Brought up on by the greats of soul music, such as Teddy Pendergrass, Loose Ends, The Chi-Lites, McFadden & Whitehead, Barry White, Thelma Houston, The Jones girls and the temptations.

DJ Pete Hostetler was first well known for his dancing skills as that took him around the south of England, and after a long spell of spinning around on his head he decided to entertain clubbers a different way, which started off helping with DJ setting up and playing the odd tune.  

The musical heritage rests firmly on the shoulders of soul funk and disco.  In 1987 and at just 19 years of age he landed his first regular DJ gig at a local nightclub - ‘Oceans’ after standing in for a broken down DJ and soon afterwards was a regular face in some of the Saturday night parties.  News of his success soon got around, and it wasn't long before he was approached by nearby nightclub managers who offered him weekly slots and guest appearances.  

Evolving from the more soulful parts of disco, garage music with its soaring vocals and jazzy instrumentals, captured the ears for him.  From the start there has always been a little bit of soul.... then he branched out into the commercial side of dance music that still contained soulful influences from the likes of:- Louie Vega, Tony Humphries, Eric Morillo, Todd Terry and Danny Tenaglia, Terry Hunter, Leroy Burgess, Dennis Ferrer, MK, Copyright, Bimbo Jones and Cahill
 
Aside from regular dates in the UK, he has graced the decks in Albuferia - Portugal, Kavos - Greece, Buena park, Palm springs - California, M

Raymond – DJ, remixer, performer and co-director of one of London’s leading entertainment roadshows company. He is now highly regarded as one of the most sought after and upcoming open-format DJs in London today. He promotes his music and performance style as an eclectic mashup of modern House fused with HipHop, RnB and Old Skool to unleash mega club bangers!

Having studied guitar and piano from an early age, Vik’s passion for music entertainment has grown his talent into a rising club DJ. He has scored impressive gigs and residencies at London’s most established venues including Pacha and The O2 London for several pre-concert and after parties for high profile artists including Beyonce, Jay Z, Ne-Yo, Nicki Minaj, Jennifer Lopez, Avicii, Blink182 and The Killers. He was also recently chosen as a special guest DJ for London Fashion Week 2013 and the European Urban Music Awards 2013.

The Raymond sound is now being aired on radio around the world! His music has landed him multiple mix sessions on KISS FM, the UK's leading radio station for HipHop and RnB, in addition several shows on Push FM and Soul Legends Radio. He also releases his own monthly pod cast – the every growing popular “VikToreus Secret House Show”, which often features special guest artists and DJs from around the world.

As a remix artist, Vik produces unique western/eastern remixes and mashups, which bring the whole party to life. With a strong online following across YouTube and SoundCloud, his fans comment: “this guy’s flow is completely different, he mixes anything and everything, old skool to new skool…something for everyone!”. 

With Vik, you won’t just get the usual chart hits, he’ll mix in sounds from a range of genres to make the party that extra special. It’s fair to say that the Raymond Secret is out in the open ;) ...the party has just begun!

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