biography

Real name: Andrei Sorin Ovezea

Stage name: VIIIAIN

Pronounced: Villain

Born: February 23,1991, Fetești, Ialomița, Romania

Parents: Aura Pastor [69]

Origin: Bucharest, Romania

Occupation: Music producer, artist, DJ,antrepreneur

Years active: 2012 – present

Instruments: drums, guitars, bass, synths, sampling, vocals, percussion, keyboards

VIIIAIN is the music project of Romanian music producer, artist, and DJ Andrei Sorin Ovezea.

Born in Romania in 1991 and based in Bucharest, VIIIAIN was built as a world of contrast, rhythm, and impact, often described as a project shaped by bass, cinematic tension, industrial weight, and the instinct to turn chaos into structure.

VIIIAIN was born to Aura Pastor (b. January 29, 1957) and Andrei Ovezea (January 28, 1952 – November 9, 2025).

His upbringing was shaped by a complex and extended family structure, including his brother Adrian Nicolae Pastor, as well as his half-brothers Alexandru Ovezea, Mihai Ovezea, Cristian Ovezea, Florin Ovezea, Dan Ovezea, and Robert Ovezea.

These early dynamics contributed to a broader understanding of identity, contrast, and human complexity — elements that would later translate into the emotional and structural depth of his work.

The passing of his father in 2025 marked a significant personal moment, adding a layer of reflection and gravity to the current phase of the project.

Before electronic music, Andrei started as a drummer. He played in rock, metal, and pop bands, learning music first through the body: timing, force, repetition, silence, release. That foundation never disappeared. It became part of the VIIIAIN language — music that moves physically, but thinks cinematically.

In 2012, he launched VIIIAIN, initially as a masked artistic identity. For nearly a decade, the project existed behind anonymity, image, and distortion — a visual and sonic character built around darkness, intensity, and control. The mask was never just an accessory. It was a boundary. A myth. A way to remove the ordinary self from the work.

That era ended in 2021.

The current VIIIAIN is no longer hidden behind the mask. The project has moved from persona toward authorship — from character to creator. The darkness is still there, but it has changed shape. It is no longer costume. It is architecture.

VIIIAIN’s sound does not belong to one fixed genre. Instead, it works as a cinematic, industrial, bass-driven system where different musical languages are treated as tools. Club pressure, distorted texture, heavy low-end, pop structure, aggressive rhythm, and emotional contrast all exist inside the same world.

The result is music built for impact: direct enough to hit immediately, layered enough to reveal itself over time.

Across his career, VIIIAIN has released multiple albums, EPs, and singles, including records such as “Eat It Up!” and “Delusional.” His work has connected with both underground and mainstream spaces, with releases and placements associated with international electronic music platforms, songwriting camps, television formats, and brand projects.

Beyond his own artist catalog, Andrei has worked across production, songwriting, and music direction, contributing to projects connected to major artists, media formats, and brands including Coca-Cola, Samsung, The Voice Romania, X Factor, and Masked Singer Romania.

After a period of reduced public visibility, VIIIAIN returned in 2024 with two full-length albums, Back To The Shadows and The Streets We Made — projects that marked a reconstruction phase. Less noise. More control. More authorship. A return not to repeat the past, but to take ownership of it.

In 2026, VIIIAIN enters a new chapter with Shuffle, a 13-track album built around movement, contrast, instinct, and collision. The project is designed as his most direct and commercially potent body of work so far, while keeping the raw edge that defines the project.

Shuffle does not try to prove one genre.
It proves a world.

The album moves through different energies, but everything belongs to the same internal system: cinematic bass, industrial weight, club instinct, pop architecture, and controlled chaos.

At the center of VIIIAIN is the belief that sound should feel physical before it becomes intellectual. The first reaction should be instinct. The second should be curiosity. The third should be obsession.