Career
He has four self-produced albums released via Mack Avenue Records/Sony Music Entertainment, P-Vine Records/Blues Interactions, Thistime Records and Songs of Universal/Universal Music Group, Incorporated., respectively. In 2009, his single "Beautiful Thing" reached #69 on the Billboard Japan Hot TOP 100 Airplay and #82 on Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart. Besides remaining in top 40 and 100 airplay charts of numerous major Japanese radio networks for over 8 weeks, the song peaked at #3 on Alpha Station FM Kyoto 89.4"s TOP 40 Overseas Chart.
Also in 2009, Svoy"s album Automatons reached #100 on the Billboard Japan Top Independent Albums and chart.
10th Independent Music Awards judging panel included Seal, Fall Out Boy, Portishead, McCoy Tyner, Counting Crows, Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, Suzanne Vega, Jesse Harris, Tom Waits, Aimee Mann, Jonatha Brooke among other artists and music industry professionals. Over the course of his career, Svoy has collaborated with Kenny Garrett, Meshell Ndegeocello, Claudia Acuna, Raul Midon, Adam Levy and Ilya Lagutenko, among other artists.
Svoy is a Yamaha Digital Artist, a Berklee College of Music and Gnessin Russian Academy of Music scholarship recipient/graduate. New York music critics Jack Rabid of The Big Takeover Magazine and Jesse Seilhan of TheCelebrityCafe.com describe Svoy as a "..Robot-driven repetitive-trance big-dance-rhythm cold synth-popular modern-chart soul futuristic electro-disco techno meister" and an artist who "..Is not afraid to explore" with Tower Records Japan dubbing him "..Electropop prince" and Timmy Kusnierek of YourEDM calling his music "..An incredibly forward-thinking production that’s beyond description".
Svoy resides in New York City.