Yuriy Gurzhy was born in Ukraine and now lives in Berlin. He is a musician, DJ, producer and radio broadcaster. Together with the German-Jewish writer Wladimir Kaminer he started the now legendary 'Russendisko' club events, and compiled five CDs as part of the project (Russendisko Hits 1 & 2, Russensoul, Radio Russendisko, Ukraine Do America). His compilation 'Shetl Superstars' (2006) was dedicated to funky Jewish sounds from around the world, and for "Revolution Disco" (2010) Yuriy selected old and new anthems of the modern revolutionaries. From 2000 to 2006 Yuriy hosted the music program “Russendisko Klub” on Radio MultiKulti in Berlin.

When he is not busy DJing or creating compilations, Yuriy sings and plays guitar with his band RotFront (their first two albums 'Emigrantski Raggamuffin' and 'VisaFree' were released by Essay Recordings, the third one, "17 Deutsche Tänze" came out 2014.