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Grain Yield Increase and Disaster Reduction by “Fen long” Technology Invented in China Contributing to Improve the Better Future of Human Being
Editor’s Note:
In recent years, natural disasters such as drought and waterlogging occur frequently. Climate warming has triggered various disasters that affect existence, which has brought unprecedented challenges to grain production, ecological environment and world peace maintenance. “Fen long” technology, the new method of farming invented by Wei Benhui, the Chinese inventor, can help to solve these problems in the world to a certain extent and make the human future better by multiple using “5 kinds of resources”, soil and its cubic natural rainfall, oxygen, temperature, humidity and solar energy.
In August 2021, the yield of highland barley in the saline-alkali soil, which was transformed by “smash-ridging” technology in Zangzhong Village, Zhaqi Town, Zhanang County, Shannan City, Tibet, China, the roof of the world, increased by 38.67%. The highland barley yield of smash ridging sand soil farmland in Kemai Community, Changzhu Township, Naidong District, increased by 1121.73 kg, with 25.43% of increase range, and the straw yield also increased by more than 20%. Peng Xinhua, the researcher of Nanjing Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences has implemented smash-ridging sweet potato experiment in Jiangxi Province, and the result was that the yield increased by 89% to 117%. The maximum production increase of wheat of heavy coast saline-alkali soil in Dongying City, Shandong Province was 154.22% after being transformed by “smash-ridging” technology. The production increase of cotton of heavy saline-alkali soil in Yuli County, Xinjiang Autonomous Region was yet 81.17% in the fourth year after being transformed by “smash-ridging” technology. Over the past decade, “smash-ridging” technology was applied to nearly 50 kinds of crops such as rice, corn and wheat in 28 provinces such as Guangxi and Xinjiang, and no more rich water, pesticide or other production costs was required while the production increase was generally 10% to 50%, the quality was improved by 5% and the increase production in saline-alkali soil was 20% to 100% after transformation. Experts estimated that, the natural disaster such as waterlogging, drought, high temperature and low temperature may be reduced by more than 20%, and soil environment improvement,and crop biomass increase will reduce carbon by more than 10% and increase ground air humidity by 10%.
Invented by Wei Benhui from Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, “smash-ridging” technology is a major new method of farming, which can realize a new round of production increase, quality improvement, water conservation, disaster reduction, carbon reduction and sustainable development of agriculture and contribute to widen the space of human existence and development.
In March 2021, “smash-ridging” technology was shown on the world’s No. 1 screen in Times Square, which stated that the smash ridging agricultural machinery and smash ridging farming that would not mess the soil layers for ultra deep ploughing had broken through worldwide problems such as “physical” production increase of agriculture and physical transformation of saline-alkali soil. “Smash-ridging” technology which has shocked the world is common technology, common welfare and common wealth of all mankind.
The advert of “smash-ridging” technology marks that the world has ushered in a very rare new agricultural revolution. The technology is simple, widely applied and sustainable for hundreds of years. It has realized increase of grain production and decrease of disaster to benefit human being.
1. Creating subversive fifth farming mode, which is worldwide used
“Smash-ridging” technology is named after vertical burying, high-speed rotary-cut smash soil, ridge and suspend by using spiral, hollow and other “drill” farming tools invented by Wei Benhui, instead of the “plow” which has been used for 5,500 years. “Smash-ridging” technology has become the fifth efficient farming mode after slash-and-burn cultivation, man power, animal power and tractor ploughing in the history of human farming. “Smash-ridging” technology structured “smash-ridging agriculture” technology system that matches smash-ridging agricultural machinery, smash-ridging farming and smash-ridging cultivation and overturned traditional farming way and agricultural production technical philosophy by using the scientific concept of “ultra deep ploughing and deep loosening the soil without messing the soil layers”. The worldwide universal technology expands the space for human existence and development, and its scientific connotation and characteristics are as below:
First of all, fully excavate natural resource utilization that the earth feeds human being. With 5 kinds of natural resources, soil, the grain producer which the mankind survives on, natural rainfall, oxygen, temperature and humidity and solar energy, once more multiple positive utilization can be realized on the basis of existent farming and agricultural utilization to promote a new round of agricultural production increase, quality improvement, water conservation, disaster reduction, carbon drop and sustainable development.
