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Ravin
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Born
on
the
island
of
Mauritius,
Ravin
was
educated
in
the
Hindu
tradition,
and
was
then
taken
by
his
Indian
parents
to
Jaipur
in
Rajasthan
where
he
would
spend
most
his
youth.
As
a
teenager,
Ravin
then
came
to
Paris
where
he
began
working
in
a
record
company
selecting
vinyl
compilations.
Very
quickly
music
became
his
love
affair,
and
while
playing
in
clubs
throughout
the
80s,
Ravin
embarked
on
a
successful
career
that
has
endured
for
many
years.
During
this
early
period,
the
happening
clubs
in
Paris
witnessed
the
rapid
emergence
of
new
electronic
sounds
and
Ravin,
now
resident
DJ
at
the
Rex,
Boy
and
Bains
Douches
immersed
himself
in
the
exciting
high
tech
wave
that
engulfed
the
world.
The
opening
of
the
Buddha
Bar
in
1997
marked
a
big
turning
point
in
Ravin’s
musical
direction.
The
spiritual
atmosphere
and
high
ceilings
of
this
temple-like
place
harmonised
perfectly
with
Ravin’s
personality
and
artistic
desires.
In
the
years
that
followed,
Ravin,
while
working
as
the
Buddha
Bar’s
in
house
DJ,
became
an
internationally
renowned
pioneer
of
an
entirely
new
genre
of
music
that
mixed
the
eastern
airs
of
his
youth
with
the
electronic
sounds
of
his
new
home
in
Paris.
Quite
literally,
at
the
Buddha
Bar
he
was
allowed
to
go
wherever
his
heart
took
him.
He
collaborated
on
the
recording
of
Buddha
Bar
I
and
II,
on
which
he
contributed
the
more
airy/organic
tracks
for
Claude
Challe.
Ravin
then
taking
the
helm
at
the
Buddha
Bar,
gained
a
double
gold
disc
as
sole
author/producer
of
Buddha
Bar
III,
considered
by
many
as
the
most
innovative
title
of
the
highly
successful
series.
The
following
year
Ravin
released
Amnesty
International
with
Franck
Nigel
to
commemorate
the
40th
anniversary
of
the
human
rights
movement.
Ravin’s
growing
international
reputation
has
taken
him
to
far
off
places
where
he
regularly
appears
in
some
of
the
world’s
most
cutting
edge
clubs.
Still
the
resident
DJ
at
the
Buddha
Bar,
he
is
developing
and
pushing
his
own
limits
as
an
artist.
Increasingly
interested
in
the
art
of
remixing
and
producing,
he
is
now
solicited
by
the
world’s
best
talents.
Ravin
quite
literally
lives
for
music.
One
of
his
favourite
proverbs
recalls
Nietzsche:
“without
music,
life
would
be
a
mistake”
Discography:
April
2001-
Buddha
Bar
III
November
2001
-
Amnesty
International
January
2003
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