Arnold van Lee, aka Ragatek,
is an MC who was born in Caracas. After playing
with several bands during his adolescence, he
was a singer and a guitar player for Soma Raza
for more than 10 years, touring with them throughout
Europe and South America, and producing three
records. Having settled in Barcelona for some
time now, he has exclusively dedicated the last
two years to performing as an MC in drum&bass
sessions. He is actually the resident mc every
Friday at Trinity Crew’s live sessions
"Bass Line" and Thursdays at the nights
Essential in the mythical Barcelonian club Plataforma
along with DJ Uzi and sharing the stage with
MC R VEE and Super Tee. He’s working to
show that it’s possible to perfectly play
this music genre in Spanish. In addition, he
maintains his regular collaborations with MCs
and DJs of Barcelona and London’s drum&bass
scene. He is also a founding member of Krew
DNBCN, a collective that recruits new and veteran
DJs and MCs and aims to stimulate the musical
urban movement of drum&bass, in its hard
step, jump up and dance hall styles, in Barcelona.
Along with all of this work in the Barcelona
nightlife and scene, Ragatek
MC is completing his first solo record, "Chaos
vs control".