Secondly, trigger deepening utilization of the surface soil of earth with a light force. Loosened soil increases several times over., and most of soil is granular, and granular structure surface is smooth. Unit weight decreases by 10% to 20%, and available nutrient increases by 10% to 30%. Basic fertility improves by 10% to 30%, and applying quantity of chemical fertilizer for planting crop can reduce by more than 10%.
Thirdly, create cultivated land reservoir with loosened soil and expanded volume. Natural rainfall reserves approximately double, which provides conditions for human being to utilize rainwater and snow water again. Soil porosity enlarges approximately and oxygen increase approximately by one time. Soil microbial community and quantity increase by almost multiple times.
Fourthly, create soil ecological environment that is suitable for crop growth. Smash ridging cultivation requires soil ecological environment with balanced water, fertilizer, gas and heat. The crop takes roots in the earlier stage, strengthens in the medium stage and becomes powerful in the later stage. It features production increase and quality improvement with resistant to drought, high and low temperature. The root system is particularly developed with fibrous root increasing and activity strengthening. The photosynthetic efficiency improves by 10% to 30%, and the stress resistance such as drought and high and low temperature improves by approximately 20%, while biomass increases by 20% to 30%.
Fifthly, create suitable environment for crops based on ecological conditions in which high agricultural yield is still available and consumption of agricultural “chemicals” is achievable even the consumption of fertilizer and pesticide can be reduced by more than 10% and some plastic mulch can be reduced. Some of polluted soil can be “purified itself”. For example, reduction of heavy metal pollution (reduction of cadmium content of rice) is a physical effect that other chemical means can hardly match.
Sixthly, realize no ecological area or crop variety limit. Almost all crops and some traditional Chinese medicinal materials in rice field, dry land and even saline-alkali soil can be applied to from Hainan Province at low latitude (18°N) to Xinjiang and Heilongjiang at high latitude (45° to 50°N), from Beihai of Guangxi at low altitude (10 to 15 metres) to Shigatse of Tibet at high altitude (over 4,000 metres), which indicates that there is no obvious limit on ecological area or crop variety, and it can be generally used in the world.
2. Application in China’s cultivated land and saline-alkali soil in 2021, with outstanding results
Test on smash ridging has been implemented in many places of China, and the result showed that comparing with traditional cultivation, the yield of rice increased by 15.5%, that of corn increased by 12.26%, and that of peanut increased by 8.05% with no fertilization.
“Smash ridging” technology has been applied to 50 kinds of crops such as rice, corn, wheat and potato in 28 provinces all over China for more than a decade, and production increase achieved 10% to 50%, and production increase in saline-alkali soil after being transformed achieved 20% to 100% with no increasing fertilization or irrigation volume. There are many cases of production increase in various places. In Yuanjiang City of Hunan Province, yield of smash ridging rice increased by 26.5% in that year, and it still increased by 12% in the fourth year after the first smash ridging cultivation. The yield of smash ridging wheat in Fuping, Shaanxi Province increased by 29.9%, and that of the second crop of corn increased by 34.89%. The average production increase of rained farming sugarcane was 32.5%.
In 2021, the cases of production increase with “smash-ridging” technology occurred frequently, and the results are outstanding.
Firstly, rice production continuously increases with “smash-ridging” technology. Yaoguao Town, Longhui County, Hunan Province used to be the breakthrough point where Academician Yuan Longping’s hybrid rice yields reached 900 kg per mu. In April 2014, “smash-ridging” cultivation was implemented, and the yield of hybrid rice increased by 25% in that year. It has been the 8th year since “smash ridging” technology was implemented, but the yield of hybrid rice is expected to increase by 10% or so. The yield of second crop of rice after rice smash ridging was implemented in Yongan Village, Shifu Town, Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region increased by 9.5%.
