raphaël ripperton from lausanne started his dj career in 1997. among other clubs, he started spinning at the famous loft club/ lausanne in 2001. in 2003 he produced the winning album of the diesel u music award with >sounds natural< by reasons. in 2005 ripperton was one of the winning remixers for laurent garnier s >controlling the house< remix contest. furthermore he released a record with his project rayon on crosstown rebels, which was used by damian lazarus for his compilation >suck my deck< and by carl craig on the fabric mix 25. today, apart from his rayon project, he is working on a project called lazy fat people, together with mirko loko, which will be released on james holden s famous border community label, beginning of 2006