
Ray Castle
Mediage

Art
Closet Artists Gallery
Director and curator of exhibitions
’80-‘82
Established alternative art space, – Closet Artists Gallery –
Queen St, Auckland, 1980/82. Promoted emerging artists and themed mixed media exhibitions: Pop Shots Rock photography exhibition, Art Clothing, Cartoon Art, solo artist exhibitions: Phillip Clairmont, Nigel Brown, Dean Buchannan, John Eaden, Kim Gunter, Debra Bustin, Stuart Page…
Awarded NZ Arts Council Travel grant in 1983, to travel to America and Europe. Lectured on NZ art.

Back story
Music, Production & DJ
Rock and punk in 70s
Established and managed live music venue,
Liberty Stage, Auckland ’79.
Hip hop rapper ‘83/’84
DJ of psychedelic techno ’86-‘97
Organised Goa style parties in Japan
’87-’91.
Involvement Pagan Productions Amsterdam.
The first Psy trance parties in Europe ’88-91
Toured extensively Europe and Japan throughout the
90s. Participation in events, Return To The Source and The
Voov
First open ‘bush doofs’ in Australia from ’94. ‘Trance Elements,’ ‘Beyond The Brain’ Byron Bay, First ‘Earth Core,’ First ‘Rainbow Serpent’ Victoria. ‘Happy Valley’ Sydney
‘Equinox’ Japan. After 2000 ‘Tokyo Decadance,’ ‘Hagisa Music
Festival’
Discography
Masaray – Time Traveller Of Trance 12” vinyl EP – Psy-harmonics Records 1995 Masaray – Cosmic Trancer CD Psy-Harmonics, Sonic Sufi – Sacramental CD Psy-Harmonics, Optimum Flux vinyl EP
Rhythmystec – Ray Castle & Nick Taylor – Plasmatik EP vinyl – Matsuri Productions Records 1995 (Released on various cd comps as well)
Rhythmystec – Cathexis EP vinyl – Matsuri Productions Records 1996 (Released on various cd comps as well)
Exotic Matter – Ray Castle – Gold Ghost – Beats Working – Organarchy CD comp 1996
Insectoid – EP vinyl 12” – New Vistas/Shamantec – KavatorRecords 1996
Insectoid – Omniscient – Dancing To The Sound Of The Sun comp – Psy Harmonics Records 1997
Insectoid – CD compilation – The Web – The Wizardry Of Oz – Transient Records 1997
Insectoid – Ray Castle, Nick Spacetree, Mark Turner –
CD Album – Groovology Of The Metaverse – Weird Music Society Records 1998
Insectoid – CD compilation – Tribedelic Nomads – Sacred Sites – Return To The Source Records 1998
Masaray – Hammer Head – Weird Music Society comp cd & Green Ant comp cd – 1998
Higher Spin States – Heinous Groove Gland – Ray Castle & Ollie Olsen – 10 Kilos Records Comp CD also on Psy-Harmonics 4 comp – Out On The Full 1998
Syzgism – Ray Castle & Hideyuki Mitsumoto – Synaptec – Equinox CD comp Strong Sun Moon 1998
Exotic Matter – Ray Castle – Chiros – Psychedelic KremboSelected Tunes Part 3 comp – Krembo Records – 1999
Exotic Matter – Ray Castle – Astral Attache – Demon Tea Records 1999
Tongue ‘N’ Tweak – Ray Castle & Phil Thomson –Seminal Ra – 12” vinyl (Also on cd comp – Edges R Fun – EdgecoreRecords) 1999
Compilation compiled & produced by Ray Castle – Gourmet Genre –Equinox-Techno Flux – Majesty Of The Muse by Ray Castle – Arcane Trickster – The Kid From Kun Lun Remix by Ray Castle 2000
Meta-Pod – Ray Castle & Kox Box (Ian Johansson, Frank Madsen) – Exit Ericsson – Gourmet Genre comp cd – South Africa 2000 – Solstice Music International 2000
Ray Castle – Universal Rhythm Of Love – e-jam cd001– ElejamRecords – cd comp 2001
Ray Castle – Nakano Manga – Autumn Jade cd comp – Twine Trax Records – 2006
Ray Castle - Wabi Sabi Mercurious - Metaray & Wakyo - 2009