Secondly, smash ridging water conservation and continuous high yield lasted for many years. In 2021, the third year after “smash-ridging” technology was implemented in Yanshan, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, the yield of wheat with water conservation increased by 18% with irrigation reduction by nearly 2,000 cubic metres per hectare. In 2021, the sixth year after “smash-ridging” technology was implemented in Fanjiazhai Village, Guyang Town, Lankao County, Henan Province, the yield of wheat increased by 10.3%.
Thirdly, “smash-ridging” agriculture and saline alkali soil transformation in highland region. As previous statement, the yield of highland barley of saline alkali soil in Tibet, the roof of the world, increased by 38.67%, that of highland barley of sand soil cultivated land with “smash-ridging” technology increased by 25.43%, that of highland barley straw increased by more than 20%, which can effectively solve the problem of lack of grain and feed in Tibet.
Fourthly, the history of high yield of sugarcane in a large area with “smash-ridging” technology was made. “Smash-ridging” technology “145” demonstration base for planting sugarcane was built in Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences. On March 6, 2021, upon experts’ acceptance, it increased by 38.3% than conventional cultivation. “Smash-ridging” technology “145” demonstration in Binyang of Guangxi, is expected to make history of green ecological high yield of sugarcane in a large area with entire mechanization to bring a sample for China’s and the world’s sugarcane planting technology.
3. Increasing grain yield and decreasing disaster by conforming to the nature, and all the mankind getting a better future
The best living quality and survival and development environment with abundant and tasteful food, fresh air and visible blue sky and cloud are mankind’s good wishes.
The earth is endowed with 5 kinds of inexhaustible natural resources, soil and its stereoscopic spatial natural rainfall, oxygen, temperature and humidity and solar energy. Soil is the “producer” of grain and other agricultural products the human being survives on and the “regulator” of natural environment to relieve drought, waterlogging and other natural disasters. In order to realize the above dreams, human being has to profoundly comprehend and properly utilize the “5 kinds of natural resources”, which is the fundamental obedience to the rules of resource utilization for mankind’s survival. For a country, the more proper utilization rate of “the 5 kinds of natural resources” of the stereoscopic space, the more secure grain and ecology in the country, the more fortunate of national life, which is also in this way for all the world and all the mankind.
The core of “smash-ridging” technology is to multiply sound utilization of the above “5 kinds of natural resources”. Its pioneering scientific contribution is based on the principle of “ultra deep cultivation and deep loosening (by utilizing the soil resources of plough sole which human being has not utilized yet), loosening soil at original site, granular soil, once off completion of soil preparation., and no tillage or light tillage for conservation tillage for years”. Meanwhile, “smash-ridging” technology is almost applied to various land resources including cultivated land and saline alkali soil so that agricultural available resources have expanded substantially. Furthermore, yield increase can be maintained with properly reducing fertilization. Additionally, it is easy to popularize and apply, and it is merely to replace tractor “plough” cultivation with smash ridging “drill”. Rice field is 25 cm deep, and dry land is 35 cm deep, and saline alkali soil is 40 cm deep. Expected effect is achievable with no excessive input or technical instruction required.
Wei Benhui said that invention of spiral and hollow “drill” tillage implements would certainly bring a major change of tillage implements and modernization of series products of smash ridging agricultural machinery equipment. The world will usher in great new times of “smash-ridging agriculture”.
According to expert’s estimates, if 1 billion mu of farmland and 300 million saline alkali land are cultivated in China, 130 billion kg of grain can be increased every year and 300 to 400 million more people can be fed. If land “smash-ridging” technology is implemented in 50% of farmland in the world, yield of grain can be increased and more people can be fed.
With “smash-ridging” technology, 40 to 50 cubic metres of natural rainfall reserve can be increased for cultivated land per mu, and drought, waterlogging and other disasters can be reduced. Recently, heavy waterlogging occurred in Henan Province. Because light tillage is carried out in most of cultivate land (most of loosened soil of plough layer is 12 to 15 cm), the soil of button layer is compacted and moves upward due to rolling by tractor wheels for years. Adding the road extension and ground hardening in the villages, there is no more place for water reservation. If “smash ridging” technology is implemented in half of cultivated land, such affect of rainstorm can be reduced greatly. Also, with improving smash ridging soil environment and significant increasing crop biomass, the goals including carbon reduction, peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutralization can be achieved early, and global warming can be relived greatly.
