 In 2009, after producing a few years as First State, Barendse decided to leave the project to focus on his solo projects again.Under the alias "Midway", he released a new solo single "What If" and an album “Equator”.In 2011, he began producing under his "Ralphie B" alias at Armada Music and produced new singles "Bullfrog", "Delphi", "Epic Battle".