia With Love”.

The year 2012 is a whirlwind of events in the creative life of Andrei Shirman: in the center of Moscow he opens the restaurant project Boom Boom Room, creates his own musical group SMASH LIVE, releases the singles “Rendez-Vous”, “Moscow” (joint work with the group Vintage), as well as “Love at a Distance” - a duet with the sex symbol of the domestic scene Vera Brezhneva. In the same year, he signed a contract with one of the most reputable production labels, Velvet Music, whose first joint “brainchild” was the album “New World,” which was released at the end of 2012. The title song of the album, with the same name, was written by DJ Smash as the title soundtrack for the film “12 Months” (collaboration with Natalia Podolskaya). In the same film, Andrei debuts with his first film role. The film will be released in theaters in April 2013.

At the beginning of 2013, Andrei Shirman, together with the resident of the Comedy Club show Semyon Slepakov, released the single “Rollback”.

In March, DJ Smash was presented in two categories at once at the MUZ-TV: Reboot Awards:

DJ Smash feat. Vintage - Moscow

BEST VIDEO DJ Smash feat. Vintage - Moscow

And already in early April he became a nominee for the RU.TV 2013 award:
BEST DUO DJ Smash feat. Vera Brezhneva - Love at a distance

On April 20, Andrey launched the mechanism of serial parties under the auspices of POWERFUL.
POWERFUL is an electronic music festival that will be held twice a year in Moscow, and subsequently in other cities of Russia. POWERFUL is a dance party brand under which DJ Smash plans to release monthly mixes of the trendiest music. The purpose of the festival is to unite a number of Russian DJs. The parties will fully live up to their name: the venue will be equipped with the most powerful equipment.

At the end of April, DJ Smash became the winner of the Top Hit Music Awards in the “Radio Takeoff of 2012” category. Andrey Shirman took fifth place in the Russian annual performing chart Top 100 Russian Artists (+55 positions).

On June 7, DJ Smash became the winner of the MUZ-TV Award 2013 plate! The video for the composition "Moscow" jointly with the group Vintage was awarded the award for "Best Video"

Andrey Shirman - Russian Musician and DJ-Producer known & popular as SMASH.

Was born in 1982 in Perm city, Russia. The love for high-quality music was instilled to the future star by his parents. And this is no surprise: Andrey’s father is a jazz musician. His mother is a music professor, honored cultural worker, AN member. At 6 years old Andrey already began taking piano classes at a music school.

Andrey’s success in the music field was obvious almost straight away: he began composing music when he reached his 8 years old; and by his 14 y.o. he had released his first album “Get funky”, sold by over 500 copies.

The tape somehow appeared at the APOCALYPSIS night club and since then Andrey became a permanent DJ-performer of the night club and got known as SMASH.

The artist states that the very scenic nick name was chosen with a certain reason: “smash” - is his favorite type of blow in tennis.

At his 16 y.o. Andrey composes his first track broadcasted on the radio- “Between the Earth and the Sky” and at the very moment he realizes his life to be bound with the dance music.

Since 2000 and within 4 years Andrey was working at the Depo studio as a sound arranger and music show producer. However he takes advantage of that term of life, achieving necessary knowledge and experience in sound engineering.

in 2003 DJ Smash begins to play at the legendary club “Shambala”, where his talent is noticed by one of Moscow’s nightclub life founders – Alexey Gorobiy. In 2004 Andrey becomes a resident of trendy “Zima Project”.

The years of 2004-2005 become legendary in Moscow club culture, because at that time DJ Smash creates principally new nightclub format, introducing a new trend - “retro house”. The Yuri Antonov"s “I remember” remix became the culmination point. SMASH managed to transform & change an existing format of the club music. Before his appearance in contemporary night clubs Russian tracks of musicians and DJs didn’t sound

In 2006 at the age of 23 Smash enjoyed the most prestigious musical award “Russia Night life award”, having become its youngest holder for all its history. The same year Smash releases his first hit awarded with number 1 - ‘Moscow never sleeps’, which gives him a boosts him into a popular artist.

In 2008 DJ Smash releases his first full-grown album “IDDQD”, which gains platinum status. It included the already played all over the country tracks “The Best songs”, “I’m a Wave” (Volna), “Airplane”.

In 2008 at MTV Russian Music Awards DJ Smash receives two awards, winning in prestigious nominations “Debut of the Year” and “Best Dance Album”.

In 2009 DJ Smash receives the most prestigious Russian award – the “Golden Gramophone” (GRAMMY Analogue), and becomes the official participant and nominee at the “Song of the Year” festival in December 2009 where he was presented by the legendary Alla Pugacheva.

From 2010 DJ Smash begins to conquer European music field: he becomes the resident of such clubs, as MOVIDA / LONDON and VIP ROOM (St. Tropez). Apart from that, a release of English version of “Moscow Never Sleeps” is made, which was recorded in cooperation with the Italian DJ - Alex Gaudino.

In 2011 a new album “23” is released, which included the tracks: “Ptica”, “Without the Words”, “From Russia With Love”.

Year 2012 brings a whirlwind of events to the creative live of Andrey Shirman: he opens a restaurant in the heart of Moscow, under the name of Boom Boom Room, forms his own music band SMASH LIVE, releases a number of singles: “Rendez- Vous”, “Moscow” (featuring “Vintage” band), and also “Long distance love” – a duo with Vera Brezhneva, a sex-symbol of Russian show business. Moreover, Andrey signs a contract with one of the most authoritative producer labels - Velvet Music, and the first joint creation is an album, about to be released under the name of “New world”. It’s a well-known fact, that talented person is talented at everything: Andrey participated in the filming of New Year’s fairytale “12 months” and wrote the title song for it.