“Smash-ridging agriculture” and its entire production technology system invented and created by Wei Benhui have surpassed the existent agricultural production mode and have been affirmed and supported by Yuan Longping and other more than 10 Chinese academicians. The technology system has been practiced to almost all crop varieties from low latitude to high latitude and from low altitude to high altitude. It can be popularized globally and is expected to be a new mainstream technology in the world to lead the trend of agricultural cultivation development. The future will be better for all mankind. (Written by Heng Yi)
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Wei Benhui, the inventor of “smash-ridging” technology, Chinese cultivation expert, secondary researcher of Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, has acquired 21 achievements in sugarcane, Chinese yam, potato, cassava and “smash-ridging” technology, 18 national, provincial and ministerial awards, 15 invention patents. He has bred 26 new varieties of Chinese yam. Additionally, he has published 10 works such as China’s Ecology for Grain Increase with Smash Ridging Alive Soil and Chinese Yam Cultivation as well as more than 170 papers. He has won the titles of National Outstanding Scientific and Technological Worker of China, Special Allowance Expert of the State Council, Guangxi Excellent Expert, Guangxi Outstanding Contribution Expert, Guangxi Most Beautiful Scientific and Technological worker, etc.
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Your Building Team Establishes Itself as Canada’s Go-To Source for Pre-Engineered Steel Building Kits
Your Building Team is a Canadian supplier of pre-engineered steel building kits serving contractors, builders, and developers coast to coast. The company delivers custom-engineered, factory-direct steel structures — fabricated in Canada, code-compliant by location, and backed by a province-wide builder network — across residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial markets.
MARKHAM, Ontario — Your Building Team (yourbuildingteam.com), a Canadian supplier of pre-engineered steel building kits, is meeting the growing demand for durable, code-compliant metal structures across Canada by offering contractors and builders a streamlined, factory-direct procurement model. With a full catalogue of customizable steel building kits — from compact 14×20 workshops to large-scale 50×80 commercial storage facilities — the company provides construction professionals with the structural packages, engineering support, and local builder network needed to deliver projects on time and on budget.
Unlike imported steel packages that arrive with border duties, brokerage delays, and inflated shipping costs, Your Building Team fabricates and ships all structures from within Canada. Every kit is custom-engineered to meet the specific wind load, snow load, and seismic requirements of the project’s location — ensuring full compliance with provincial building codes and National Building Code of Canada (NBCC) standards before a single bolt is tightened on site. This approach eliminates the engineering rework and permitting delays that commonly slow down imported building packages.
“Contractors tell us the same thing: they need a supplier who understands Canadian conditions, not one who ships a generic package from across the border and leaves the engineering to someone else,” said a spokesperson for Your Building Team. “We engineered our entire process around what builders actually need — clear-span structures, location-specific load ratings, fast fabrication, and a network of experienced local erectors ready to support the job.”
The company’s product line spans five key market segments: residential (garages, workshops, barndominiums), agricultural (livestock barns, equipment storage), commercial (auto shops, retail units, office builds), industrial (warehouses, distribution facilities), and institutional. Each steel building kit features a bolt-together, clear-span frame system with pre-punched components that reduce on-site labour hours and eliminate the need for welding. Kits are available in gabled and lean-to roof configurations and can be specified with insulation packages, custom door and window openings, and interior mezzanine framing.
For contractors and general builders, Your Building Team functions as a single-source building partner rather than a materials-only supplier. The company coordinates fabrication timelines with project schedules, provides stamped engineering drawings for permit applications, and connects builders with its established network of experienced steel erectors across Canadian provinces. This turnkey support model is particularly valuable for contractors managing multi-site commercial or agricultural builds, where sourcing, scheduling, and code compliance across different jurisdictions can become a significant project management burden.
