DJ Ray Keith

Ray Keith was born in the heart of Essex, in the historic town of Colchester. He first started DJ’ing way back in 1989 after having an immense passion for underground music as well as funk and soul. His big break came when he managed to get to know the then owners of well known Clacton nightclub ‘Oscars’ who gave him the chance to unleash his wealth of talents which he enjoyed so much he was hooked for life.

Ray has had varied tastes in music ranging from soul/jazz to hip-hop and acid house. He says his influences include fellow DJ’s Fabio, Grooverider, Colin Hudd, Johnny Walker and Evil (Eddie) Richards. He started at the Crazy Club, which was held at the Astoria. At this time he also played at the Pet Shop Boys parties, every function they played at Ray would also DJ at. He has since moved on and played for almost every major event organiser including events as far as Switzerland, Iceland, Germany and Italy. He is a resident at the Lazerdrome in Peckham, Milwaukee’s and the Paradise Club. Groove Connection handles all his work.

Travelling around the country to different events has not always been as smooth as he would have liked it. On one occasion he found himself travelling to an event in Gt Yarmouth in a different car to his tunes. The other car got lost and he missed his set!! At the Astoria one evening Ray was the last to play. The stage layout was such that the DJ’s were on a raised platform above the stage. At the end of his set he found himself stuck up there for half an hour whilst the person responsible for lowering the platform went off for a cup of tea!!

Since 1990 Ray has been working as a recording artist and producer for his own style of music and other genres. He has the ability to create new sounds and innovative directions from simple arrangements, also inventing original pieces of music to challenge the ever-increasing dance music scene. His accolades have been remixes with artists such as Moby, St Etienne, Shades Of Rhythm and Orbital. He has currently completed remixes for chart toppers ‘Big Brovaz’ on Epic and I & I on AK recordings which is being pursed by several record labels.