Raphael Donny is a graphic designer and visual artist. He is currently based in Jogja. Under ACID 029 management label, he performs as a visual jockey at rave party and some of the hottest venues and clubs the capital has to offer such as Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya, Bali, even Kuala Lumpur and much more, He had the pleasure in working with some of the worlds finest DJs and with almost all nation finest DJs. He uses a mix of graphic creations, live footage and video clips. He believes that anything and everything is visual and can be used for vjing, this represents the style and feel of the music being generated at the club and parties. In 2002, he started vjing at Safir Cafe Jogjakarta, and used "VJ Dontknee“ as his personal performer’s name for residential VJ at TJ’s Club couple years later.He is well experienced on multimedia technology such as Edirol Video Mixer, Datathon, Kramer matrix, etc. With his high skills and knowledge on massive visual, he has been trusted to handle so many big party such as :
2004 Sound of Temple @ Prambanan Jogja
2004 Hugo’s Out @ Kaliadem Jogja
2005 Volcano High @ Kaliurang Jogja
2005 Climax on the Beach @ Balangan Bali
2007 777 Parade -1945MF 10th Anniversary @ Gunung Geulis Bogor (Main Stage)
2008 Embassy Playground @ Carnaval Beach Ancol Bay City (Main Stage)
2008 SunDance @ Jayakarta Hotel Jogja
2008 Jungle Beat @ Kaliurang Jogja
2008 Marlboro Red Racing X-perience @ Sentul Bogor (Main Stage)
2009 Djarum BLACK Heart Attack - Massive Visual @ Jogja and Solo
2009 Illuminight - A Light Beat of Love @ Bukit Kiara Indoor Arena Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
2010 KICKFEST - The Biggest Clothing Festival in Asia @ JEC Jogja
2010 DJAKARTA WAREHOUSE PROJECT @Carnaval Beach Ancol Bay (Peace Arena / Main Stage)
2010 GATECRASHER @Carnaval Beach Ancol Bay (Main Stage)
2010 Passion Alive CUT//COPY concert @Bengkel Jakarta
2010 Klapa Summer Beach Festival @Klapa Bali
2011 LA Light Menthol GREENFIELD @Lor In Hotel Park, Solo
2011 MILD DJAKARTA WAREHOUSE PROJECT @Tennis Indoor & Outdoor Senayan Jakarta
and so much more club parties .....
Therefor he has been voted as REDMA 2010 VJ OF THE YEAR along side VJ LosTSisKa as his vjing partner
He has been sharing the crowd with International DJs and artists such as :
Andy Moor (UK), Arjun Vagale (MOS, India), ATB (Germany), Bart Van Wiseen (NL), Ben (UK), Bob Sinclar (French), CUT//COPY (AUS), Cosmic Gate (Germany), Chuckie (NL), Dash Berlin (NL), Diamond (USA), Emma Hewitt (NL), Eric Entrena (Spain), Empire Of The Sun (AUS), Ferry Corsten (NL), First State (NL), Fred Falke (French), Jean Claude Ades (Germany), Jamez Zabiela (UK), Jason Bye (Germany), Jazzy Jeff (US), Kosmas Epsiolon (Greece), Ladytron (UK), Marco V (NL), Mat Caseli (Pacha Ibiza), Michaela Salacova (Miss Czech Republic), Miss Dilemma (Sweden), Misjah (Belgium), Moonlight Matters (French), Nicola Gala (Greece), Niklas Harding (Armada Rec, Denmark), Osamu M (Japan), Paul Van Dyk (Germany), Roger Shah (Germany), Roger Sanchez (US), SolarStone (UK), SubSky (Turki), Telefon Tel Aviv (US), Tatiana (US), Tocadisco (Germany) etc.
As his alter ego, TheDeparture, Raphael Donny has numerous project on fine-art base visual such as :
- Speaker for VJ workshop @ Yogyakarta International Video Festival 2006
- Video Performance World Refugees Day at Lembaga Indonesia Prancis 2007
- Video works and visual for Jogja Philharmonic Orchestra 2007
- Video works and visual for Sims Art Music Gathering 2007
- Video works and visual for Rizky Summerbee & The Honeythief 2007
- Video works and visual for Neo-Nation Jogja Biennale 2008
- Video works and visual for Psychedelia and its Substances 2008
- Video works and visual for Shakuntala by Naomi Srikandi at Komunitas Salihara Jakarta 2008
- Video works and visual for ZIRAPH #1 at Lembaga Indonesia Prancis 2009
- Video works and visual for Soda Untuk Cita by The Migrating Troops at Lembaga Indonesia Prancis 2010
- etc.
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