Some Favorite Clubs, Parties &
Festivals where performed:

Pacha -NYC
Ultra Festival 2006 - Miami, USA
Studio Martin - Bucuresht, Romania
Jokerred - Seoul, S.Korea
Decadance - Ghent, Belgium
Kroma - Athens, Greece
Fellini - Barcelona, Spain
Safari Zoo – Ibiza
La Cova - Barcelona, Spain
Club 4, City Hall - Barcelona, Spain
Subsonic Water Safari - Ibiza
Electro Paz - Bogota, Colombia
Kubik - Barcelona
Metropolis - Paris, France
Abajur - Cortina, Italy
Torn De Ni- Tarragona, Spain
Afterlife - Maracaibo, Venezuela
Buddah Tronic - Caracas, Venezuela
Sullivan Room - NYC
Cicada Rhythm - Kansas City, USA
Rizumu - Philadelphia, USA
Motor - Detroit, USA

Labels//
Para Disco - BUSH - Vandit - Gotham Grooves - Gotham City Records - Circle Music

Bookings//
Deep ‘art

Artist Profile//           
ARA's contributions to the global music scene have included releases and remixes on globally respected labels like Vandit (Paul Van Dyk's label), Terminal M, BUSH, Circle Music, Advanced and many more. Other alter egos: Agent Orange, Calimocho, and Orange Sound.

Imagine groovy, hypnotizing, pulsating dance-floor synthesized grooves, mashed together with the folk music of the Balkan region. Countries like Romania, Serbia, Greece, Armenia, Macedonia, Croatia, Bulgaria etc. Traditional fanfare brass bands, Spanish Guitar, Duduk, accordion, beautiful Bulgarian female choirs and more. At times painting deep, lush atmospheres, while other times playing fast and furious Balkan melodies that create dance floor explosions! Some like to call it "Balkan Tekno" while others call it "Ethnic Tech-House" for ARA it's a fusion of the music that he grew up with and loves!

ARA was born in New York City into a Romanian and Armenian family. From a young age he was exposed to all types of music and cultural experiences, especially those of his families roots: The areas of the Balkans and Caucasus mountains. By age 12 he developed a deep love and respect for his own cultural musics and at the same time became very passionate about a totally new brand of music that was emerging - the Electronic Dance genre. He became an avid record collector and began to DJ at parties all through out his neighborhood and community.

By age 18 he brought his unique fusion of ethnic and electronic music to some of the most legendary clubs of NYC. Things went well and he decided to make music his life's full-time passion and in 2000 he started his first record label Gotham Grooves. With the launch of the label came collaborations with many big artists and bigger gigs on a global level.

After years 6 of touring, producing music, and releasing on internationally acclaimed record labels, he decided to move to Europe so he could be closer to the source of the music that he loved. From his new studio in Spain he spent the next 3 years traveling and playing gigs all across Europe while at the same time continuing to carefully craft his own music and pick-ing up a recording engineer diploma from SAE in Barcelona.

Aside from his first label Gotham Grooves he has teamed up with DJ Becka to and start Gotham City Records and began a new label Para Disco. The first release, a deep electronic remake of the grammy award winning Amy Winehouse track 'Rehab', hit #16 on the Beatport overall sales charts and was a huge hit in Miami during the Winter Music Conference 2008, being played by artists like Armin Van Buurin, Who The Funk, Tommy Sunshine, and Danny Tenaglia.

Some past label/artist/event collaborations have been with DJ's like: Carl Cox, Christian Smith, Valentino Kanzyani, Marko Nastic, Paul Van Dyk, and Monika Kruse just to name a few.