BRAM - real name Kirill Apokin. The musician and DJ from Russia. Founder and member projects Valeryo & Bram, Intensiva, Bram & Syntherra, Distant Minds.

Born in 1983 in the provincial Siberian city. Passion for electronic music began in the early 90's. Start musical career began in 2000.

His mixes combine the incredible beauty of melody and a powerful internal drive. This is the Bram is the main idea and its own tracks. "Music must come from the soul ..." as he thinks.

In his work Bram does not adhere to some stylistic framework. They can hear sounds and minimalist techno, and melodic progressive trance, and the depth and drive progressive house.

In 2005 Bram creates a joint project Valeryo & BRAM. The first work in the style of progressive house under the name "Orange Juice" appears on the world-famous festival Love Parade 2005 in San Francisco, is quite popular among the world's leading DJs and is kept for 5 weeks in the Balanced Record Pool Chart. Shortly beyond self-titled release «Orange Juice / My Frequency EP» on label 1Shot in the U.S.

To date, Bram has more than ten own releases and remixes, released mainly in Europe and the USA. He received the support of its tracks from those gurus of electronic music as Above & Beyond, Dan Stone, Solarstone, John Askew, Perry O'Neil, Shawn Mitiska, Bobina, Ernesto vs. Bastian, Hawk, Cassino & Laben, Mr Sam, Paul Nova, Probspot, Jaytech, Matt Rowan, Manuel Le Saux, BEN, dPen, Ricky Ryan, Flash Brothers, Andy Moor, Sied van Riel, Roger Shah, Miss Nine, and many others. They repeatedly played his tracks in their dj sets and radioshows.

BRAM – настоящее имя Кирилл. Основатель и участник проектов Valeryo & Bram, Intensiva, Bram & Syntherra, Distant Minds Начало музыкальной карьеры было положено в 2000 году. Основными направлениями стали progressive, progressive house и progressive tech. Его миксы сочетают в себе немыслимую по красоте мелодичность и мощный внутренний драйв. Именно в этом Bram находит основную идею и своих собственных трэков. «Музыка должна исходить от души…», как он считает. В своем творчестве Bram не придерживается каких-то стилевых рамок. В них можно услышать и минималистичные звуки progressive tech, и мелодичность progressive trance, и глубину и драйв progressive house. К настоящему времени Bram имеет более десяти собственных релизов и ремиксов, выпущенных пре-имущественно в Европе и США. Он получал поддержку своих трэков от таких гуру электронной музыки, как John Askew, Perry O'Neil, Shawn Mitiska, Bobina, Ernesto vs. Bastian, Hawk, Cassino & Laben, Mr Sam, Paul Nova, Probspot, Jaytech, Matt Rowan, Manuel Le Saux, B.E.N., dPen, Ricky Ryan, Flash Brothers, Andy Moor, Sied van Riel, Roger Shah и многих других.

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Releases:

· Valeryo & BRAM - "Orange Juice/My Frequency" EP [29 November 2005 / January 2006] [1 Shot Rec / Pangea Rec]

· Valeryo & BRAM - The Downward Sounds EP - "Volume 01", Incl. “Effective (Original Mix)”, “Effective (Nexar Remix)”[Total Digital Rec / Bonzai/Banshee Worx] [1 August 2006]

· Valeryo & BRAM - The Downward Sounds EP - "Volume 02", Incl. “Midnight Music (Original)” [Total Digital Rec / Bonzai/Banshee Worx] [January 2007]

· Valeryo & BRAM Pres Intensiva - The Strange People EP, Incl. “Strange People (Original)”, “Only You (Original)”[Revelation Records] [January 2007]

· Valeryo & BRAM - "Change Your Life/Night Groove" EP [Pangea Rec] [April 2007] supported Flash Bros., Spesh, Sandra Collins, Simon Langham, and more...

· Valeryo & BRAM - "Change Your Life EP” The Remixes [Pangea Rec] [October 2007] support by Flash Bros., Andrew K, and more… distributed on vinyl by Pure Music

· Valeryo & BRAM - "Change Your Life EP” The Remixes [Pangea Digital] [January 2008]

· Bram – Stopping The Time EP [Existence Records] [October 2008]

· Bram – Amnesia EP [CE Records, Venesuella] [September 2009]

· Bram – Just Say Yes/My Memories EP [Superbia Recordings/Stranamente Music, Italy] [November 2009]

· Bram – Returnings EP [System Recordings, USA] [January 2010]

· Bram – Aquamarine EP [Neuroscience Recordings] [September 2010]

· Bram & Syntherra Pres Distant Minds – From Siberia To Far East EP (incl. Inkfish Remix) [Inkfish Records]

· Bram – Back To Sunset / Equivalent EP [Baroque/Wild Records]

Remixes:

· Mr. Pit - Lost Control (Valeryo & Bram Remix) [Mainframe Records] [September 2007]

· Second Skin ft Vera Ostrova – Run Away (Bram & Valeryo Remix) [Pitch-Music] [September 2007]

· Anton Chernikov Pres Generation X - Generation X (Bram Mix) [RMS Records, Italy] [December 2007]

· Killblonde - Killblonde (Bram Remix) [Sundesire Records] [March 2008]

· Sample Bots – Mosquito (Bram Remix) [Carica Records] [April 2009]

· Tesla Da Vinci - Electricity (Bram Remix) [Elektrax Progressive, Australia] [September 2009]

· Explo – Eternity (Bram Remix) [Silvana Records, Turkey] [August 2010]

Upcoming Releases:

· Bram – Emerald Rain EP [Existence Music]

· Bram – Frozen Paradise EP [Neuroscience Deep]

· Bram & Explo – Open Space EP [Neuroscience Deep]

Upcoming Remixes:

· Dave Shtorn – Pulses (Bram Remix) [Lowbit Records]

· Mints – Jungle Heart (Bram Remix) [Pangea]