Stalker VA has been played on NTS shows including Hypnagogia, with A Wind That Never Sleeps first played on 28 August 2017.

Stalker VA (Dmitry Bezruchko) is a composer, music producer and sound artist from Kiev, Ukraine.

Working mainly in the field of electronic and electroacoustic ambient music, incorporating synthesis and sound design, processed and transformed sound objects, field recordings, unconventional use of instruments; investigating different timbres and creating atmospheric impressionistic soundscapes. These musical journeys to a large extent explore the questions of the nature of mind and consciousness, sleep and dreams, memories, unusual emotional and mental states, perceptual phenomena, time and space…

Since he discovered the first simple digital audio software in a relatively young age, Dmitry became fascinated with the ability to manipulate the sound, as well as collecting the sounds of the surrounding world. While continuing his experiments with music, in 2002-2003 he was occasionally performing as a DJ. Since 2005 started self-education in playing musical instruments (piano and guitar), music theory, harmony, psychoacoustics, composition, sound design. Composing actively since 2007. Works in his own home studio.

Among musical influences are: Arvo Pärt, Vangelis, Hammock, Max Richter, Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds, Sigur Ros, Schiller, Eduard Artemyev, Brian Eno, Endraum, Kenji Kawai, Biosphere, Tim Hecker, Covenant, VNV Nation, mind.in.a.box, Seabound, Johann Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, Jan Sibelius, Henryk Gorecki, Terje Rypdal, Valentin Silvestrov, Pink Floyd, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Nils Petter Molvær, Arve Henriksen

Stalker VA has often collaborated with other musicians and artists, takes part in various audio-visual performances and interdisciplinary projects and is open for further collaborations in music, sound art, poetry and visual art.

Official website: http://www.stalker-va.com