Impish

Drum & bass producer based in Moscow. [Hospital Records, RAM Records, Occulti Music, CIA]

Roman ‘Impish’ was born in 1984 and grew up in Moscow. Besides being involved with the free party scene and soundsystem culture his main focus lied with rock, and funk. After graduating friends introduced him to drum and bass and he instantly fell in love. Where he first spent hours of his time playing guitars and drums, collecting vinyl and producing electronic music became his new occupation.

With a friend he then started ‘Burning Series’ in Moscow, a monthly drum & bass night famous for its homely atmosphere and vinyl only sets since 2003.

Later, he launched his own imprint called ‘Occulti Music’ kicking off with an impressive run of vinyl releases. Impish released 2 albums with Vasilisa Jarlier called ‘Silence’ and 'Underwater' which brought together material written over the course of 2008 to 2013. Late 2017 Impish releases his 3rd album the Hush.

Besides releasing music on his own imprint, Impish is currently active with Hospital Records, releasing on 'Sick Music 2018', 'Sick Music 2019', 'NFS: heat soundtrack', C.I.A (Around / No One Else) and RAM records (Burning / Leave Me, Take Back / Lazy Saunday'z).