Pure Substance Records

Ray started djing at the age of 14, and at 17 was one of the first local DJs to play at the now legendary Zouk Singapore on numerous occasions, as well as at its sister club Velvet Underground, for the very first “Sessions” parties in 1994, and holds the distinction of being the youngest dj featured there. His talent and passion for the music continued to enhance his regional profile, playing at such infamous clubs as Barracuda, Samsara, Liquid Room, Boom Boom Room and Heaven, culminating in his headlining performance at the massively successful 1998 Commonwealth Games Outdoor Closing Party at The Mines resort in Kuala Lumpur.

Moving to London nearly a decade ago and securing residencies at such nights as GTI @ The Slug & Lettuce, RareFM radio, the self-organised Robot Rebellion @ The Drome and Ersatz @ Push, as well as numerous guest spots that include Kwaito @ Revolution, Gelb (Potsdam) and the Projektor Berlin Love Parade after-parties, he has successfully continued promoting his brand of cutting-edge electronic dance music to receptive European audiences.

Ray has now returned to Malaysia and holds a residency at Zouk Kuala Lumpur, the city’s most recent addition to its clubbing landscape. He continues to showcase his versatility in commanding the club’s Main Room dancefloor with his signature sets that cover an impressive range of electronic dance music genres, swerving from minimal to maximal house and techno via the freshest style-defining sounds from a multifaceted landscape of influences from around the world. His ongoing clubnite Push in the mainroom, gearing towards more energetic moods, has been receiving overwhelming response since its inception in October 2004, and his new nite Hotel Scandalos beginning early 2006 will see him purveying more experimental house sounds to offer a genuine alternative to club based dance music in the region.

2006 will also see Ray focussing on the production side of music; his original tracks have been receiving very positive support from the likes of house heavyweight John Digweed to techno veteran Marco Bailey - the release of these productions, on labels YounanMusik, Raum Musik, and Cr2 records plus remixes on the likes of Pure Substance records have enabled him to put Malaysia onto the international dance music map . His forays into production have also opened up new possibilities in his DJing, as integrating not only his own remixes of tracks but also re-edits and sampledelia into his sets create a semi-live feel to his already innovative performances.

But for Ray, this is just the beginning of a long journey through the magic of music and djing - to reach out to the people on the dancefloors around the world. Lets rock!