Oh man this is so tragic. Raul was a great guy, and his passion for trance was like no other.

I want to share this memory I will never forget.

It's Trance Energy 2005, both of our first times at the party. We had been talking online for months in advance getting hyped for the trip. His being from FL and my being from NJ this would be the first time we met in person after being online friends for some time. With 30,000 people in the house I unbelievable found him fairly easily. We're in that massive crowd rocking out together during Ferry Corsten's set. One of the first few beats of the incoming track hits and we must have been the first people in the crowd to know what it was. We went nuts! FORCE OF GRAVITY!! Raul literally fell backwards in such awe I had to hold him up. Words cannot describe the look of pure amazement on his face. This party had been a longtime dream for both of us to attend and everyone knows that track was one of (if not The) favorite songs of his, and getting to hear it live, by Ferry, at Trance Energy, was something more than special. We went crazy, singing at the top of our lungs with the lazers and pyros firing through the arena. I know that was like a dream for him... and to top it off, Rank 1 played Airwave LIVE on the keyboards that night too.

Raul was an awesome guy, real as can be.

Rest in peace bro, see you on the other side!

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Last edited by RoBDaWG on Dec-19-2009 at 09:52

I remember a lot of our talk on msn and when he was in Holland for Trance Energy in 2005 and 2006.
He said a lot of times to me that Holland was his home, that he wanted to move to Amsterdam.
I offered a couple of times my condo in Arnhem, so at least he had a place to live in Holland, so I could move to Florida, we even talked about switching places.
What I also remember is, that last year he told me, he wanted to come over again for Trance Energy, spent more than 1 week in Amsterdam.
He was missing Amsterdam a lot, but he couldn't go because he still didn't find a new job.
It was not only he was missing the country, he told me that it was also of the tons of parties we have here. Everytime he was watching my videos on youtube, asking the tracks in the vids if he liked them or most of the time he was ID it for me.

While talking on msn, we had the biggest fun, so much that a lot of times I went to bed around 3am my time and had to wake up at 6am for work, but I didn't mind, because the fun talk we had

I'm organizing every year the famous TA Trance Energy Gathering in Amsterdam, every year the group is getting bigger and was hoping that 1 day Raul could be a part of it and having a big blast.
He will be a part of it as of now, he will be in our hearts, he will be partying with us, he will always be with us, because Trance Energy was his party he always wanted to go back for it.

So next year with the gathering on Damsquare we will take a moment of silence to honor Raul.

Raul you will be missed a lot, you were an amazing guy, great buddy.

Rest In Peace

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Too bad I only met him once. RIP.

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