Dave Ralph is an English

electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

ian, best known as a

house A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air c ...

and

trance Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...

DJ.

Biography

Ralph was born in Liverpool and first deejayed in the 1970s. Through the 1980s he performed at clubs such as Cream and Shelley's, and began working with

Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (; born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Ma ...

, releasing recordings on his Perfecto label. Dave Ralphat

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Ralph opened for Oakenfold on his 1996 world tour, and released his first major-market mix in 1999 on

Kinetic Records Kinetic Records was a New York City-based record label founded by Steve Lau (founding member of Sire Records act the Ocean Blue), and co-owned with Alyson Shapero. The label launched the careers of artists and DJs such as Paul Oakenfold, BT, R ...

. He worked frequently in U.S. clubs after moving to The United States in 2000, most noticeably Webster Hall in New York City, as well as Avalon and Royale in Boston. Dave currently resides in California where he heads up the curation of Insomniac's international EDC festivals.

Discography

*'' Tranceport 2'' (

, 1999) *''Ministry Presents...Trance Atlantic'' (

Ministry of Sound Ministry of Sound or Ministry of Sound Group is a multimedia entertainment business based in London with a nightclub, shared workspace and private members' club, worldwide events operation, music publisher (popular music), music publishing busin ...

, Issue #18, July 1999) *''Love Parade'' (Kinetic, 2000) *''Naturalized'' (Kinetic, 2001) *''Resident Alien'' (System Records, 2003)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ralph, Dave English electronic musicians English house musicians British house musicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Liverpool English DJs DJs from Liverpool