In 2013 Smash released his new Album "The New World" featuring top Russian artists. The album got platinum status sales in Russia on the CD"s and in the ITunes.

In July 2013 Smash played as a headliner in the biggest electro music festival in France - Electro Beach Festival. In the same time he publish his single "Stop The Time" that quickly got around 10 million internet views and got in the top of many Russian radio stations. In June 2013 Andrey got MUZ TV award and this turned to become the owner of all awards of the Russian Federation’s music and show business.

Andrey Shirman starts the 2014 with the powerful shows in Paris (Club 79) and New York (Provocateur) and works on the release of the new album that will come out in April 2014.

Nowadays Smash is the most successful and high-paid Russian DJ. Parallel with the musical career Andrey Shirman is the co-owner of the Club and Restaurant network which comprises 12 objects in Moscow and Sochi.

Andrey Shirman is a popular Russian DJ and music producer, known under the pseudonym SMASH.

Born in 1982 in Perm. Andrei's success in the field of music was obvious almost immediately: at the age of 8 he began writing music, and at the age of 14 he released his first album, “Get Funky,” which sold more than 500 copies.

Tracks from his new album were first performed at the Apocalypse nightclub, and from that moment Andrey became a resident of the club, continuing to perform under the creative pseudonym “SMASH”. According to Andrey, this stage name was not chosen by chance: “Smash” is his favorite shot in tennis.

At the age of 16, Andrey’s first single “Between Heaven and Earth” appears on the radio, and from that moment on he decides to connect his life with dance and popular music.

Since 2000 and for 4 years, Andrey worked as an arranger and music producer in the Depo recording studio. Thanks to the experience gained while working in the studio, he acquired the necessary technical skills in sound engineering and vocal recording.

In 2003, Andrei began playing at the cult club “Shambhala”, where he was noticed by one of the most famous club promoters in Moscow, Alexei Gorobiy. In 2004, Smash became a resident of the fashion project “Zima Project”. During this period, Smash created a new format of dance music. Before its appearance, Russian-language compositions had never been heard in Moscow nightclubs.

2004-2005 became a turning point not only in the work of Andrei himself, but also in Moscow club culture. At this time, DJ Smash creates a fundamentally new format of dance music, a new musical direction - “retro house”, presenting to the general public remixes of hits of past years: “Flying Gait”, “Margarita”, “Music Connected Us” and others.

In 2006, at the age of 23, Andrei received the prestigious Night Life Awards, becoming its youngest winner in history. In the same year, Smash released his first No. 1 hit “Moscow never sleeps,” thanks to which he became an even more popular and successful musician.

In 2008, DJ Smash released his first mature album, "IDDQD", which achieved platinum status. The album also includes already well-known tracks: “Best Songs”, “Ya Volna” (Volna), “Airplane”. That same year, at the MTV Music Awards, DJ Smash received two awards at once: “Debut of the Year” and “Best Dance Album.”

In 2009, Andrei became the winner of the prestigious Golden Gramophone award and an annual nominee for Song of the Year after the musician was publicly introduced by Russian pop legend Alla Pugacheva.

Since 2010, DJ Smash has been conquering the European horizon: he becomes a resident of the legendary clubs MOVIDA/LONDON and VIP ROOM (St. Tropez). Together with the famous Italian DJ Alex Gaudino, an English version of “Moscow never sleeps” was recorded.

In 2011, the album “23” was released, which included the tracks: “Bird”, “Can Be Without Words”, “From Russia With Love”.

The year 2012 is a whirlwind of events in the creative life of Andrei Shirman: in the center of Moscow he opens the restaurant project Boom Boom Room, creates his own musical group SMASH LIVE, releases the singles “Rendez-Vous”, “Moscow” (joint work with the group “Vintage”) , as well as “Love at a Distance” - a duet with the sex symbol of the domestic scene Vera Brezhneva. Andrey also signs a contract with one of the most reputable production labels - Velvet Music, whose first joint “brainchild” is the album “New World”. The album acquired platinum status in Russia based on the number of disc sales and in iTunes. As you know, a talented person is talented in everything: in the same year, Andrei starred in the film “12 Months” and wrote the title soundtrack for it.

In July 2013, Smash became the headliner of the largest electro music festival in France - Electrobeach Music Festival, Port-Barcarès. At the same time, he released a new single, “Stop the time,” which instantly reached the top positions of the TOP charts of many Russian radio stations. The clip was watched by about 10 million Internet users.

In June 2013, Andrey received the MUZ TV award, thus becoming the owner of all the prestigious music awards in the history of Russian show business.

Andrey Shirman begins 2014 with a series of powerful parties in Paris (Club 79) and New York (Provocateur), while simultaneously working on the release of the album “Star Tracks”

The singles “The Edge” and “Electrobeach” from the album Star Tracks became super hits not only in Russia, but also far beyond its borders.

Today Smash is one of the most sought-after and highly paid Russian DJs. In parallel with his musical career, Andrei Shirman is developing his diversified business, being a co-owner of clubs and a chain of restaurants in Moscow and Sochi. The “Selfie” restaurant, opened in 2014 together with Boris Zarkov, received the title “Discovery of the Year” according to Time Out magazine.