Raven is a Berlin-based DJ, producer, vocalist and audiophile.

Raven is by every definition a DJ’s DJ: an artist with an encyclopedic knowledge of techno history, a truly nerdy level of technical skill, impeccable, discerning taste and an authentic commitment to nurturing the underground. Her EPs Flames (2020) and Mania (2021)––which pair her hypnotic and tender vocals with driving, sexy beats––were both released on Radio Slave’s cult label, Rekids. Her cerebral siren songs also quickly caught the attention of Amelie Lens, who featured Raven’s standout track “Metal on Metal” on her compilation Exhale VA002 (2021) and Global Underground #44 (2022). Since then, Raven has become a regular at Amelie Lens’ EXHALE and has appeared on lineups at Awakenings, Unreal Germany and Berghain.

Don’t be fooled by her vegan diet, tooth-gemmed smile or soft-spoken, soothing voice––Raven’s dark, hard-hitting sets are not for the faint of heart. With influences that range everywhere from The Ring to Joey Beltram, Raven’s renegade fusion of acid, trance and rave dissolves the distinction between genres and always maintains an element of surprise. Although distinctly forward-thinking, Raven’s particular affinity for tracks made before the year 2000 has resonated profoundly with the current zeitgeist in club culture, which is shaped in equal parts by futurism and nostalgia.

Though now well known among the international club circuit as the ethereal and uncompromising “techno Tinkerbell,” Raven (and yes, it is her real name) has had countless past musical lives––from writing songs at age 7 to singing in a gospel choir. The Canadian-born artist didn’t start DJing out of desire, but rather necessity: she couldn’t find artists to play the music she wanted to hear. Beginning with a weekly rave series she hosted in an abandoned building in downtown Toronto, Raven has long been guided by a greater mission to create new scenes and sounds in places that are lacking. Since then, she has fluttered from city to city––Los Angeles, Chicago, Mexico City, Barcelona and Berlin––sprinkling her signature sound and sonic fairy dust around the globe like musical fertilizer.