Andriy Khlyvnyuk was born on December 31, 1979, in Cherkasy, Ukraine, then in the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He studied at the music school in the accordion class, the First City Gymnasium. In 2001, the group won the "Pearl of the Season" festival and the band's musicians moved to Kyiv. In the capital, Andriy became interested in jazz and swing, sang with the Acoustic Swing Band. Later, from the members of three groups - Acoustic Swing Band, Dust Mix and "Tartak" - the group "Graphite" was formed, in which Andriy was a vocalist. In 2004, Khlyvnyuk, together with the guitarist of the Tartak band, Andriy "Mukha" Samoilo, organized the BoomBox funky groove group. For several years, the group has gained great popularity in Ukraine and Russia. In April 2005, the first album "Melomaniya" was recorded. In 2006, the second disc "Family Business" was released, which received gold status in Ukraine (at the moment, more than 100 thousand copies of the disc have been sold) Khlyvnyuk was the sound producer of the album of the Ukrainian singer Nadine, with whom he performed his own song "I Don’t Know" in a duet in 2007, and then shot a video. The duet received the award "The most unexpected project of the year" according to the portal E-motion. In the summer of 2007, the composition "Watchmen" hit the radio air of Russian radio stations, and in the fall, the composition "ta4to" got into the rotation of Moscow radio stations. Over time, Russian recording companies became interested in BoomBox, and a contract was signed with Monolith to publish the albums Melomania and Family Business in Russia, which were released on June 10, 2008. In August 2009, Khlyvnyuk, together with Evgeny Koshev and Potap, voiced the French parkour thriller "13th District: Ultimatum". Andriy voiced the French policeman Damien. In December 2009, the group released a joint album with the Kyiv DJ Tonique. On June 24, 2010, the presentation of the album "All Inclusive" took place in Kyiv. At the end of 2011, the album "Sredniy Vik" was released.
