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Ralph Barendse
Biography
Ralph Barendse, born in Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands released his first dance record in 1999 as ‘Alpha Breed’ on Deal Records. After releasing a number of records as Alpha Breed, in 2001 a new track of his was noticed by DJ Tiësto and got signed and released as ‘Ralphie B – Massive’ on In Trance We Trust (Black Hole Recordings). The trance record became a huge success and is still considered a classic after all these years. After the great response to ‘Massive’, many Ralphie B remixes followed and in 2002 a new project was released: ‘Midway - Monkey Forest’ on In Trance We Trust. It turned out to be massive success again. Ralphie focussed on this new Midway guise in 2003, which resulted in several new tracks and remixes, including ‘Midway – Inca’ (which also featured on Tiesto’s compilation ‘Nyana’) and ‘Midway – Amazon’ in 2004.
In 2005 Ralphie started the project “First State”. The first release was called ‘First State - First State’ and was released on In Trance We Trust. As part of the project First State Ralphie was responsible for many club hits like "Sierra Nevada" (featured on the Tiesto in Concert DVD), "Evergreen" (ASOT 2007 CD) and "Falling" (In Search of Sunrise 6). A First State album was finished “Time Frame” and remixes were done for Armin, Tiesto and 4-Strings. As a DJ Ralphie travelled the world, from South Korea to South Africa, from Ibiza to Siberia. First State was 7 times support act for Tiesto’s European ISOS Tour.
After using his x-factor for a few years in First State, he preferred to do his own thing again and in May 2009 Ralph decided to leave the project First State and focus on his solo projects. First solo DJ performances followed in Indonesia and a new solo single Midway - What If and a collected works album “Equator” were released in 2010. With succes: “What If” was selected as Tune of the Week and Future Favourite by Armin Van Buuren radio show. Ralphie continued remixing Beat Service ft Emma Lock and his own classic Ralphie B - Massive.
In 2011 Ralphie returned to his Ralphie B alias at Armada Music with new Ralphie B singles "Delphi" and "Bullfrog" (premiered at Dash Berlins United Destination Album), a new project "Sun Crusaders" and he was asked by Armin van Buuren to do a remix for one of his Mirage Album tracks "These Silent Hearts" (which was played several times by Armin on the legendary ASOT500 Parties).
Ralphie B is a wellknown name in the trance scene, responsible for many great trance tracks that influenced the trance scene and and a lot more is to follow!
Source: Discogs
In 2005 Ralphie started the project “First State”. The first release was called ‘First State - First State’ and was released on In Trance We Trust. As part of the project First State Ralphie was responsible for many club hits like "Sierra Nevada" (featured on the Tiesto in Concert DVD), "Evergreen" (ASOT 2007 CD) and "Falling" (In Search of Sunrise 6). A First State album was finished “Time Frame” and remixes were done for Armin, Tiesto and 4-Strings. As a DJ Ralphie travelled the world, from South Korea to South Africa, from Ibiza to Siberia. First State was 7 times support act for Tiesto’s European ISOS Tour.
After using his x-factor for a few years in First State, he preferred to do his own thing again and in May 2009 Ralph decided to leave the project First State and focus on his solo projects. First solo DJ performances followed in Indonesia and a new solo single Midway - What If and a collected works album “Equator” were released in 2010. With succes: “What If” was selected as Tune of the Week and Future Favourite by Armin Van Buuren radio show. Ralphie continued remixing Beat Service ft Emma Lock and his own classic Ralphie B - Massive.
In 2011 Ralphie returned to his Ralphie B alias at Armada Music with new Ralphie B singles "Delphi" and "Bullfrog" (premiered at Dash Berlins United Destination Album), a new project "Sun Crusaders" and he was asked by Armin van Buuren to do a remix for one of his Mirage Album tracks "These Silent Hearts" (which was played several times by Armin on the legendary ASOT500 Parties).
Ralphie B is a wellknown name in the trance scene, responsible for many great trance tracks that influenced the trance scene and and a lot more is to follow!
Source: Discogs
