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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

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