Born in the Canary Islands, Rayko got himself into electronic music along with his friend Ilya Santana. From that moment, he became regular at clubs with the main aim of extending his musical horizons. This brought him to produce his own music and play what he always wanted to listen in a club (mainly electro-funk and disco in all its forms). In the year 2000, he got a pair of second hand Technics, a lap top and 'voilà'... A new stage in his life began, dominated by the constant seek of new frontiers. He is actually working on different musical projects and managing the label Rare Wiri Records.
/// RELEASES
///ESKIMO - COSMIC BALEARIC BEATS VOL.2
Out on the 7th September
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///PICCADILLY RECORDS REVIEW:
'Ilya Santana & Rayko get presented with a big disco ball shaped trophy as they win RECORD OF THE WEEK with this super double header, looks like Rare Wiri could be a label to watch... A new label is always something to get excited about, who've they got on it? What's the output gonna be like etc etc. As they say the proof is in the eating (I always thought they actually said the proof is in the pudding, but I am often wrong), and I must say this debut release defo has something to get your teeth into. On side-A, Ilya Santana pops his head up again with "Instrumental Oddissey", taking the baton from Danny Wang (the man who brought him to our attention), this is a belting disco swirl, laden with strings, killer synth lines, monstrous hand clap and groovy bassline, pretty much all you need for a night under the disco ball. Over on side-B Rayko's "White Russian" fills the spacey, cosmic quota with aplomb, it's a little bit Italo in the bassline, more cool spacey synth sounds and a solid beat, nice stuff I wonder what Disco Wiri have in store for us next?'.
///PHONICA RECORDS REVIEW:
'Two excellent balaeric disco gems on this nice new Spanish label called Rare Wiri that schedules all sorts of fresh sounding house and nu disco. The first one is by Ilya Santana and Rayko both showing off with some nice quality tunes with a summerish Balearic feeling. 'Instrumental Odissey is one of Ilya Santana's most complete works so far taking us on a classy disco house trip. Rolling disco bass lines with smooth synths and easy melodies supported by classic disco strings. 'White Russian' on the flip is the debut of another great Canary Island producer called Rayko... and another proof of the talent this label will bring in the near future!'.
///PICCADILLY RECORDS REVIEW:
The second release on the Spanish label Rare Wiri bring us another two quality club tracks. On A side we have "Wanting You" by Ilija Rudman featuring vocals Show-B. This is a killer house tempo nu-disco track filled with awesome acidic bass, 'Eastenders' syndrums and cool synths to make the dancefloor move (and not to the bar either ;-)). On the flip Rayko & F. Pineda hit the floor with an edit of 80s classic "Walk The Night" by the Skatt Bros. It keeps the chugging midtempo electroid disco of the original, but snips out the camp vocal, leaving us with an extended instrumental version to enjoy. Top quality gear, both sides.
Beatfanatic "Guide" (Rayko cosmic mix)
"Guide" gets the Rayko Cosmic remix, literally taking it to stratospheric heights with a slow burning cosmic groove that just don't quit. Quality as usual.
Beatfanatic/ROBOTS & GUIDE EP 12" SCR018 9 EXC $8.25 Groove Dis Exclusive. New three track EP from BEATFANATIC. "ROBOTS" could be a KRAFTWERK hommage with an 80s movie score style. "HOT" has more 80s style warm synths and JAN HAMMER meets Italo disco flair. "GUIDE (RAYKO COSMIC REMIX)" features RAYCO PENA's synths and beats with some nearly wordless sexy female vocals. DISCO HOUSE Listen: http://www.groovedis.com/m3u/scr018.m3u Details: http://www.groovedis.com/shop/product.php?productid=165860
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