Dec 14: Alex released a recording of In the Bleak Midwinter, sung by New Dublin Voices to the choral setting that he composed a few years ago. 2016ĭec 23: Alex Ryan was home for Christmas, hanging with Buffy and doing a little baking. Jan 10: Alex speaks about writing the score for Darkness on the Edge of Town in advance of the film’s debut on Flix Premiere on January 14. Feb 5: Alex announced that Black Fox Leash will be releasing a video for The Fire and will be releasing a 4-song EP at the end of March. Feb 16: Alex will be the guest of TCD Music in a conversation at Trinity College Dublin on Feb 21. Black Fox Leash will be releasing the video for The Fire in the next few weeks. Mar 7: Alex announced that the music video for The Fire would be released shortly.įeb 21: Alex was in conversation at Trinity College Dublin Music Society and it was live streamed in two parts on Facebook, with parts also posted to Snapchat and Instagram live video. Mar 10: Alex announced that the 4 song EP from Black Fox Leash will be released on Apr 7. Mar 13: Alex posted an encouraging photo of activity in his studio. Mar 16: Alex & Patrick Ryan released their first music video as Black Fox Leash for The Fire. Mar 23: Alex was back in studio with this lovely Rhodes Mark 1 suitcase piano. Mar 24: Someone was sharing their toys – 1963 Fender Precision bass. Mar 30: Alex was back recording in Exchequer Studio. Apr 7: Alex and Patrick Ryan released their first EP as Black Fox Leash. Apr 8: The Ryan brothers rocking out with the fab riff from Reins. Apr 11: Alex Ryan celebrated his birthday. Apr 12: Alex and Patrick Ryan were on the Stoneface Films Podcast. Apr 13: Alternative version of Saint Sister’s Tin Man. Apr 14: Alex & Patrick Ryan returned to the Stoneface Films Podcast for the second time this week. May 9: Alex was in Westland Studios recording bass with CC Brez (along with Rory Doyle on drums).Īpr 24: Alex was testing out the acoustics in his lobby with a little D’Angelo and a fine falsetto. May 24: MusicMaker interviewed Alex about his inspiration and aspirations. May 25: Alex produced the latest track from Saint Sister, Causing Trouble. ![]() June 7: Alex provided backing vocals (along with Karen Cowley and others) at Saint Sister’s gig at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. June 9: Alex is cooking up something for New Dublin Voices, the award-winning choral group he was with from 2012. June 20: Singing the praises of Gallien & Krueger gear again. June 29: The Fire was played on Craic Radio in Philadelphia as their pick for new Irish music of the week. ![]() July 17: Black Fox Leash was featured on The New Vibrations show, Dublin South FM. Aug 10: In studio producing Saint Sister. ![]() Aug 16: Recording the wind through a harp for Saint Sister. ![]() Sept 19: Alex was back in studio recording with Saint Sister.Īug 31: Alex and Patrick are in studio working on new Black Fox Leash. Sept 30: Saint Sister were a few weeks in studio with Alex. It’s been about two-and-a-half years since Alex first mentioned his custom order. Pete posted a few videos of him playing and describing this gorgeous bass. Oct 31: Alex’s custom Pete Skjold bass is finally ready. Nov 30: At long last, Alex has his Pete Skjold custom bass in hand and he’s thrilled.Ĭurrent Release: The Fire EP – Available on Spotify, Soundcloud, iTunes and all the usual online places. It appears on their newest release for Christmas, Make We Merry. Dec 1: Alex revised his composition of In The Bleak Midwinter for his old choral group, New Dublin Voices. It’s available on itunes or direct from New Dublin Voices. Alex also creates music with his brother, Patrick Ryan, as Black Fox Leash.įeature: Profile on Alex Ryan from August 2015 News Archiveĭec 19: is #1 on the Irish Classical Music charts. He wrote the score to the film Darkness on the Edge of Town. Alex also played on and did the orchestral arrangements on Hozier’s Better Love and co-produced Saint Sister’s EP and subsequent singles. Previously, he played with Trinity Orchestra and has an accomplished choral background. ABOUT: Alex played bass with backing vocals and was the Musical Director on the Hozier tour from the very early tours in 2013 through to March 2016.
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