1. Life and music career

2. References

3. External links

Yaroslav Yeromenko ({{lang-uk|Єременко Ярослав}}, born 20 January 1989), better known as DJ JARR, is a Ukrainian DJ, music producer and remixer from Kramatorsk.

Life and music career

Yaroslav was born on January 20, 1989 in Kramatorsk. His father Yeromenko Oleg was general director of Star Kramatorsk machine-building plant, and deputy of Kramatorsk city Council. Yaroslav's father imparted him love to music. Yaroslav went to music school for a guitar class, but he did not finish his studies. At age 16, he went to England where he studied English. He lived in Brighton where he became interested of electronic music, clubs and nightlife. After returning to Ukraine, he began play electronic music. He was a DJ at the main disco of Kramatorsk. In 2007 Yaroslav went to Kiev to enter the Shevchenko University, which his family advised him, but finally, despite the advice of the family, chose the Kiev Institute of International Relations.^[1] The 17th of April 2007 year, Yaroslav's father died in a car accident that occurred in the Dnepropetrovsk region. Yaroslav returned to Kramatorsk after his father death. He had to transfer to the Donbass Machine-building Academy and get a job as an engineer, and then get a job as a sales manager of the Energomashspetsstal factory.

Soon Yaroslav bought a console, controllers and acted at home closed parties in Kramatorsk. Also Yaroslav decided to start his own business in Svyatogorsk. He worked in the field of marketing communications, especially digital-technology.^[2]

The 27th of April 2014 year Yaroslav Yeromenko was stopped by the armed formations of the self-proclaimed DPR at one of the roadblocks on the Kramatorsk-Svyatogorsk road near Slavyansk. In the trunk of his car the armed formations of the self-proclaimed DPR found a fan scarf of the Ukrainian national football team and photos with the flag of Ukraine in his phone. Really, Yaroslav Yeromenko had never taking an active participation in politics. In spite of this, the armed people suspected Yaroslav of having connections with the Right Sector. He was declared an "enemy of the republic" and sentenced to immediate execution. However, later this decision was canceled. It was decided to send Yaroslav to Slavyansk for further clarification of the circumstances.^[3] He was tortured and beaten by armed people of the self-proclaimed DPR, and while beating, they forced to shout "Glory to Ukraine" and sing the anthem of Ukraine.^[4][5]

In the basement of the SBU building in Slavyansk, Yaroslav was in the same cell with the stage-manager Pavel Yurov and the artist Denis Grischuk. There they were tortured and beaten. Thanks to the efforts of Yaroslav's mother, he managed to free himself from captivity. The 1 of May 2014 year, after spending four days in the basement, he was released. He returned things and documents. The car Honda Accord 2010 was confiscated in favor of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.^[6] After his release, he was taken out of the barricade of roadblocks of armed people, a bandage was removed from his eyes, and ordered to go without turning around. Enterprises belonging to Yeromenko family in Kramatorsk were looted. Warehouses that Eremenko rented were cut to scrap metal.^[7]

After his release from captivity, Yaroslav left Kramatorsk and went to his relatives in Dnepropetrovsk, and then - to Kiev. After return to Kiev, he decided to become a professional musician. According to his words indicated in further interviews, he seriously devoted himself to a musical career after release from captivity.

 «All these crazy experiences helped me to realize the value of each day of our short and such a fragile life. Now I really care about every hour I've been given». «I dreamed of doing music all my life - doubts, the belief that there are ways «right» and "wrong" before all these events kept me from the employment that I dreamed of doing. A senseless bloody war every day takes the lives of young, talented people who had something to say to this world. I narrowly escaped  their fate, and now I have no right to miss my chance to make this world a little better».[4]

In his musical activity he uses the techniques of musical groups like Innervisions, Slowdance, Dixon and AME. In 2014 he organized a series of parties and auto-party on Vozdvizhenka in Kiev, in the art space «Sugar Package». There he got acquainted with the producers of «The Lab». After these parties, he was invited to the nightclub of The Lab, where they conducted a series of auto-parties, together with Dj Pitchboy.^[8] At one of the parties in «The Lab» where Eremenko worked, one of the films of silent Ukrainian cinema was shown. Yaroslav was offered cooperation - to write music that would accompany the display of old paintings and newsreels. After that, he was invited by the National Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film Centre to create the soundtracks of silent Ukrainian cinema of the middle and the end of the twentieth century. Together with Anton Baybakov worked on the soundtrack to the film Dziga Vertova Eleventh. He graduated from the Kiev Academy of Media Arts, majoring in Digital Film Maker. Together with Pavel Yurov, whom Eremenko met when he was in captivity, they are working on filming a semi-documentary film under the working title «Je suis Donbass». The scenario included real events that occurred during their arrival in the ATO zone in 2014. According to the idea of the writers, in the half of the film the narrative is on behalf of Yurov, half the narrative is on behalf of Yeromenko. In this film will be used scenic techniques in the style of Guy Ritchie and the late Trier. Now Yaroslav is working with producer Sergey Dotsenko and with «Kalina Music». Yeromenko is the producer of the projects "JARR", "Packed Promo Group". Works with the Art-factory Platform and Ukrainian artist Masha Zolotova.^[9]

Yaroslav Yeromenko is not married. In addition to his passion for music, Yaroslav is engaged in yoga.^[10]

References

External links

• [https://yara-k.livejournal.com/ Official blog of Eremenko Yaroslav Olegovich]
• [https://www.facebook.com/yara.kramatorsky/ Official page on Facebook Eremenko Yaroslav Olegovich]
• [https://www.facebook.com/jarrdeejey/ Official page of DJ JARR]

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