The first time I played in front of an audience
Drake and Kanye West were there
Cyber69
Let's talk about that one time Cyber was like--
I was like, "Yo, let's watch like a foreign film"
Then Cyber's like "Every movie that comes out in North America
is a foreign film to me"
I was like-- I was like, "True..."
I'm from Russia. I'm from Vladivostok
It's far East
It's not a big city
but if you play GTA4
you can find radio called Vladivostok
Yeah, Russian for life
My name is Cyber69 because I'm a combination
of that, of like real life and of computer lives
I took 69 because this looks like Yin Yang
So I'm trying to find balance
between real and internet
I found new girl in Instagram from Russia
and I wanted to impress her so I did just like mixes
and then suddenly-- I didn't even know what's Been Trill
but Heron Preston, he messaged me in Instagram
that he liked my mixes
and he was like "Yo, let's do some mixes for Been Trill"
Even before I finished my first mix
I found out that Been Trill is coming with Kanye West to Canada
It was a Yeezus after party
and I was DJing there. It was my first gig, ever
So like yeah, it was an unforgettable experience
Super sick
Tona
He's family
He was one of the first people who took care of me
Introduced me to everyone He gave me all gigs
Really love this guy
He's crazy
He's like-- I don't know
He's going too hard
But he always went too hard, you know?
It's how he rolls
I'm a little bit scared of him
OK, so I met him at a gig
and I was like "OK, this kid's weird"
I fucked with him, his energy's like strange but it's good
I was like "Cool"
So we we're on like good vibes
and then like after that we were just like pals
[inaudible] was in LA and acting like his visa was running out
so he was literally on the verge of becoming an illegal alien
but who's like so out here
It's like illegal alien DJs this party on Saturday
Like it wouldn't be hard to find him
So this guy was in LA and I had to like call these fucking offices
just trying to figure out like his visa situation
so I pretty much had to pretend to be him
but then I finally reached this fucking-- this Russian department
That's where it ended
I was like "I can't pretend to be you anymore
"'cause I don't speak Russian, dog
So got to get your ass back here"
So what I'm trying to do is bring more fashion
because fashion with music together is like culture
and I'm trying to be some kind of model of our culture
Basically, all my stuff that I have
it's just clothes from people that I know
like Virgil give me [inaudible]
Heron gave me his shirt
I mix it as music. I do whatever I like
I like what I like
I don't want to be labeled as a DJ
I just want to be said, some creative kid
I don't know words for say it
Maybe it's artist?
I want to be artist
Yeah, Tona said-- Tona said it says "cunt"
When he sent his picture first
he was like "Oh, it says cunt"
I think that Toronto is a very interesting place right now
because only here you have the opportunity
to come up for a young artist
For example, in LA everyone is established
and you won't be adopted right away
While in Toronto everyone is trying to do it together
I never could have imagined it
because if I start DJ'ing at home, for my girlfriend
I will be where I am right now
but Heron Preston actually showed me that...
I can [inaudible]
I think everyone needs a mentor
or just a person to show them that they're more than they think they are
That means we actually have unlimited abilities
and we can do whatever we want
We just have to believe and go for it
You know?
So have a teacher is good
but never limit yourself probably even as your teacher
because you can be whatever you want