DJ Ray Baker Ray Baker Cheshire Discovered my passion for Dance Music around 1988/89. A close friend and neighbour of mine at the time used to hold regular mini 'raves' at his home, himself borrowing his older brothers Vinyl records who was a local DJ at the time. The electronic waves of sound pulled me in and i began purchasing Vinyl records myself. As the music entered into what became the 'Rave' era of the early 90's my love for the emerging Hardcore sound took over. I watched the Prodigy live at the Royal Court in 1992 and my love for all things rave was sealed. I started to attend events every weekend from around 1993 such as : Club Kinetic, The Hard Dock, Vibealite, Helter Skelter, Dreamscape and more locally Maximes, Wigan Pier, Mr Smiths etc etc. More often than not i would find myself close to the DJ box having a look and thinking wow that must be some buzz literally giving all these people the time of their lives every weekend. I bought my Technics 1200's in 1995 and got right into spending plenty of pennies on Vinyl records, all of which i still own. My first taste of playing out came at an 'Illegal' rave near my hometown of Widnes. I played a Hardcore set and was buzzing from the experience for days. I went on in my early 20's to hold a residency at a local Pub/Bar for 5 years or so playing parties, New Years Eve's and a regular Thursday night spot were anything from Happy Hardcore to Funky House would be played between 4 or 5 good local DJ's. For the large part with some Online Radio experience thrown in, DJing has always been a massive love and generally a hobby of mine. However more recently after a competition mix for Strictly Oldskool in Ibiza gaining some interest on here and Social Media, i have received numerous bookings within the Oldskool scene, becoming a regular at the ever growing S2S Festivals, playing alongside household names such as : DJ Slipmatt,Stu Allan, K-Klass, The Rat Pack, Mark XTC, DJ Faydz, Paul Taylor (for his Retro brand) and many more established top DJs within the scene. This has led me to some amazing venues one of which being one of the biggest and most respected of Dance Arena's Bowlers in Manchester, a venue i myself attended as a raver countless times in the mid 90's. The last couple of years seen me become a regular DJ for the massive BackByDopeDemand brand from Manchester who keep raising the bar time & time again with their all star Oldskool line-ups. I will always be into mixing music its something i just love to do, but this recent degree of recognition has given me even more passion for it all...... ;) Keep an eye on my Facebook & Twitter for future events i'm playing at. For info please contact : erayzor76@hotmail.co.uk DJ Ray Baker’s tracks Toejam & Earl : Opening Theme (Megadrive 1991) by DJ Ray Baker published on 2017-06-07T14:15:01Z Ray Baker July'16 by DJ Ray Baker published on 2016-07-11T21:48:44Z Ray Baker May'16 by DJ Ray Baker published on 2016-04-29T08:46:29Z Super Mario Galaxy: Stardust Road (Nintendo Wii 2007) by DJ Ray Baker published on 2015-02-10T13:06:26Z Wonderboy: Main BGM(Arcade 1986) by DJ Ray Baker published on 2014-11-16T20:04:32Z Old Skool & Club Classics Vinyl Mix 2 by DJ Ray Baker published on 2014-11-15T15:22:18Z SOS IBIZA WANTS YOU-Competition Mix by DJ Ray Baker published on 2014-03-06T18:17:52Z
Super Mario Galaxy: Stardust Road (Nintendo Wii 2007) by DJ Ray Baker published on 2015-02-10T13:06:26Z