Uretz as a project formed in St. Petersburg (Russia) on June 27, 2001.Behind it is Yuri Bogdanov, Sound Producer, Radio-engineer and Programmer.In 2001 Yuri met Artem Markin (Index), already famous at the time, and still performing.In no time the guys clicked, began to make music together and became friends.As it turned out later, they both started to make sounds with computers in the same year 1992.Back then, Yuri used ZX Spectrum, while Artem performed with Atari 520 ST.In 2003 they released the track 'Frontier' together, which immediately became popular in the city's clubs.Yuri then, out of his modesty, didn't want to be mentioned in the credits, with all the laurels gone to Artem.At some point, Yuri begun to write his own music, sometimes with the help of Artyom as a producer.The guys are still good friends.