Episode 21: Ray Soo

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Episode 21: Ray Soo


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RaySoo is one of asias leading djs. His unique and quirky sense of electronic house music has taken him the world over. Steadily building up a strong catalogue of his very own style of productions on various labels, he was named ?Best New DJ? 2004 and ?Best DJ? 2005 two years in a row in Malaysian club culture and dance music bible Juice magazine. After touring Europe, China and South East Asia and also maintaining his homeland residencies during 2008. 2009 will see him holding residencies in various locations around the world, more touring, an artist album

in the pipeline and also the launch of his brand new label Love International.

He started djing at the age of 14, and at 17 was one of the first DJs to play at the now legendary Zouk Club in Singapore for the first “Sessions” parties in the early 90?s. 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 massive 1998 Commonwealth Games Outdoor Closing Party at The Mines resort in Kuala Lumpur.

In 2004 - 2007, he was named resident dj for 3 years at the new Zouk Club Kuala Lumpur. Showcasing his versatility 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 – and playing alongside the likes of Carl Cox, Tiefschwarz, John Digweed, Sven Vath, Danny Howells, James Holden and Stacey Pullen. His nite Push won ?Best Clubnite” in Juice magazines ?best of 2006 awards?.

In 2006 – 2008 : He was Invited to play at major festivals, such as Global Gathering in Malaysia, Worldwide Festival in Singapore, Hanoi Sound Festival in Vietnam and the C/O POP Festival (2007 & 2008) in Cologne Germany. The latter was part of the Goethe Institute German/Asian Pacific Plate music project when he also played gigs at the European Club of 2008 Berghain/Panoramabar in Berlin and several other well-received performances around Europe during an extended 3 month tour/base in Berlin. The project resulted in a 2 track collaboration with German house music pioneer Losoul a.k.a Peter Kremiere of the legendary Playhouse label and the compilation was received with great interest and hype

by the most important electronic music magazines and media in Germany, and support from important artists from both Asia and Germany including Goodnight Electric, Gebruder Teichmann, Rubber Inc, Turner, Mathias Tanzmann, Jamie Llyod, Tri Minh, Hans Nieswandt, Xhin, Trickski and more.

In 2008, Ray launches his new label Love International. His original tracks have been receiving very positive support from the likes of house heavyweight John Digweed to techno veteran Marco Bailey - releasing on labels YounanMusik, Raum Musik, Pornography and Cr2 records plus remixes on the likes of Pure Substance records. 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. Love International held label parties in locales from Singapore to Amsterdam to Tokyo to Berlin.

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!