Started his career in 1997. The first release on his own Гвоздь D.I.Y. label was Respect, a drum&bass compilation of St. Petersburg’s artists.
In April 1999 Gvozd founded Respect Family, a formation of d’n’b musicians and DJs. He also is a manager of Всероссийская Drum&Bass Конвенция (All-Russian Drum&Bass Convention) festival, which involves a lot of drum&bass activists from Russia and other countries.