Ivaylo - Smooth Layla

Touted as a discerning force within club culture, Ivaylo has a veteran ranking that’s owed to a 20-year-long career which began in his hometown Varna in the ‘90s, booking influential US artists to play at Bulgaria’s first home club, Comics. Residing in Oslo since the late ‘90s, he’s now commonly known as the chief of Bogota Records and as a resident DJ of the Nordic city’s esteemed clubbing haunt, Jæger Club. “Ivaylo has good energy, he’s incredibly talented and we connect because he’s also been wrapped up in music for a long time, he’s always exploring ways in which he can grow as a producer and he’s in it for the rightreasons. I’ve played at Jaeger Club a handful of times, spending time with him and have seen how his presence can lift a room and this feeds directly into the music he creates. I love these three tracks. We picked them out for the label a couple of months ago, and I’m looking forward to finally getting them out there.” – Cassy Deriving influence from Jæger Club, an institution he’s been behind since its formative years, guiding the club-motivated EP is ‘Smooth Layla’, a woozy, dubby gyration driven to tether clubbers to the dancefloor. ‘The HousyWay’ pushes on with an infective groove that boots the record up a gear, while ‘Dyp Peder’ cuts in like a temptress with intent to keep you moving well into the early hours.