Anyone who has been paying attention to dance music over the past five years has seen the rise of dominating Russian figureheads innovating and influencing nearly every genre there is.

- Can you tell us little about your background?

PLAYMA: PLAYMA consists of Davip, Mars and Ben William, and all three of us have been on the electronic music scene for many years before we met. It was June 2011 when we decided to make something together after playing at the same event, an open air near Kaliningrad, Mars' hometown (Davip also lives in Russia, and Ben is from France). We spent few fruitful days in the Alex' studio, working on surprisingly massive dubstep tunes, and had no doubts about forming the band since then. In the Autumn PLAYMA was signed to Audioporn Records, and 2012 will see us taking the world by storm with new dubstep, drum&bass releases and extensive touring.

- How would you describe the sound you make?

Davip: I'd describe it as a forcemeat with rude, fat baselines and infectious melodies.

- When you sit down to make a track, what’s the first thing you typically do?

Ben: The first thing I do is a little bit of brainstorming about the direction and style of the track, but most of the time it starts with a beat and an idea for melody. Most of the time we are trying a few new synthesis we had before and start to build the tune.

I almost don't believe saying it, but after working on it for 4 years, I've finished this tune. I had been finishing it five or seven times before, but was never satisfied with the result. Each time it got better, but not enough... That's the reason I haven't been making a lot of breaks lately.

Mars ft Arysta - The Curse by Mars // PLAYMA