Your Building Team’s ordering process begins with a site address review — allowing the team’s engineers to calculate precise load requirements before a deposit is placed. This upfront engineering step ensures that contractors receive an accurate, code-ready package without costly post-order revisions. Transparent deposit-based pricing gives project managers clear budget visibility from the outset, while final kit pricing is confirmed against the specific building site parameters.
Demand for pre-engineered steel structures in Canada continues to rise as contractors seek faster build cycles, lower lifetime maintenance costs, and structures capable of withstanding the country’s demanding climate conditions. Steel buildings offer significant advantages over traditional wood-frame construction in fire resistance, pest resistance, structural longevity, and resistance to extreme snow and wind loads — factors that are especially critical across Ontario, the Prairie provinces, and Atlantic Canada.
Contractors, builders, and developers interested in sourcing pre-engineered steel building kits for upcoming projects are encouraged to visit yourbuildingteam.ca to explore the full catalogue, request a site-specific quote, or speak directly with a building specialist.
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Your Building Team is a Canadian supplier of pre-engineered steel building kits serving residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial markets across Canada. The company offers a full range of customizable, factory-direct steel structures engineered to Canadian building code standards, with turnkey support from design and permitting through to delivery and erection. All kits are fabricated in Canada, ensuring real-market steel pricing, fast domestic shipping, and structures engineered to meet local wind and snow load requirements. For more information, visit yourbuildingteam.ca
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People search sites help Americans find contacts, verify identities, and access public records. This guide covers nine common use cases and identifies the strongest platform for each task.
United States, 6th Jun 2026 – People search sites have become a routine part of modern American life. Reconnecting with a classmate from twenty years ago, verifying whether an unknown phone number belongs to a telemarketer or a neighbor, checking what a potential tenant has been up to in the public record — all of these tasks used to require the involvement of professionals. Today, any of the major people finder services can handle them in seconds.
The challenge is not whether to use one. The challenge is picking the right one. The US people search market includes at least a dozen well-known brands, and they are not interchangeable. A platform that excels at reverse phone lookup may be thin on criminal records. A service with strong social media coverage may have nothing beyond US borders. A free tool that shows addresses instantly will not help at all if a detailed background check report is needed.
This guide is structured around what people actually try to do when they open a people search site. Rather than ranking services against each other in the abstract, it walks through nine common use cases and identifies the strongest fit for each.
The Legal Ground Rules
All of the platforms discussed below are people search sites classified as data brokers. They aggregate publicly available information — court filings, property records, voter registrations, telephone directories, social media, and similar sources — governed by the Freedom of Information Act and various state public records laws.
None of these services are consumer reporting agencies under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). FCRA-regulated agencies like Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion follow strict rules around data accuracy, consumer disputes, and permissible uses. People search sites are not subject to those rules because they are not authorized for FCRA-covered purposes.
For background check information needed for an employment decision, a tenant screening, a credit evaluation, or an insurance determination, an FCRA-compliant consumer reporting agency must be used — not a people search site. Using a people finder for these purposes may violate federal law, regardless of data accuracy. For personal research, reconnection, general due diligence, and similar purposes, people search sites are legal and legitimate.
Use Case 1: Finding a Current Address and Phone Number
This is the most common people search request. Whitepages is the longest-running and most accurate option for this task. Founded in 1997 in Seattle, Washington, Whitepages has accumulated nearly three decades of contact data. Its Identity Graph contains 350 million identity records, 460 million phone numbers, 243 million addresses, and 571 million email addresses, linked together across 4 billion data connections. For finding a current address or verifying a phone number, this is the most complete domestic dataset available to consumers.
Whitepages Premium starts at 4.99 per month and covers most practical needs. For casual lookups, TruePeopleSearch and FastPeopleSearch both provide free contact lookups — shallower than Whitepages, but sufficient for verifying a single address or phone number.
