Stig Rästa
Stig Rästa has been in the music industry for over 20 years, establishing him as one of the top songwriters in Estonia. He has his own solo project and is also a part of electronic music duo ‘Kisma.’ Their first single ‘We Are’ was released in 2017 by No Copyright Sounds and has been played over 7 million times on Spotify and Youtube.
In 2015, he represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest with his song ‘Goodbye to Yesterday’, which placed 7th in the final. The song has over 12 million streams on Spotify and won ‘Song of the Year’ award at Estonian Music Awards in 2016. Stig has written for many award-winning artists such as Victor Crone, Joakim Lundell, Elina Born, Traffic and Karl-Erik Taukar.
Stig co-wrote ‘Storm’ by Victor Crone, which represented Estonia in Eurovision in 2019 and kick-started Victor’s further career.The song was played over 15,000 times on Swedish radios. Stig was also the writer for ESC 2016 Estonian entry song ‘Play’ by Jüri Pootsmann.
Karl Killing
Karl Killing, at mere 22 years old, has immensely proven himself over the past few years in the Estonian music scene. He is actively working with many loved Estonian hip-hop and rap artists such as 5MIINUST, säm, Pluuto, nublu and villemdrillem.
Two years ago, Karl participated in the Eesti Laul contest (Estonia’s national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest) where he placed 7th with his song ‘Kiss Me’. His solo project kick-started in 2020 when he released his debut single ‘High Heels’, which came out with Canadian record label found/red. This year was massive for Karl as he signed to Warner Music Baltics, released a video single ‘powerless’ with them, and intends to release his first album in 2022. While his solo project is on the softer, pop side, for his producing, he definitely has a weakness for hip-hop.
Hugo Martin Maasikas
Hugo has a solo project Whogaux and is also part of two successful EDM projects WATEVA and Cartoon. Cartoon’s most successful track ‘On & On’ has 170M+ streams on Spotify and 400M+ on Youtube, making them an absolute flagship in Estonia’s electronic music scene.
Hugo has released music with many well established record labels such as Armada Music, Selected, NCS, Future House Music, Enhanced Music and Liquicity. Hugo with this talent and passion for sure has a lot to provide for the lovers of fine electronic music.
Gevin Niglas
Gevin Niglas is a producer for a number of different award-winning artists such as nublu (Estonian Male Artist of the Year 2019 and 2020) and 5MIINUST (Artist of the Year 2020). In 2021, nublu released his debut album ‘Café Kosmos’, where Gevin co-wrote/co-produced four songs. The album was very well received by both critics and Estonian radios. In 2020, they produced ‘paaristõuked’ by 5MIINUST together with Karl Killing and ‘niiea’ by Elina Born and Villemdrillem – both some of the most played songs on Estonian radio that year.
Gevin is also actively working with several new stars in Estonian music scene like Maian, Heleza and Anett Kulbin. In 2021, he started working on his solo project. “My solo project – I’d say it’s trap-rnb influenced pop. When I write or produce for others, I don’t have a specific favourite genre – everything that’s authentic is appealing to me,” Gevin says.
Giorgio Spedicato
Giorgio Spedicato, known by his moniker Machweo, began releasing music independently in 2012, quickly earning national critical acclaim. Over the following six years, he played more than 400 shows across Italy, building a solid reputation for his intense and emotional live performances. Graduated in Electronic Music and Sound Design from the Conservatory of Bologna, Giorgio has devoted much of his artistic path to experimental music, while also engaging with the mainstream as a songwriter. In 2020, he signed with Sony Music Publishing and became a prolific contributor to Italian pop, with several writing credits—including a gold-certified track that reached the Sanremo Festival in 2021. As Machweo, he continues to release forward-thinking electronic music through Maciste Dischi, and in 2019 he performed at Eurosonic Festival in the Netherlands, representing Italy on one of Europe’s most prominent stages for new music. At the end of 2024, he founded his own label, Ad Astra Dischi, a new home for boundary-pushing sounds and artist-led projects.
Iacopo Sinigaglia
Iacopo Sinigaglia (1990) , aka BRAIL ⠇ ⠑, is a composer, music producer and sound designer. He studied sound engineering and music technology at Saint Louis College of Music and graduated in “Electronic Music” and “Audiovisual Composition” at the Licinio Refice Conservatory in Frosinone. Some of his works have been selected and screened within the most prestigious festivals around the world such as the Oscar ceremony, Venice Film Festival, David di Donatello awards, The International Computer Music Conference and the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival. He works mainly as a music producer and has collaborated with several Italian artists including Aiello, Ariete, Fulminacci, Galeffi, Giorgia, Giuse The Lizia, Madame, Mannarino, Motta, Nuvolari and Psicologi. In 2021, he curated the production and orchestral arrangement of the song “Ora” by artist Aiello, also conducting the orchestra during Sanremo. He returns in 2023 to the Italian Song Festival with the song “Il bene nel male” by Madame and in 2024 with “Fragili” by Il Tre. In 2022 he works as music producer for X Factor Italy in the Fedez’s team. He is an author and composer for Sugar Music, a historic label founded in Milan in 1989 by Caterina Caselli.
Shakil Bholasing
Live and Mix engineer: Ronnie Flex | Frenna | Jonna Fraser | Fresku | Winne