"What a fantastic year ringleader the entire brand has had. With so few people out there willing to take a risk diving into the cd market was a bold choice. But one back up with a healthy array of quality tunes. Catering for all different hard dance styles it's no surpirsento find ringleader tunes in such a variety of djs wallets! " - Dave Mac , Electric Shandy

"For me, John is one of the hottest properties on the hard dance scene. His productions are tighter than a gordian knot!" - Chris, Label Manager, Killertrax

‘’Never Awake (Trance Mix) captures that feeling that time is of the essence with a genuine euphoric intensity that I love about hard dance" - Nikki Elise , KISS

"I've been supporting John Ridout's releases and his great bootlegs throughout 2009, his attention to detail is superb. Let's hope there's plenty more to come from Ringleader in 2010. " Adam Symbiosis , HarderFaster.net

The Album: "From out of nowhere John Ridout and Ross Self have put together a collection of accomplished hard dance numbers to form one of the strongest hard dance artist albums of 09. There is no multi genre, multi collab approach here; what we have is two up and coming artists getting they’re heads down and writing some quality psy cross-over hard dance. Track wise this 11 tracker ranges from the solid to the sublime, with Ridouts solo offering ‘Something’ (for me) steeling the show".
Something - John Ridout : "A superb psy/hard trance crossover which for me ticks all the right boxes. Superb production, Raging 303's, cutting synthlines and one of the most uplifting leads all year combine to make Something one of the standouts of the Album".

Scott Genetik - Encoded

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