| DJ Sender | |
| Birth Name: | Yevheniy Yevtukhov |
| Alias: | Sender |
| Birth Date: | 28 June 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Luhansk, Ukraine |
| Genre: | House, Pop, Techno, EDM |
| Occupation: | Producer, DJ, musician, singer, label owner |
| Years Active: | 2000 - present |
| Label: | Send Records, Universal, EMI, F*** Me I'm Famous, Executive, Full House, Noir Music, ALiVE Recordings, Receive |
DJ Sender, born Yevheniy Anatoliyovych Yevtukhov (Ukrainian: Евгеній Анатолійович Євтухов, born June 28, 1984, in Luhansk, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian DJ, music producer, songwriter and singer. He is the owner of Send Records and its sublabels. He is also the founder of the DJFM radio station.
Sender was born in Luhansk, Ukraine on June 28, 1984. Sender's father ran a music store in a small Ukrainian town, selling music from around the world during the USSR Iron Curtain.
Sender began his career as a DJ in 2000. According to the results of Ukrainian interactive rating TopDJ, he was the best DJ of Ukraine of 2004-2005 and 2005-2006.[1] In 2001, Sender launched his own radio show named Bomba on the Power FM radio station. Soon the show moved to the Kiss FM radio station where Sender was the editor of afterhours programmes.
In 2004, his first track "Operator" was released on French vinyl label Executive Records.[2]
His remixes Narcotic Thrust – I Like It (DJ Sender Remix), Full House France, and Sandy W feat. Duane Harden – Love For The Music (DJ Sender, Robbie Rivera Remixes) were played all over Europe and were released on plates with Robbie Rivera and Richard Grey.
In 2004, he has released tracks such as "Kiss You", "Torque" and "Generation (Street Parade Intro)" as a tribute to the Street Parade in Zurich that Sender participated in.
In 2006, Sender launched Send Records label that released tracks from Sender, Noiz, Drive Dealers, Hard Rock Sofa, Jim Pavloff, Konstantin Yoodza, Proff, Topspin, Alex Vives, R-Tem, Alex Kenji, DJ Marbrax, Dabruck & Klein, Dave Robertson, Goshva, Jaimie Fanatic, Laidback Luke, Nino Anthony, Patrik Bjorkman, David Sense.[3] It was the year when Sender took part in Miami Winter Music Conference for the first time.
Including, Ievtukhov started to visit conferences Amsterdam Dance Event and Sochi Winter Music Conference almost every year and sometimes he participates in panels and discussions.
In 2007, Sender focused on the Ukrainian club scene development through his booking agency.
In 2008, Ievtukhov launched DJFM radio station in Kiev first and later in Simferopol. He was its ideologist and creative director. At the same time, Ievtukhov launched DJMAG.UA project and DJ Magazine Ukraine – the Ukrainian version of the world's best known magazine about electronic music.
In 2010, DJ Sender changed his nickname, removed the DJ part from it, and at the same time changed his musical style. In his creative search, Eugene returned to the house origins of his sound and discovered his vocal talent, which he demonstrated in the song The Crystals.
The presentation of the track took place at the Crystal Hall club in Kyiv, where Eugene Yevtukhov also performed several new tracks from the upcoming album. The Crystals became the first track of the self-titled album of 12 tracks, most of which are vocal.
The Crystals also featured a music video directed by Sender himself.
In 2011/2012, The Crystals was named the best house track by TOPDJ.ua. In 2012, work on the album was completed, and several singles, Holiday and Love, were released, for which music videos were also filmed. "Holiday", "Love" and "Sunlight" hit the top 100 best tracks in the CIS[source?]
In October 2013, Sender presented his debut vocal album "The Crystals" in one of the capital's clubs[source?] To present the full-fledged album to the public, the performer first came out accompanied by a live band and played a concert "live".
The upcoming debut vocal album The Crystals is finished [4] which includes singles such as “The Crystals”, “Holiday”, “Do It” and “Love”.
In season 2011/2012 track, The Crystals has received the TOPDJ.ua award as The Best House Track.
Sender has been performing over 12 years and during this time he has played on parties together with Richie Hawtin, Loco Dice, Dubfire, David Guetta, Axwell, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, Joachim Garraud, Hard Rock Sofa, Junior Jack and Kid Creme, DJ Antoine, Denis the Menace, Jerry Ropero, DJ Prom, Paolo Mojo, 16 Bit Lolitas and others.
2004 – The Best DJ of Ukraine (TOPDJ.ua Awards)
2005 – The Best DJ of Ukraine (TOPDJ.ua Awards)
2005 – The Best DJ #2 of Ukraine (TOPDJ.ua Awards)
2005 – The Best DJ #2 of Ukraine (TOPDJ.ua Awards)
2011 - The Crystals is The Best House Track (TOPDJ.ua Awards)
2011 - The Crystals is The Best Track of the Year (KISSFM Dance Awards)
2011 – The Best House DJ (Showbiza.net Awards)