The couples in the audience (myself included) embraced whomever they were with and watched the beauty unfold.Īn incredible, atmospheric show, by a man that will no doubt be playing bigger and better venues each time he tours. It was amazing to see an artist so enraptured by the sonics being created around him.Īt the end he engaged further by asking the whole audience to stand and dance to 'Howling', and we remained standing until he came back on for his encore, playing 'Only'. Ry was warm and welcoming to the audience, engaging a couple of times before playing another song and obviously immersing himself in the sounds. He played a mixture of old and new material, and was accompanied onstage by The Aurora Orchestra, who really added some lovely elements into normally stripped back songs, such as 'Berlin'. This was a relatively intimate show at Shoreditch Town Hall, which Ry excitedly told us had sold out 5 days after tickets went on sale last year. In January 2021, RY X released Live from the Royal Albert Hall, a full-length recording of his sold-out show at the iconic London venue, backed by the London Contemporary Orchestra.Ry X has gone from strength to strength the past couple of years, and I genuinely believe he'll end up being one of the biggest names on the alternative circuit. Singer-songwriter and producer RY X performs new versions of his soulful songs with the London Contemporary Orchestra. 2020 saw the release of Colure, the sophomore album from Ry’s collaborative partnership with Frank Wiedemann, Howling.

Between its rippling beats, mellifluous guitars, poised piano, and questing vocals, Unfurl does what its title suggests: develops as if organically from Ry’s previous work, blossoming in delicate new directions while holding firm to its roots. RY X honoured and expanded on his vision with his second album, Unfurl (2019). Ry’s debut album, Dawn (2016), was a sublime study in devotional songcraft from a singer who seemed both awed by and in command of its elemental emotions, and one that was nurtured into shape over months of – Ry says – “hibernation” and “emotional sweat” in the mountains north of LA. After the break-out success of his uncommonly minimalist beauty “Berlin” in 2013, Ry notched up a string of sold-out shows across Europe, US, and Australia, in venues ranging from London’s Royal Albert Hall (via Berlin’s Verti Music Hall and Los Angeles’s Ace Theatre) and being the first to play in unique and powerful venues such as the Notre Dame and in the mouth of caves in the fjords of Norway. The power of utilising quietly intense, passionate music to pull audiences into an intimate space is something that Australia-born, LA-based singer RY X excels at.

Australia-born, LA-based singer RY X has added a new date at the Roundhouse.

Ry x & london contemporary orchestra