About
Souhail Guesmi, better known by his stage name Ratchopper, is a multifaceted artist hailing from Jendouba, Tunisia. Seamlessly intertwining being a pianist, composer, DJ, record producer, sound designer, mixing and mastering engineer and experimental solo artist, he leaves his signature mark on a diverse range of artistic endeavours.
Driven by a deep curiosity, Ratchopper began his artistic journey at 14 years old. He started exploring sounds by meticulously deconstructing and recreating music that he heard in FL Studio, eventually crafting his own instrumentals. He garnered local attention after sharing his productions online, leading to collaborations with well-known Tunisian artists, and eventually becoming an established name himself, branching out regionally and internationally.
Alongside his growing career as a producer, Souhail began teaching himself piano, honing his technique through improvisation and composing his own pieces. Not long after graduating high school, he decided to actively pursue a career in music, abandoning his academic path in economics. As his skills developed over the years, Souhail's compositions received increasing recognition leading to international commissions, more recently resulting in his chamber music song cycle "Appel de l'Inconnu" headlining at the prestigious Salle Gaveau in Paris, 2023.
In-between studio sessions, dj-gigs, composing symphonic pieces, and touring some of the biggest international stages alongside charting artists, he also developed his own experimental and unique sound as a solo artist, releasing three EP's under his own label - the last of which dropped exclusively as a download on his own platform BLOC C, consciously circumventing streaming platforms.
Since 2018, Souhail has also run his own record label BLOC C. Established to provide structure and legal protection to artists regionally, it serves as part of a wider ambition to bring recognition to Tunisian culture and talent, something he always strives for even through his work with international artists, platforming local musicians as well as regional instruments and styles whenever he can.
In recent years he has expanded his discography both as a producer and a mixing/mastering engineer with several internationally charting artists, such as Ghali, Lella Fadda, Zeyne, and recurringly with Saint Levant, with their hit single Kalamantina reaching #1 on Billboard Arabia's Top 50 Levantine in May 2025, and expanding the definition of Arabic pop. He most recently fully produced, mixed and mastered Saint Levant's latest album AFANDI, which debuted at #10 on Spotify's Top Albums Debut Global chart, and featured regional heavyweights like Haifa Wehbe and Mohammed Assaf.
