Rising 20-year-old British producer Ryder is pleased to announce his debut EP ‘Ryderhood’ and focus track FOMO featuring London rapper Ciel.
Recent singles ‘I Been’ featuring Daniella Wizard and ‘WTF’ featuring Luton rapper BXKS drew early acclaim and support from Mary Ann Hobbs (BBC 6 Music), Sian Anderson (BBC 1Xtra), The Face, Complex, Notion, NME, and DJ Mag. New EP ‘Ryderhood’, co-produced by Leon Jean-Marie, is a culmination of Ryder’s musical evolution, deftly melding various genres, shaping futuristic atmospheres, zipping between BPMs and tempos. Ryder explains: “The concept behind Ryderhood is trying to find new ways to bring artists into my world of production, but not in a way of them changing their style, but more so finding ways to highlight unseen parts of their ability through a change in production.” About the track FOMO: “Built a lot with Ciel this past year, two tracks landed on Spice. ‘FOMO’ was the one that wouldn’t settle. Five versions, 10+ mixes, this is one for the raves.”
Ciel adds: “Don’t get FOMO.”
Ryder is living proof of the internet’s democratising power, scoring huge online attention for his #skeptacore project, eventually meaning he would make an entire EP 48 Hours in a studio with the grime and rap legend himself. Ryder also counts J Dilla, Labi Siffre, Moby, and Kanye’s production style as musical influences – avant-garde sounds that have soul that don’t always fit into a strictly 4×4 template. Ryder continues to explore his eclectic tastes through his DJing career, having made his debut at The Lower Third with Shortee Blitz in 2024.
Having been granted a scholarship to London’s prestigious BIMM Institute through Spotify. The time and effort he’d put into music paid off, and he moved down to London from Hull in 2022. Ryder decided to take his music even more seriously, splicing a Skepta cappella over a guitar sample and posting it online. This was ‘#skeptacore pt.1’. These attracted views, and he kept going, posting parts two and three. Within two hours of posting the third, friends were ringing him about the rapidly escalating views: ‘Have you seen it?’
Something about Ryder’s reimagination of iconic Skepta bars with inventive production captured the attention of an online generation. He’d put sparring lyrics over jazz and garage fusion, gaining millions of views on TikTok. Labels started DMing him. Ryder was contacted by Skepta, asking him to come to the studio in London to work on an EP.
48 Hours was the result, the name a literal description of their time spent in the studio together. It featured two brand new tracks with Ryder, Skepta, and rising vocalist Dré Six, and #skeptacore parts one to three. The EP connected with listeners, earning over 50 million Spotify streams. Publications including Complex, Mixmag, NME, and Hypebeast rushed to write about it, and he’s had airplay on BBC 1Xtra and been spun by Benji B as well as DJ Target.
Young, bold, and innovative, you sense that Ryder is in search of a bigger stage in 2025.
SOURCE: Official Bio