About: Dj & Producer Ratz Lukas was born in Riga. His first experience as a Dj was in 1996. He started by mixing with two cassette recorders at his school. In 2000 Ratz Lukas finished music school and he took his vinyl and cd bags and moved to the city of Ventspils. There he began deejaying for 2 years in the club "Kurzeme" as the resident Dj. During that time Ratz Lukas played in every big party in the city. He also regularly made house parties in the espresso bar "Double Coffee". In 2004 he came back to Riga and started his residency in club "Graceland" (R.I.P.). In 2005 he was booked for many private & public events like “Summer Welcome Party”, “La Cosmo Party”, “Roof off 2005”, “Roof off 2006”, “From Vinyl with Love”, “Samsung white nights” are just a few of... At the same time Ratz got an invitation from Discomania Ltd to connect Discomania Dj Crew. By 2006 Ratz Lukas was in the lineup of almost every big house event in Latvia, also keep playing in Lithuania, Finland and UK over and over again. Ratz played on one stage with Hoxton Whores, Benjamin Bates, Timo Garcia, Smokingroove, Joe Le Groove, Paul Darey, Egoiste, Jupiter Ace, Scott Lummes, Dan Tickler, Diego CK, Bogdan Taran, Dave Storm, Marius Ivanoff and more.
In summer of 2006 Ratz came together with some promoters from Riga and established an organization called Discoteq which promotes high quality electro house parties around Latvian night clubs and other unusual venues. This turning-point allowed Ratz to land 2nd at Latvian DJ TOP 2007. At the same time Ratz was a resident in one of the best nightclubs in Riga, in club C1113 in old town till spring of 2007. From 2008 he has successful collaboration - with famous Latvian singer Ella, and also with DEXTER promotion. This is also the time when he changed more to tech-house sound. By now Ratz is booked on almost every big event in Latvia. In addition to deejaying, Ratz is also busy producing his own tracks and intros, which he plays in his sets. You can still hear people screaming for more while he plays his production like “Global Weekend”, “So Far So Good” and other. Thanks to his sets and love for music, Ratz has become one of the most popular DJ in Latvia.