Ronald van Gelderen is a trance DJ & producer from Rotterdam, Netherlands. Playing all around the world make's this R.A.W. boy one of the established DJ's of this moment. Countries like UK, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Switzerland, Tunisia, Greece, Germany, Poland, Israel, Canada, Spain, USA and many more are already known with this professional freak entertainer. With his dark appearance and Rock and Roll image he is here to keep you Rocking!
Music has always been the biggest passion in Ronald van Gelderen’s (RvG) life. To mix love and hobby together, makes him standing at the top of his career now. In the Harbour City Rotterdam, The Netherlands, RvG had toyed around with the idea of producing music while studying to become a technical engineer.
It all started with his dad's turn tables and cassette player. While listening to the famous Dutch radio show "Soul Show" back in the years 85/99 he cut and pasted the music and played it himself. He started his own pirate radio show at the age of 14. After he got caught, he started his own Drive Inn show. This became such a great success, that he was touring mostly every weekend to school parties, weddings and birthday celebrations. Together with a friend he started a Hip Hop band called "Dutch Mob" where he scratched and wrote the lyrics.
Ronald took the plunge in 1997 and started making music full time. In 1998 he released his first track, "My X-perience" under the alias Formologic (Label: Flammable Records). He's next follow up was "Sweet Substance" under the alias N-Fluence was quickly signed up by Paul Oakenfold´s label Perfecto. After this release Ronald gained notable reviews in the Trance scene.
Plunging into producing full-time in 1999, Ronald has proven to be the master of his unique "slightly tough" sound with strong melody structures and a cutting edge. Ronald signed up at the label "TSUNAMI" and released some famous hits in the dance scene.
Kid Vicious "Paraphrase", Kid Vicious "Re-Form" (B-side mix from DJ Tiesto), Van Gelderen "Konga", Van Gelderen "Aftershock", Electrobis "Phonetic", Kid Vicious "Pants Down Spanking", Electrobics "Indecisive", Electrobics "Look Who' Stalking", Kid Vicious "Contagious", Mix Compilation: Tsunami vol. 2 mixed by Kid Vicious, Ronald van Gelderen "Proceed", Ronald van Gelderen "Sustain" and Ronald van Gelderen "Crying Out".
Ronald not only produced his own tracks, he also produced together with DJ Tiësto the tracks "Urban Train" and "Suburban Train" which entered the UK single chart at ..22.
The year 2003 was another successful year for Ronald. The release of his single "PROCEED" has been a favourite in the worldwide dance scene, with great airplay (8 weeks in a row) by Judge Jules on BBC radio 1. Suffice to say, this record has been on the play list of all big trance jocks all over the world. After "PROCEED" Ronald came back with another smash hit "SUSTAIN" which was again a big favourite of some big jocks in the world. Ronald decided to experiment with vocals and the result was a record with his own vocals on it "CRYING OUT" which again was a success. His remix of Rapid-Eye's "STEALIN BEAUTY", and Ferry Corsten's "PUNK" has also been recognized by both DJ's and clubbers all over the world. Further more he did remixes for Libra(BT), Dream (Japan), LASGO, Birgit Schuurman, to name a few. For the UDC event "IMPULZ" Ronald mixed the compilation: Impulz mixed by Ronald van Gelderen. This compilation became a great success in Holland.
After 6 years of dedicated work for the TSUNAMI label, Ronald decided that it was time for a new challenge. Halfway 2004 he released his first track "COLD STORAGE" on ID-T Records / Be Your Self Music. "COLD STORAGE" was a huge bang, reached ..7 in the Dutch Dance charts and has been played out by the big names all over the world.
Ronald remixed the track SMAT for the big Asian Rock Star Wu Bai. Wu Bai is one of the biggest Rock Stars in Asia and sells millions of albums. It was a great honour for Ronald, that Wu Bai choose him to remix his track.
September 2005 Ronald released F!LTH at Be Yourself Music. This single has been a great success in the clubs. F!LTH was one of the favourites in the box of DJs like Tiësto, Judge Jules, Paul van Dyk, Rank 1 and Armin van Buuren.
Ronald remixed the UK top 10 hit of the famous DJ producer team Dogzilla "Without You" which became a huge club hit. Without You has been released in several countrys and peaked at ..3 in the UK dance charts.
After playing at one of the biggest event's in Holland...Trance Energy, Ronald also was asked to mix the Trance Energy 2006 CD compilation. The compilation ranked ..4 in the Dutch CD charts.
Ronalds latest release "This Way" was released the first week in June 2006 at Be Yourself Music. Already before the release This Way entered the UK Buzz Charts at ..11. The B side of This Way is remixed by Rank 1. This Way is already a favourite of big jocks like Paul van Dijk, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Judge Jules, Sander van Doorn, Cor Fijneman to name a few. The vocals are done by Ronald van Gelderen himself.
Since January 7 2006, every Thursday you can listen to Ronalds radio show, R.A.W. On one of the biggest internet station on the glob. www.ah.fm. In this radio show Ronald provides the listeners with his differed taste of dance music. The radio show has already established its self as one of the best radio shows on internet today. The show has got an amazing count of listeners from all over the globe. People from countries like; USA, Russia, Belgium, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, Scotland, UK, China, and ofcourse the Netherlands are tuned in every week.With his successful productions and a very hectic DJ career, proves that Ronald is a definite established name in the Dance Music Scene.
June 2006 RvG’s released “THIS WAY†on the High Contrast Label from Be Yourself Music. Already before the release “THIS WAY†entered the UK Buzz Charts at #11. The B side of “THIS WAY†is remixed by RANK1. “THIS WAY†is a favourite of big jocks like Paul van Dijk, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Judge Jules, Sander van Doorn, Cor Fijneman to name a few. Writing the lyrics and performing the vocals are done by RvG van Gelderen himself.
During the Release of This Way, RvG’s image changed into a Devilish Rock and Roll wild performer on stage. His rough dark appearance in combination with the new sound he brings today, this guy is no longer just a DJ / Producer but an all-round performer.
RvG also did a remix for “Slippin Away†from DJ/ Producer Richard Durand, also known from the club hit “Make Me Scream†and Tiesto’s “Leathel Industry†en “Flight 643†remixes. “Slippin Away†will be released on 25-11-2006.
With his latest single “REALIZEâ€, Co-produced by Benno de Goeij (from Rank 1 fame), RvG delivers again a full fire hot as hell tech driven monster with boy R.A.W. himself providing the vocals. Thick beats rolling basslines is the best way to describe the energetic original version. Adding a perfect sounding vocal for the finishing touch and here you have yourself a rock-your-tits-off monster. The ‘Stripped Down mix’, is for the ones who like it a bit more house driven! But…, don’t fool yourself as this little gem has more energy to unleash than you think. The record has already got massive support as ferry Corsten featured the record on his recent Essential Mix, Armin van Buuren gave it several plays on his radio show and Marco V included it on his Combi:nations 2
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