Biography
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Raimundas Macevicius aka. Ray Calman was born in 1984 in Klaipeda, Lithuania, where he lives now. His interest in music started when he was ten years old, he watched TV music channels like MTV and VIVA, where he saw "House TV" (later it was renamed to "Berlin House"). The music on that broadcast just charmed him. This probably was the hook that later pushed him to show much more interest in dance music.
He started dj‘ing at school for the first time. During this time his taste in music has changed, and he became a fan of house music after trying many music styles.
He started producing in 2003, when he met Simuck, producer from Siauliai city, who has been preparing to release his first vinyl in Lithuanian recording company RyRalio. When Ray got 18, he has started to visit night clubs. And then his real musical life has started.
In 2005 September, he has started his own radio show called "Sinteze" ("Synthesis") at the local city radio station - "Radijas 9" ("Radio 9"). There he interviewed local DJs/Producers, played guest mixes, announced events, reviewed hottest news from world dance music scene. There was even a time when DJs were mixing live from the studio.
Same year later he released his first debut single „Kashmir“ on FeralCode Records, which was very successful and was supported by Chris Salt, DJ Tarkan & V-Sag, Snake Sedrick, Perry O‘neil, Benz & MD and many more.
In March 2008 his radio show „Sinteze“ has been moved to one of the biggest radio station in Lithuania „Zip Fm“.
At the same time Ray has started his proffesional DJ career.
Main influences: John Digweed, Stephan Bodzin and many more, which are always changing.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.