Rony Rex

Vartio started his career back in 2013 and was voted as the best rising DJ in Finland in 2014.^[1] He has performed in number of Finnish music festivals such as Flow Festival, Weekend Festival, Provinssi, and Ruisrock.^[2] He previously hosted his own club concepts Floorluv (2011–2014), Lasermehu (2015–)^[3] and Talli (2017–2019).^[4]

Rony made his music debut in 2017, with the song ''Sticky Fingers''. Since then he has released music on labels such as Youth Control, Needwant, and Kitsuné.^[5][6] Vartio has subsequently collaborated with a number of international artists, such as Carla Monroe,^[7] girli,^[8] TT The Artist,^[9] Ravenna Golden,^[10] and Nakamura Minami.^[11] His song ''Milk It'' with Carla Monroe charted on the Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay Chart in 2019.^[12] In 2023, Vartio celebrated his 10-year career as Rony Rex with his debut compilation album *10*.^[13] In 2022 Vartio's label announced via social media that his song F*cked it Up (Gas Gas Remix) had been streamed over 80 million times on the Chinese music platform NetEase.^[14][15]

Rony hosted his own electronic music show on the Finnish Bassoradio from 2016 to 2018.^[16] In 2018, he switched over to the Finnish national radio channel YleX, where he hosts a weekly club music show.^[17][18][19]