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SATURDAY MAY 30

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FIRST STATE

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FIRST STATE BIOGRAPHY:

Ralph Barendse (1977) released his first dance record in 1999 as ‘Alpha Breed’.
In 2001 a new track 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 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 an
instant success. 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. Ralph eventually
asked his friend Sander van der Waal (1981) to do a remix for this track. Sander
already had released some successful records as ‘Devoid’ and ‘Sander van Dien’.
Black Hole instantly signed his Amazon remix and released it together with the
original version.

In 2005, Sander and Ralphie decided to work together
on a track. Their first co-production was called ‘First State – First State’ and was
released on In Trance We Trust. It became a big hit and got played exclusively by
Tiësto for a long time before the rest of the big DJs followed. Because of the success
of this new project and the huge click between both of them, Ralphie and Sander
decided to bundle their powers, merging the studio together in Dordrecht, The
Netherlands and form a duo.

In June 2006, Black Hole Recordings signed
their new First State track called ‘Evergreen’ and asked if they were interested in
producing a First State album. Now, the album titled ‘Time Frame’ is finished and
showcases a diverse sound and great vocal collaborations. The guys spent almost
a year to produce their album and finished it with a total of ten tracks that fully
represent what they stand for. The setup of the whole record is one similar to a DJ
set: an easy going begin that grows with housey tracks towards a nice climax with
more techy productions. Of course the real trance aficionado will find what he wants:
the fat trance sound that made the duo famous, complete with classical arrangements.
At the same time, obvious influences of ‘regular’ house and minimal are present in
songs like Falling with Anita Kelsey, which currently features on Tiësto’s successful
mixcompilation ‘In Search of Sunrise 6’, or the ones with Tiff Lacey and Elliot Johns.
The biggest challenge for First State was to deliver an album that reflects the time in
which it was made, and still delivers timeless tracks that have the power to become
classics or even anthems. In 2008 First State remixed tracks of Tiesto and Armin and
4-Strings and had many DJ performances like: Tiesto's DVD Premiere party,
Gatecrasher Ukraine and Intuition Invites and 8 times as support act for Tiesto's
European ISOS Tour…..

First State is ready to rock the world!