Elles de Graaf, born 20th september 1974 in Alkmaar, Northern Holland, is undoubtedly one of the leading female vocalists in the current trance scene after collaborating with internationally successful producers like Armin van Buuren, Blank & Jones or Ferry Corsten. Before, Elles was professionally educated on the "Stichting Amsterdamse Balletacademie" by Lucia Marthas, a well-known musical school in the Netherlands where she was trained in show, jazz, streetdance, ballet and acrobatics, among others. Soon she was booked as a dancer for numerous events, concerts, theatre and TV shows, as well as as a model for fashion and commercials. Elles also founded her own dance agency called "Concert Building" with which she arranged shows and choreographies for seven years. ...show more

Elles de Graaf, born 20th september 1974 in Alkmaar, Northern Holland, is undoubtedly one of the leading female vocalists in the current trance scene after collaborating with internationally successful producers like Armin van Buuren, Blank & Jones or Ferry Corsten. Before, Elles was professionally educated on the "Stichting Amsterdamse Balletacademie" by Lucia Marthas, a well-known musical school in the Netherlands where she was trained in show, jazz, streetdance, ballet and acrobatics, among others. Soon she was booked as a dancer for numerous events, concerts, theatre and TV shows, as well as as a model for fashion and commercials. Elles also founded her own dance agency called "Concert Building" with which she arranged shows and choreographies for seven years.

Furthermore, all-rounder De Graaf gained her first experiences in the music scene as a backing vocalist for several acts. In 2001, it was finally noticed that Elles' voice is destined for more than just backings, when the young Dutch producer Armin van Buuren needed vocal parts for an instrumental track he had worked on. Raz Nitzan and Adrian Broekhuyse were engaged and got in contact to a new singer that a friend had suggested to them: Elles de Graaf. Armin van Buuren was amazed by her voice and the lines they recorded with her - The Sound Of Goodbye was born.

Under the alias Perpetuous Dreamer the single was released in many territories. "The Sound Of Goodbye" entered the British top 30 and the Dutch top 40, for example. Unfortunately, this was the reason for Armin to doubt the Perpetuous Dreamer project because it may be too commercial for his image. Nevertheless, the follow-up Dust.Wav hit the stores one year later and became a big club-hit as well, but couldn't tie up to the massive success of "The Sound Of Goodbye". ...show less