Ridgewalkers are a two-piece band from Dublin, Ireland, with influences from
New
York
style
Punk to Electro Trance. DJ Ive and EL have been making music
together since 2003, although
both have been involved in many projects before
this.
Coming from a song-writing background
and instrument-based arrangements
their productions have a rare quality and span many
genres.
Early attention for the duo came from a production called “Find”. This track was
signed
to UK
label, Baroque Records in 2004. Their first release came with an
Andy Moor remix which
instantly picked up rave reviews and over the
coming
months the track was hammered by the
world's top Dj's across the globe
including Tiesto Armin van Buuren
Matt Darey, and Judge Jules
The list is endless!
The track received a solid three-month stint on Jules's BBC Radio 1
show
over
that summer and turned up on Armin van Buuren's "Universal Religion live '04"
CD and
Tiesto's "In
Concert" DVD.
In early 2005, "Find" was re-released on Armin van Buuren's own label, Armada
Records with
a tougher RMX from German duo Kyau vs. Albert on the B-side and
Andy Moor's RMX taking
the A-side. This re-release again caused a
storm and
picked up full backing from Mix Mag
with a no.1 in their trance chart for February
2005. "Find" also reached no.1 on the Technics
Dutch dance charts that same
month and charts across Europe placed "Find"high on their lists.
Ridgewalkers - Find has received five more RMX's, two were in 2005 with the
legendary Perry
O'Neil and Markus Schulz doing the honours and were released
Electronic Elements and
three were in 2009 with Russell G, Indecent Noise and
Logic
Stories supplying some long
awaited updates to this classic tune.
After a break, and the birth of EL's first child, Lennon, Ridgewalkers returned to
the
studio
and have come back with some high-profile collaborations and some
great
new tunes.
The first of these new releases sees Ridgewalkers team up with Matt Darey &
Aeron
Aether for
a track called "Chasing the Sun" getting its first release as part
of Matt's
Nocturnal 2010 CD
released on Black Hole Recordings in April 2010.
Danish producer
Schodt and Russian producer Ivan Spell has supplied the first
remixes
of this track with more to be released including a remix from D-Mad
already receiving BBC Radio 1 air play from Judge Jules and is set for release
in early 2011
Ridgewalkers have also teamed up with Headstrong for two new tracks for his
new
album
"Timeless" released on Sola Records in June 2010, these tracks are
called
Resurrection and
Rainbows, which take El's vocals back into high energy
club tunes.
Also featuring a new vocal written by Ive and El, Summer 2010 has seen the
release of Pedro Del
Mar ft. Ridgewalkers - Tears of the Dragon, which has been
signed to Magic Island / Armada
Music and seen its first release as part of Roger
Shah's Magic Island Vol. 3 in June 2010.
In August the full release came out with
mixes by Pedro Del Mar, Mike Foyle and Ridgewalkers.
Ridgewalkers rounded off 2010, a year of many releases for them, on yet another
high, with a brand new remix of ‘Find’, this time with Alex M.O.R.P.H and his
‘Hands on Armada’. An album of classics, but not as you know them.
In 2011, Ridgewalkers began the year just as explosively as they had left 2010
with the full release package of ‘Chasing the Sun’ coming out on the mighty New
York label, Nervous Records. This release contains two new remixes from D-Mad
and J-Soul as well as the previously released remixes, from Schodt and Ivan
Spell.
Ridgewalkers have some new tracks on the way for 2012, so watch out for news
on our forthcoming releases and live performances.
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