Use Case 2: Finding Social Media Profiles
For mapping someone’s online presence — Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok, dating profiles, forum accounts — Spokeo is the platform built specifically for this task. Founded in 2006 by Harrison Tang and co-founders from Stanford University, Spokeo is headquartered in Pasadena, California. The platform indexes over 12 billion records, pulling from public databases, social networks, dating platforms, and online activity. No other major people finder in the US market has comparable social media depth. Spokeo is available at 13.95 per month after a 0.95 trial.
Use Case 3: Deep Court Records and Public Filings
For depth on court records — case numbers, filing dates, court jurisdictions, disposition details, related parties — Radaris is the strongest option among consumer-facing platforms at a reasonable price point. Radaris is a Data-as-a-Service provider launched in 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts by Data Analytics Advisors, Inc. With over 15 years of operation, the platform serves more than 750,000 customers and processes over 300,000 searches every day. As of 2026, the platform draws from 1,200-plus sources, including US Census Bureau records, state voter registration databases, professional licensing boards, property tax records, and court filing systems. The platform reports a 96.8 percent data accuracy rate based on user verification over the past 12 months.
Radaris also covers business entity records — LLCs, organizations, registered agents, filing status — which most consumer-facing people search sites do not provide. Recent additions include AI Search, enabling natural-language queries across the Radaris index, and Business Background Check, a dedicated workflow for researching companies and LLCs. Radaris is priced at 7.95 per month.
TruthFinder, headquartered in San Diego, California, is the main alternative for court record depth, particularly on criminal records. Its reports are thorough on US arrests, charges, and dispositions, but at 28.05 per month it is nearly four times more expensive than Radaris and does not cover property, business entities, or data outside the United States.
Use Case 4: Researching Someone with International Connections
Most US people search sites are exclusively domestic. Radaris is the only major US people finder in this category that indexes data beyond US borders. Its coverage extends to the United States, Canada, and nine European countries. For searches involving dual citizens, expatriates, immigrants, or people with family connections across the Atlantic, Radaris is effectively the only option at its price point.
Use Case 5: Mobile-First Background Checks
BeenVerified, founded in 2007 and based in New York City, has built its reputation around its mobile app — the Background Check App — available on both iOS and Android. Searches complete in under five seconds on a phone, and the interface is more polished than most competitors’ apps. BeenVerified is priced at 17.48 per month with a 1.00 trial.
Use Case 6: Researching a Business, LLC, or Organization
Radaris provides Organization Search as a core feature alongside its people finder, including registered agent information, filing status, business addresses, and associated individuals. Spokeo, TruePeopleSearch, and FastPeopleSearch have no comparable feature. Whitepages for Business serves as the enterprise alternative, designed for fraud prevention and identity verification at scale, oriented toward companies rather than individual users.
Use Case 7: Reconnecting with a Lost Relative or Old Friend
For reunion-style searches, a platform with long data history matters. Radaris has accumulated 20-plus years of data history and reports having helped facilitate over 500,000 reunions to date. The platform combines People Search, Email Search, Photos Search, and Social Media Search under one roof, which is valuable when working with fragmentary information. Spokeo offers Family.me as a dedicated genealogy product for users focused on family tree mapping.
Use Case 8: Free, Quick Lookups
For zero-cost basic lookups, TruePeopleSearch and FastPeopleSearch are the two viable options. Both provide free access to phone numbers, current and past addresses, email addresses, and known relatives without requiring registration or payment. Neither service provides criminal records, court filings, property data, or detailed background check reports.
Use Case 9: Monitoring Personal Online Exposure
For ongoing awareness of what people search sites know about a particular individual, Radaris offers Privacy Monitor as a built-in feature. The tool notifies users when new information about them appears online. Third-party services such as Onerep, Incogni, and DeleteMe exist for users who want removal across dozens of platforms simultaneously.
Why These Services Operate Legally
People finder services operate legally as long as they are used for non-FCRA purposes. The data they aggregate comes from government-provided public records protected by the Freedom of Information Act, commercially licensed directories, and publicly accessible online information.
