Crazy late Gen-X electronic music freak into everything from disco to drum and bass. House and techno are my first loves.

RAVEN, a Greek Trans DJ, born in Cardiff, Wales. She has always loved dance music. In her early years, traveling back and forth to Cyprus and Greece, she drew inspiration from the sounds in Europe and added them to her collection, fusing two styles together to find unity.

After moving to Manchester in 2015, she delved into underground club culture, experiencing all forms of electronic music in its true essence. She explored her identity and sexuality through the music she discovered, finding a spiritual healing of love and understanding how music connects people. RAVEN spent time actively going out with the people she loved and collected records that liberated her through her everyday experiences.

In 2018, she picked up a controller and decided to start learning to DJ, allowing music and sound to amplify change. She developed a love for collecting records, and one day she realised it was time to organise sounds into playlists, bringing her own style into her mixes. She set up her own radio station, DEXO, from 2020 to 2021, amplifying sounds around the world.

RAVEN's pure passion for dance, house, and electronic music radiates through her sets. Her music embodies spiritual healing, transformation, and change through dance—a journey of celebrating identity, expression, and the freedom to celebrate each other where the music is heard. She hopes for positive change in our world and a place where people can be themselves, living safely without war, bigotry, and discrimination.

In 2024, RAVEN has decided to start producing music. She aims to use her voice to resist the state, amplifying her sound through the trans experience. There is no trans freedom until Palestine is free; our trans Palestinian siblings need us now.

RAVEN has hope for change through sound and music.

Belgian dad / DJ / music producer / arts support worker on Kaurna Land (via Berlin). Record collector since ‘99.

Contact: gratts.dj@gmail.com

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