Joshua Ralph

J. Ralph is an American musician born in 1975 in New York. He has no formal training and does not read or write a single note of music. A self-taught composer, songwriter and producer from New York City, his professional career began at 22 with his signing to the prestigious Atlantic Records by label president Jason Flom in what was one of the biggest record deals ever granted to a new artist. J. Ralph's debut album Music To Mauzner By took over a year to record virtually by himself and was released on February 23, 1999 under the nome de plume, SPY. A musical Rorschach test, it was sonic blender of rock, hip-hop, mariachi, electronic, blue eyed soul, funk, and classical. Notable music critic Charles M. Young proclaimed the album "truly...