Ryan Murgatroyd

Ryan Murgatroyd is starting to see the benefits of an entire lifetime consumed by, and immersed in, electronic music. In 2004 Ryan rose to global prominence when his first ever release, Funk Country, was awarded the accollade of BBC Radio 1’s ‘Essential New Tune’. Shortly after this, Toolroom Records confirmed the signing of another of his singles, ‘Music Make Me Feel’ which gained a lot of attention locally and abroad. Despite this new founded success, Ryan shifted his focus from Europe and devoted his efforts towards his South African projects, including the creation of a chart topping alias and string of successful music education ventures. A decade later, Ryan re-embarked into the European music scene with his release ‘Bantwanas Piano’ on Simon Dunmore‘s Defected Records. With it’s success, DJ Mag dubbed the release “a towering achievement in the landscape of modern house music”. Shortly thereafter, Ryan found a home at Berlin powerhouse Get Physical Music, where his Ikalimba EP was championed by a plethora of superstar DJs, including Solomun, Adriatique and many others. These successes lead to him featuring on the coveted Boiler Room lineup in Amsterdam, at the annual ADE conference alongside his friend and countryman Black Coffee. Following this, Ryan was invited to join Black Coffee for his first season at the prestigious Hi Ibiza, and supporting his South African residency at Shimmy beach. 2017/18 saw collaborations and remixes for Lane 8, Super Flu, John Monkman, as well as the release of the 'Africa Gets Physical' compiltation on Get Physical Music. During this period, however, he did not release any original tracks. Instead, Ryan immersed himself in developing his debut album, which has been slowly brewing and maturing in his studio over the last 3 years. Needless to say, 2019 is off to a powerful start. Ryan has been quitely and diligently curating all the material for release on his own imprint, Swoon Recordings, which he has indicated will be “a sonic revolution in electronic music, something that will hopefully push a few boundaries in artform”. In addition to this, Ryan will be representing South African House Music at the first ever Mixmag Lab held in Johannesburg on the 22nd of May, alongside international icons Seth Troxler, Jonas Rathsman and Cassy. Having recently signed to The Echo Agency for European PR, and confirming his debut appearance at Fusion Festival alongside Artbat and Marcus Meinhardt, Ryan will be returning to Europe to unleash an arsenal of original music and a captivating live perfromance.