ralf has been composing, arranging and producing for over 20 years now. he was born in 1971 and started at the age of 8 years to take piano lessons and kept on playing this wonderful instrument till now. driven by an endless passion for his musical idols named "the beatles" he fell in love with music. soon, his interests were spread wide. becoming a teenager, he already got his first synth and then quickly added drummachines and computerprograms. that's how he got into the electronical side of music. he achieved his large musical knowledge and variety by playing in several bands with different kinds of styles, such as pop, rock, jazz, funk, soul, salsa and finally house, even before SOG records started off. nowadays, he's a professional musician, having passed the final exams at a swiss jazz-school successfully together with tobi wirz and doing concerts and live-acts all around the world. he likes strong, groovy rhythms; nice, captive melodies and melancholy, tragical moods.