Boasting support from Martin Garrix, Tiesto, Avicii, The Chainsmokers, Showtek, Knife Party, David Guetta, and many more, Ray Decker better known as “Kastra” has made quite a name for himself in the dance music community over the past decade. Most known for his 2022 viral single “Fool For You” which was a viral phenomenon in China and other parts of Asia. The song racked up over a billion views on Douyin and Tiktok and is still seeing sustained traction. It also charted #24 on US Billboard Dance and was #9 on Japan’s most Shazamed songs as well as in other Asian countries. “Fool For You” launched Kastra in to the Asian touring markets where he performed on the mainstage of Creamfields Thailand, Creamfields, Hong Kong, and Creamfields Taiwan. The following yeah he made his debut in mainland China with a Fall 2024 tour.
Kastra has released various singles and remixes on some of the dance music industries top labels including Armada Music, Spinnin Records, Ultra Music, Revealed Recordings, Dim Mak, and Ministry of Sound. Among these released were some major collaborations with artists such as Grammy award winner Fatman Scoop and DJ Mag #5 artist Timmy Trumpet. His record with Timmy Trumpet “Wassup” has racked up over 13 million Spotify plays and went to #1 on Australia’s Radio Metro. Later that year Kastra released “U & Me” with twoDB which was selected by BPM on Sirius XM as a BPM Breaker. It went on to be his first top 10 Billboard Dance record rising to the position of #8. Later that year his cover of Fergie’s “Glamorous” would give him his second top 20 Billboard record rising to the #16 spot. He has done official remixes for Ava Max, Showtek, 3LAU, Frank Walker, Madison Mars, Sultan + Shepard, and many more. Recently his remixes have been circulating on TikTok including a Lady Gaga approved rework of “Abracadabra” which racked up millions of views and hundreds of thousands of streams on YouTube and Soundcloud.
Kastra has toured all over the US the last few years making stops at such places as Breakaway Festival, Academy LA, Nebula NYC, and Big Night Live Boston. He also had 2 support tours with Cheat Codes and Audien. In this short amount of time, he’s gained the support for his free and official releases from EDM’s top blogs including Dancing Astronaut, This Song is Sick, Fresh New Track, Your EDM, and many more noting him as “one of the most under rated house producers out at the moment”.