Raye Antonelli

Nothing makes this kid happier than playing and listening to the music he loves and Raye Antonelli is lucky enough to have made it a permanent and bread-winning part of his life.

Currently ranked Number 5 DJ in QLD and Number 23 in Australia, based on the current 2007/2008 Technics Inthemix top 50 DJ poll Raye has cemented himself as one of the state's most popular DJs - ranked in QLD's Top 5 for two years running now. Raye bases himself at his weekly Friday and Saturday night residency at Platinum nightclub in Broadbeach [Gold Coast] and fortnightly at Monastery [Brisbane] as One Love's QLD resident.

"One of QLD's best DJs ….and umm, yeah, sorry about putting all your CDs down my pants that time." [Ben Morris; Sydney big cheese and all round nice guy]

Raye regularly plays a host of guest spots throughout QLD and frequently causes havoc […so he says, this is to be confirmed] down south every now and again playing to date at clubs and events including YU, Lady Lux, Moulin Rouge, Kink, Rouge Rock’R, Excess, Smut, Purple Sneakers, Any Given Sunday and has been known to rock many a bedroom wall and family BBQ.

Raye frequently pops up at the major festivals as well, strutting around with his VIP artist pass around his neck like a true budding celebrity and has done his thing at Summafieldayze 2004 / 2005 / 2007 / 2008 , Future Music Festival 2008, Parklife 2007, BBQ breaks 2007, Good Vibrations 2007 / 2008 , Round & Round 2006 / 2007 amongst others.

"Raye who?... never heard of him" [Most people]

With a style self-described as: "Soulwax riding shotgun with Michael J Fox in his Delorean back to '93 to visit Carl Cox @ Fantazia, before dropping by Berlin to pick up Jesse Rose, Alex Ridha & Modesleketor squashing them in the backseat before making our final stop at a DFA tea party..." Raye's core sound revolves around disco influenced electronica , house, indie and tech with a good dollop of fidget, and a dash of early rave and quirky techno goodness thrown in for good measure. Raye's wide appreciation of all styles of music however allows his sound to be quite versatile and dependent on the gig, crowd and overall feel his sound can range through many styles and may contain any music in general that he likes regardless of genre or fancy style name he can make up for it.

All this has given Raye the opportunity to rock the spot alongside & support some of the most talented & personally influential acts & djs including: Cassius, Boys Noize, Surkin, Carl Cox, Bloc Party, Cajuan, Para One, Kissy Sell Out, Derrick Carter, Tom Neville, Larry Tee, Jesse Rose, Jona, Beastie Boys, Sander Kleinenberg, Chris Lake, Sasha, Switch, Yelle, Alan Braxe, Kris Menace, King Unique, Desyn Masiello, Nic Fanciulli, D Ramirez, Mark Knight, DJ Falcon, Sharam Jey, Tommie Sunshine, Play Paul, Roger Sanchez, Junior Jack & Kid Creme Greenskeepers, Tom Novy, Ewan Pearson, Paul Harris, Tim Deluxe, Luke Fair, Xpress 2, Sarah Main, Benny Bennasi, MYNC Project, Spencer Parker, Dirt Crew, CJ Bolland, Princess Superstar, Darren Emerson, Groove Armada, Yousef, Moguai & more as well as regularly playing alongside Australia's finest

"Was realy cool. Next time we come to the Gold Coast, we'll know with whom we'd be better hanging with!" [Play Paul]

Raye's genuine interest in the scene, local especially, has seen him over time host his own radio shows on Gold Coast's only dedicated dance music station 105.7 Radio Metro while also trying his hand at music journalism for a few street presses along the way. On top of this Raye has spent time working a handful of promotional campaigns and holding the enviable task of musical director for fashion shows of sorts where there's plenty of free champagne on offer.

Raye is also one half of production outfit Pow! Pow! ,alongside good chum Wongo. Formed only this year the duo have already had their first two remixes signed to Ministry of Sound & Domino records with things only starting to warm up

When not DJing or making music, Raye keeps himself busy in other areas of the scene. Predominately with running One Hit Wonder Media, as well as every now and then hosting a little shindig by the name of Show Pony.

"He is the best DJ in the world …" [Raye's mum]

xoxo