REV:R is currently a solo project by singer/songwriter, Jon Tranqui, based out of Tampa, FL. TREV:R is currently a solo project by singer/songwriter, Jon Tranqui, based out of Tampa, FL. The catalyst which led Jon down this path was sparked after a recent layoff from Corporate America. The moniker “REV:R” is a play on words for “reveur” which, in French, means dreamer. Growing up, it was a term that his Vietnamese/French raised mother would always say to him as his head was always “In the clouds” daydreaming. Jon’s musical influences started as a child with living room dance parties; where his older cousins would introduce him to records from bands such as Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, The Cure, OMD, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, New