Tev was born in Noumea in 1988, french polynesian DJ based in New Caledonia who enter in the world of electronic music production since 2k19. Ātea is a Polynesian word which means Far Away... Which gave birth to Tevātea.

His influences draw from several completely different universes, such as SlowMo, Downtempo, Nu Disco, New Wave, Synthwave, Cold Wave, Dark Wave, Post-Punk, Indie Dance, Dark Disco, Dark Techno.