Born in Wichita Falls,
Texas, Shaun Braswell aka “Ravotica” grew up in a musically enriched household.
He learned to play the piano and other instruments at an early age as
well as learning to sing and music theory. While growing up in Kaiserslautern Germany, he got his first true taste
of electronic and club music. He attended his first rave outside of Munich,
Germany, in 1989 and was hooked ever
since. From the moment he felt the first beats it would never leave his
head or his heart. It was almost a decade later before he started
producing his own tracks and became a club/underground DJ himself.
Starting out on an old set of decks and a custom made mixer he traveled
around doing shows from small parties to larger underground raves.
From 2001-2006 he took time off and gave up the scene to pursue
other matters of life, and in 2006 he picked up strong again and began
work on his debut album Ethereal Dreams under the new name Ravotica. In 2006 he won the MyNetwork TV Band Call
Out for Best Electronica Producer, got picked up for a charity album
called Hot Tails in the City to help assist in saving stray animals, was
selected to be a part of MyTracks with Coca-Cola, and was picked up by
Trance Fury Radio. In 2007 he was picked up by Little Mud Music,
Noteborn Music, and Feature Sounds, which all do placement for Film and
Television. In February of 2007 he was signed by
John Harris to Modromantics Dance and released his
album Ethereal Dreams in July.
Since May he has been a resident DJ of Overdrive Underground and
is now releasing his music through Andromeda Recordings.
Great things are coming for this young trance artist in the
future; we’ll see what is in store for him as time goes by. |
