Ash Ryan performing at craft*WORK
Just a quick notice to let you know about an event I’ll be doing music for this weekend in Nishinomiya. As explained by George Schaaff, the organizer: On Saturday January 19th the first ever craft*WORK brings together Kansai’s curious and creative minds for a nonprofit event. If you’re promoting a project, website, group, event, or ...
Ash Ryan Beats at L&L in Osaka on Friday
Sure is bright outside of the cave. Well, every since I started working on the new studio here at Ponte M here on Osaka, I’ve been pretty preoccupied with that. But there are events coming up that I’m very excited about. I want to give each one its own space, so I’ll start with the ...
TEDxOsaka is today
TEDxOsaka will be kicking off at 1:00 pm Japan time (11:00 pm EST) today. If you’re interested but couldn’t attend, there will be a live video stream on Ustream. Just click that link to watch in real time. All talks will be in English. Talks cover a wide range of topics, including sound branding, overcoming ...
TEDxOsaka
The other day I posted a pic with TEDxOsaka stickers on Facebook and it got a bigger than expected reaction so I’ll expand on what’s going on here. TEDxOsaka is happening for its second year on April 28, 2012. Details: TEDxOsaka: Open Connect Smile – Saturday, April 28, 2012 – Cosmosquare Hotel & Congress, near ...
Another beat journey
Spring is nearing in Osaka and soon it will be good enough weather for another beat journey. I think it needs to happen. Last time if you followed along I went from Osaka to Kagoshima by (mostly) bike, which took about a month. This time I’d like to change things up and do a beat ...
New video: ‘Cool Water’
Today I’m announcing the video for ‘Cool Water’, which was made in collaboration with animator Rowan O’Brien. Yay! Watch it right here: You can get the track here: Cool Water ft Hank Williams (Ash Ryan Aqueous remix) by Ash Ryan On an unrelated note, I’m playing at Lapichu in Namba, Osaka tonight. Osakan beatmaker And ...
Ash Ryan live at Lapichu in Namba
I’ll be playing live at Lapichu in Namba on Saturday, March 3rd. It’s the last night of traveling photographer Michi’s exhibition of her latest photos from Turkey. Lapichu’s a cozy spot so get there a little early. Details on the event page.
Live set – Sound Assanji 12/30
Happy New Year from Osaka! Here’s my live set from last night. If you’re looking for something to listen to for the new year, check it out.
At the end of 2011
So it’s the end of the year. A lot has happened for Ash Ryan Beats in 2011 and I’m really looking forward to what’s to come in 2012. Before I move forward though, I’d like to take a quick look back at some of the cool stuff that happened this year. Early in the year ...