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Ripperton Biography
Raphaël Ripperton started his dj carrier in 1993.
When D ! Club opens its doors in 1997, he started a collaboration and became monthly guest Dj at The Rêve d’O in Geneva at the same time.
In 1998 - 1999, he founds the band Soul Merge along with friends Sacha Unger and Cicco whom first maxi “Can Be Love” is released on Chic Records. He works at Tracks record in Lausanne and organizes People Nights parties, pursues his collaboration with D! Club and Rêve d’O and mixes on famous national radio Couleur 3 in Métissages.
2000 is the beginning of the Live Electronic Show for Raphaël Ripperton as well as for his band Soul Merge. Between 2001 and 2004. He then creates the house label Lovearth Records and produces his brand new band : Reasons with the album “Sounds Natural”, winner of the Diesel U Music Award in 2002 and touring live across Switzerland until end of 2004.
In 2004 & 2005, Ripperton works with Stéphane Attias on a project named Good Samaritans on People Records (London), with his brother Alex Attias (Mustang) on Neroli rec (Italy) & Visions Rec (London) and is compiled on the top compilation “Suck My Deck” by Damian Lazarus. He also makes remixes of “Controlling the House” for Laurent Garnier, Xela Saitta’s Daylight, Solieb’s isotropy, Spencer Parker & Radioslave’sbeautifull noize, Patrick Chardronnet’s Eve by day and released his project Rayon aka Ripperton on Crosstown Rebel (London), Connaisseurs rec (Germany), Num rec. (Switzerland), Liebe*detail, which is compiled by Carl Craig on the new Fabric & James Holden’s at the control.
Today, on top of all this, he start his new label Perspectiv recordings with Sam k and works with Agnès on Num rec & with Mirko Loko on a project named Lazy Fat People which will be released in 2006 on famous labels like James Holden’s Borders Community, Mathew Jonson’s Wagon Repair, Perc trax & Carl Craig’s Planet E.
Definitely one of the most creative swiss Djs nowadays, Ripperton is a perfect cameleon of the electronic music.
Booking: Benjamin "Benna" Schneider
Wicked & Wild Music Phone: 0049 (0) 1716394649 benna@wickedandwild.net
Website:
www.lazyfatpeople.com
www.ripperton.com
Clubs & Festivals
Ripperton as played at Sonar(ES), Street parade (CH), La Feria & deck 00 (CHIL), Razzmatazz (ES), Watergate (GER), Club 11(NL), Raum beach party (ES), Rex club (FR), The Effenaar (NL), Vision Festival (CH), Encompass (UK), Echos sonores (FR), Qclub (CH), Die Registrature (GER) The loft (CH), Mad (CH), Panorama bar (GER) and the Montreux Jazz Festival “in” (CH), Link Explosiva (IT), Subscape (BEL), Metro dance club (ES), Sinus Series (CH), D! Club (CH).
Discography & Remixes:
Lazy Fat People
Big City EP
Border Community (06)
Lazy Fat People
Pixel Girl EP
Planet E (06)
Lazy Fat People
Shinjuku EP
Wagon Repair (06)
Lazy Fat People
Science Fiction
Perc Trax record (06)
Lazy Fat People
Fish Poolish EP
Obsolete record (06)
Sam K
Doesn’t matter EP
Perspectiv records (06)
Ripperton’s everything counts remix
Robsounds
QF736
Audio invaders records
Ripperton remix (06)
Ripperton
10A
Liebe details records (06)
Spencer Parker
Beautifull noise
Rekids records (06)
Ripperton’s return to valparaiso mix
Oliver Solieb
Isotropy
Mashine records (06)
Lazy fat people ‘s space invader remix
Patrick Chardronnet
Eve by Day Remixes
Connaisseur Records (06)
Ripperton Lovelee Dae mix
Ripperton & She dj Masaya
Long distance EP
Num rec (06)
Ripperton presents Rayon
Folks & Flakes EP
Connaisseurs rec (06)
Ripperton presents Rayon
The Panther
Crosstown Rebel (05)
Laurent Garnier
Controlling the house
F-com (05)
Ripperton's flashback remix
Xela Saitta
Daylight
Visions Rec (05)
Ripperton's vocal light dub
Freedom Soundz
Hero
Neroli Records (04)
Main mix (Ripperton & Attias)
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