Ralph Myerz is with no doubt one of the most active music personas of the Norwegian music scene. It was the year of 1997 when Ralph asked for people to play percussion with him during a party in Bergen, Norway. The Jack Herren Band showed up through a combination of mutual contacts and high-school friendship. Supposedly a one-time-event, they had so much fun playing together that they decided to form a band, and Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band was formed. The band released a 7" and a 12" on the Telle Records that were followed by great reviews from magazines and dj around Europe, including Dimitri From Paris who included the track "Nikita" on one of his Playboy Mansion compilations. In 2002 they were signed by the US label Emperor Norton Records, and they released A Special EP. The album A Special Album followed one-year later feat. the tracks "Casino" and "Think Twice", which both became hits in clubs across Europe, and commercial hits in Norway. Gold Records & Norwegian Grammy nominations were happily celebrated!
In 2005, the album Your New Best Friends followed and got massive reviews in Europe. Magazines such as Mixmag, Djmag and Sunday Times praised the new album as "Down tempo Heaven". Great times were had on tour, especially the Big Chill festival showed Ralph Myerz so much love, forever thankful. His third album Sharp Knives and Loaded Guns came out on EMI 2007 followed by touring all over Europe playing festivals such as Glastonbury, Montreal Jazz festival and many more. So after this album and especially this tour, Ralph Myerz decided to focus more on production
and studio work, and chill….
In 2009 Ralph dropped his first solo album with guests like Devin the Dude, Kurupt, Talib Kweli and Christine Sandtorv named Ralphorama! Staying in Los Angeles for many months and working closely with people like Dogg Pound led to many connections in the US hip hop world including collaborations with legends such as Snoop Dogg and George Clinton amongst many others. Meanwhile, during his stay there he started working on a new album called Outrun. Armed with synthesizers and wine he worked for a year on it and then he moved to the Bay Area in order to finish the recordings. Somehow the cosmic winds took him to Klik Records of Athens, Greece. Sharing a true passion for that good space music, they decided to work together. Driving around in California inspired Outrun to be an album for those late night rides while listening to music. 17 new tracks of good-vibed, spaced-out, phased-out, dub-disco-late nite muzik with that special Ralph Myerz sound. Sounding like Dj Sneak working with Salsoul Orchestra while mixed and produced by Mad Professor is probably the closest way to describe this album...Ralphs influences are drinking wine while listening to early 90s west coast hip hop producers like Ant Banks, Dj Quik and Battlecat mixed with the dub disco sounds of Tom Moulton, John Morales and Larry Levan. He has also played Dub You Crazy With Love by Mad Professor every Monday morning for the last 10 years. Made in sunny Cali it’s definitely a summer record for those late nights with your friends. But anyways, put this in your car on your way to work or the beach, play it loud in a garden with your friends drinking wine, or simply while being bore and enjoy the ride….
Tracklisting:
OUTRUN
DISCO PINATA
THE MASK
ITZ ME
SOMETHING NEW
KEEP ON
LIMITATIONZ
YOU GOT IT
THE RAPTURE OF LOVE
MY DREAM QUEEN
CHASING THE CLOUDS AWAY
THE OCEAN
THE LONG WAY HOME
IMAGINATION
GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT
MUSIC & ME
THE TIMEMACHINE

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