Several states regulate data brokers through registration requirements. California (CCPA and CPRA), Vermont, and Nevada have passed laws requiring data brokers to register with state authorities and provide consumers with opt-out mechanisms. Texas, Oregon, and Delaware have similar requirements. All major people search platforms comply with these registrations.
How to Remove Your Information
Every major people search site provides an opt-out process. Removal must be requested separately from each platform.
Whitepages: whitepages.com/suppression-requests. Submit the listing URL and verify by phone. Processing takes 24 to 48 hours.
TruthFinder: truthfinder.com/optout. Locate the record and submit a removal request. Processing time varies.
Spokeo: spokeo.com/optout. Submit the profile URL and confirm via email. Processing takes 48 to 72 hours.
Radaris: Navigate to the Remove My Info page on radaris.com. Search for a name, select the profile, and submit a removal request. The Privacy Monitor tool provides ongoing alerts if data reappears. Processing takes 3 to 7 business days.
BeenVerified: beenverified.com/optout. Search for the record and confirm. Processing takes within 24 hours.
TruePeopleSearch: truepeoplesearch.com/removal. Click Remove This Record. Processing takes within 72 hours.
FastPeopleSearch: fastpeoplesearch.com/removal. Submit a removal request. Processing takes within 48 hours.
Because data broker platforms continuously re-index public records as new filings and directory updates come in, personal information can reappear over time — especially following a move, a phone number change, or new court or property records. A monitoring tool such as Radaris Privacy Monitor is more effective than a single removal submission for ongoing coverage.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which people search site is the most accurate? Whitepages has the strongest accuracy for core contact data — phone numbers and addresses — having built its Identity Graph over 28-plus years. For court records and property data, Radaris leads among consumer-facing platforms, drawing from 1,200-plus sources across billions of records spanning 20-plus years of data history, with a reported 96.8 percent accuracy rate. Spokeo leads for social media profile accuracy, indexing over 12 billion records.
Is Radaris free? Radaris operates on a freemium model. Basic people searches are available at no cost with limited data. Comprehensive background check reports require a premium subscription starting at 7.95 per month, making it less expensive than Spokeo (13.95), BeenVerified (17.48), and TruthFinder (28.05).
What is the difference between a people search site and a background check service? People search sites aggregate public records and are classified as data brokers, not subject to the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Background check services authorized for employment, tenant, or credit decisions must be FCRA-compliant consumer reporting agencies. Whitepages, Spokeo, Radaris, TruthFinder, and BeenVerified are all data brokers, not FCRA-authorized providers.
Does Radaris work for international searches? Yes. Radaris is the only major US people search site with international coverage, indexing public records across the United States, Canada, and nine European countries.
Can a people search site be used to screen job applicants or tenants? No. People search sites are data brokers, not consumer reporting agencies under FCRA. Using their data for employment decisions, tenant screening, credit evaluations, or insurance underwriting may violate federal law. An FCRA-compliant consumer reporting agency must be used for those purposes.
What is a people search site? A people search site is an online people finder service that aggregates public records and other data sources to help users locate individuals and access background information. Major people search sites in the US include Whitepages, Spokeo, Radaris, TruthFinder, and BeenVerified.
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LOS ANGELES, CA, Jun 06, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — In an era dominated by algorithms, short attention spans, and playlist-driven listening habits, Ramsey Elkholy is taking a different creative approach. As the founder, producer, and songwriter behind the indietronica collective Monotronic, Elkholy believes music should feel immersive, emotionally connected, and intentionally sequenced, more like a journey than a collection of disconnected tracks. That philosophy sits at the center of Monotronic’s latest album, Waiting for You, a record designed to unfold gradually and pull listeners into its evolving sonic world.
For Ramsey Elkholy, the album format still holds creative power. While streaming culture often encourages audiences to consume songs individually, he continues to view records as complete artistic statements where pacing, atmosphere, and emotional progression matter just as much as individual singles. Rather than building songs solely for immediate impact, Elkholy focuses on how each track contributes to the larger experience of the album as a whole.
