Birth name Ram Boon Origin Amsterdam, Netherlands Associated acts Bas & Ram | Also known as RAM Years active 1995–present | |
Born 2 March 1974 (age 43) ( 1974-03-02 ) Occupation(s) Disc jockey, record producer Albums Forever Love, Rama Nama Taraka Mantram, Smash / Crash, Yok Yok, Till It Kills Me, Secrets Don't Make Friends Genres Trance music, Uplifting trance Record labels Armada Music, Black Hole Recordings, In Trance We Trust Similar Susana, RAM & Stine Grove, Arctic Moon, James Dymond, Alex MORPH Profiles | ||
Ram Boon, better known by his stage name RAM, (born 2 March 1974) is a Dutch trance producer and DJ.
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Early life
RAM was born and raised in Amsterdam. He notes that his first introduction to electronic music and rave culture was in 1989 when he attended a show with some friends. RAM cites Jean-Michel Jarre as a core influence in his material.
Career
RAM first began DJing in clubs around Amsterdam in 1995. He began producing professionally alongside Bas Abels, forming the hard trance DJ duo Bas & Ram in the 2000s. After over a decade of working together, RAM, citing the fact that the two artists had begun to drift apart personally and musically, began his solo career in 2009. His first major solo single, "RAMsterdam", was released through Armada Music, and was eventually on the list of Armin van Buuren's favorite tracks of the year.
Over the years, RAM continued to produce singles, including "RAMazing" (2011), "RAMbition" and "RAMplify" (2012). When speaking of his tendency to combine his name with certain words for titles on his songs, RAM states that it had started as a joke, and later became a trademark for him to use on his uplifting trance tracks.
In 2013, following the unexpected passing of his wife Amelia, RAM created the track "RAMelia - Tribute to Amelia" alongside vocalist Susana as a tribute for her. The track received heavy airplay on other trance producers' radio shows, including Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance and Aly & Fila's Future Sound of Egypt.
In 2015, RAM released his first full length artist album Forever Love.
Studio albums
Singles
Songs
Ramelia2012
Forever And A Day2015
RAMexico2017