Member of Sergey Kuryohin' POP-MECHANICS band and composer of film soundtracks (ANTIKILLER, DEAD DAUGHTERS). Resident Dj of legendary clubs LSDANCE and PTUCH. Released first russian house mixes (USILOK 1/2). Producer of cult radio show 23rd HOUR WITH COMPASS-VRUBELL on MEGAPOLIS FM 89.5 radio station. During the last 20 years, Compass has been playing actively in clubs and festival across Russia,U
kraine and Baltic countries. He also played many times in the UK, Germany, Austria and other European cities. Compass released his first 12" record on American label SCHMER records in 1997. BUDU KAK BUDDHA was one of the tracks in the official WARP records compilation, which came out in Russia on RMG Records (Russia). Later, with support from Solar X (ART-TEK records), he released his cassette album MANZHEROK. In 1999 the album PECHKI I POCHEN was released on Udmurt label IZHITSA records. Rhodesia's remix of Compass track UNTITLED became part of ANTIKILLER film soundtrack. The same track was remixed by legendary British producer Muslimgauze. His experimental audio/video project Egofriend was presented at MIGZ and TOUR DE TRANS festivals. In December 2016 Nina Kravitz released her mix Fabric 91 on British label FABRIC, featuring track LIKE A BOOGIE by DJ RX-5, which is one of Alexey's side-projects from the 90's. Other artists presented on the compilation mix: Species Of Fishes, Bjarki, Panasonic, New Composers, Woody McBride, Claude Young и AFX.