“I’ve always been interested in music that takes you somewhere,” Elkholy explains. “Not just one song that grabs your attention for thirty seconds, but an entire record that changes and develops as you move through it. I think there’s something powerful about creating a listening experience where the songs interact with each other emotionally and sonically.”
That perspective heavily influenced the structure of Waiting for You. Across eleven tracks, Ramsey Elkholy and Monotronic move fluidly between indie rock, pop, indietronica, and globally inspired textures, allowing the album to shift naturally between moments of intensity, reflection, movement, and restraint. Songs like “Looking Away” establish a cinematic and emotionally layered atmosphere early in the record, while tracks such as “Everything Moves” introduce brighter rhythmic energy and momentum. Elsewhere, “Sun Song” slows the pace with a more nostalgic and introspective tone, giving the album room to breathe before evolving again.
Instead of forcing stylistic consistency, Ramsey Elkholy embraced contrast throughout the writing process. The result is a record where seemingly opposing sounds coexist without feeling disconnected. Synth-heavy production blends with organic instrumentation, while acoustic passages and atmospheric electronics move together organically. This dynamic approach reflects Elkholy’s belief that albums should evolve emotionally in the same way real experiences do.
“At first, I actually worried the songs were too different from one another,” Elkholy says. “But eventually I realized the contrast was part of the point. Life doesn’t move in one emotional direction all the time, and I wanted the album to reflect that.”
That sense of movement is also shaped by Elkholy’s global perspective. Before forming Monotronic in New York City in 2016, he spent years traveling across Asia and Southeast Asia, studying Indian music in Calcutta and conducting anthropological research in Sumatra, Indonesia. Those experiences continue to influence how he thinks about rhythm, repetition, atmosphere, and musical storytelling. Rather than approaching songs as isolated products, he sees them as environments listeners can step inside and experience over time.
Now based in Los Angeles, Ramsey Elkholy continues to write and produce music from his home studio, where much of Waiting for You was developed. Several songs were written while spending time in Tulum, Mexico, an environment that influenced the album’s pacing and reflective tone. This connection to place and atmosphere remains central to Elkholy’s creative process, helping shape music that feels immersive rather than formulaic.
Collaboration also plays an important role in Monotronic’s identity. Rather than functioning as a traditional fixed band, the project operates as an evolving collective where musicians contribute to a shared sonic vision. On Waiting for You, that includes contributions from acclaimed bassist Mohini Dey and legendary drummer Omar Hakim, whose work with artists such as Daft Punk, David Bowie, and Foo Fighters adds further depth and texture to the album’s sound.
Visual storytelling extends this immersive philosophy even further. Music videos for tracks like “Kettle Song” and “Everything Moves” expand on the atmosphere of the songs through cinematic imagery and stylized concepts. Several Monotronic videos have premiered at #1 on VEVO, reinforcing the project’s reputation for combining music and visuals into a unified artistic experience.
Since the release of Monotronic’s self-titled debut album in 2019, Ramsey Elkholy has continued to build momentum through critically recognized releases, national touring, and a growing audience drawn to the project’s genre-fluid sound. Publications including Rolling Stone, Relix, Rock Cellar, and Hype Magazine have highlighted Monotronic’s unique approach to songwriting and production, while the band’s sold-out 2025 U.S. tour demonstrated its ability to translate layered studio recordings into compelling live performances.
For Elkholy, however, the goal remains less about chasing trends and more about creating lasting emotional connection. In a music landscape increasingly shaped by fragmented listening habits, he believes there is still value in records that ask listeners to slow down, stay present, and experience music as a complete narrative.
“I still love albums that feel transportive,” Elkholy says. “The kind of records where you remember how they made you feel from beginning to end. That’s always been the experience I want to create with Monotronic.”
With Waiting for You, Ramsey Elkholy continues to push beyond conventional genre boundaries while reaffirming the importance of immersive, intentional album-making. Rather than creating music designed simply to fill playlists, he is building records meant to be lived in, explored, and revisited over time.
To learn more visit: https://ramsey-elkholy.com/
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