DJ Ram is a

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of Roman Olegovich Pen'kov (russian: Роман Олегович Пеньков), born on November 17, 1976, in

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. In 1994 he finished secondary school N10 in the physico-mathematical class in

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and entered university in the same year, specializing in "physics and information theory". He finished university in 2000. DJ Ram is a well known Russian based producer and remixer , who has worked with many styles of dance music. He began his professional career in 1997 and has been recognized as one of the best remixers in Russia . In 1999 his collaboration track with the band

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was recognized as the best Russian song of year by the radio station "Maximum". In 2002 he was named MP3 "Person of Year 2002" by the Russian search company

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Although he has done very little solo work, DJ Ram is quite well known for his remixes for and collaborations with notable bands such as

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, Colony 5,

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RL Grime Henry Alfred Steinway (born February 8, 1991), better known by his stage name RL Grime, (previously known as Clockwork) is an American record producer and DJ. RL Grime specializes in trap and bass music and is a member of the Los Angeles electron ...

, Red Flag,

Boytronic Boytronic is a German music group that plays electropop. It was founded in 1983 by Holger Wobker and Peter Sawatzki in Hamburg, Germany as ''Kapitän Sehnsucht'' (Captain Desire). The original Boytronic released two synthpop albums: ''The Worki ...

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, and

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External links

DJ Ram's web siteArticle on him by Peoples.ru (Russian)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ram, Dj 1976 births Living people Russian male musicians