Raresh at Heat Club - Oradea ROM 13/01/2007 - Dj Set
Minimal House, Microhouse, Techno, House Music

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Raresh, whose real name is Rareș Ionuț Iliescu, is a Romanian DJ and producer born in 1984 in Bacău, Romania.
His involvement with electronic music began during his adolescence: at around the age of 15, he started playing in a small club in his hometown and later obtained a residency at one of the main venues of the local electronic music scene.
In 2003, he moved to Bucharest, where he became involved with a more developed electronic music scene and with Sunrise, an organisation and agency that played an important role in his early professional development.
A decisive moment in his career came in 2006, when Ricardo Villalobos travelled to Romania for the first time and played alongside Raresh at an afterparty.
In 2007, together with Rhadoo and Petre Inspirescu, he founded [a:rpia], initially conceived as a platform for releasing music by the three artists. They are considered the fathers of the Rominimal, a genre strictly connected to Romanian artist and the microhouse subgenres.
In 2012, he started the Praslesh project with Romanian DJ and producer Praslea, initially centred on their shared DJ performances and later extended to production.
During the following years, Raresh remained primarily focused on DJing and extended club and festival sets. One of his most significant projects was fabric 78, released by fabric Records in 2014.
Raresh remains active as an international DJ in 2026. His recent activity continues to centre primarily on club and festival performances, while he remains associated with [a:rpia], his long-standing collaboration with Rhadoo and Petre Inspirescu, and the Praslesh project.

Heat Club opened on 20 December 2000 at 3 Strada Independenței in Oradea, Romania, at a time when dedicated electronic-music clubs were still relatively uncommon in the country.
During its first years, Heat developed primarily as a house and electronic-music club, becoming one of the established venues in Oradea's nightlife. Its programme combined local DJs with artists from the wider Romanian scene and international guests. By the second half of the 2000s, the club was increasingly connected with the generation of Romanian DJs working across house, minimal and techno.
Heat's programming became particularly relevant to the emerging Romanian minimal scene. Among the artists advertised at the club were Raresh, Rhadoo, Livio & Roby, Rosario Internullo, Pagal and Optick.
The club also hosted international artists and DJs working across house and related electronic styles. The club's programme was not restricted to minimal music, however, and continued to include broader house and commercial club formats depending on the period and event.
During the late 2000s and early 2010s, Heat continued to operate as a regular nightlife venue, with events generally concentrated on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
The venue closed in 2012.

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