First State is now only composed of Sander Van Dien. Ralph Barendse has moved on to continue with his original alias: Midway. First State was a project of two trance producers, Ralph Barendse and Sander Van Dien. Their first album Time Frame was released on the 19th of November 2007. Their songs are often influenced by many genres. \'House, trance, minimal, pop and classical, it\'s all in there somewhere\' as quoted from their album.