{"id":22304,"date":"2015-03-28T18:50:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T17:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=22304"},"modified":"2015-03-28T19:22:28","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T18:22:28","slug":"itw-ry-x-doesnt-play-by-the-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/itw-ry-x-doesnt-play-by-the-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"ITW &#8211; RY X doesn&#8217;t play by the rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With their album &#8220;<em>Sacred Ground&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>just around the corner and a mini European tour underway, Sophie sat down with\u00a0<strong>Ry X<\/strong>\u00a0at Ga\u00eft\u00e9 Lyrique, just before his concert on February\u00a018th, 2015. It was one of those freezing winter days in Paris. Sub-zero temperatures, very grey and murky&#8230; The kind of temperatures that could easily flirt with the kind of organic music that\u00a0<em>Howling<\/em> will release with &#8220;Sacred Ground&#8221;.\u00a0The duo made up of electronic producer Frank Wiedemann and <strong>Ry X<\/strong> himself on with his now well-adored\u00a0trademark vocals, have been known to not play by any rules except their own. We expect that from artists, as we did from <strong>Ry X<\/strong>. Read on to know more about how, why, what, who with, and get to know more from the Australian born, Los Angeles based singer-songwriter-unexpected-hit-maker : <em>Ry Cumings.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"640\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sodwee.com\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/03\\\/itw-ry-x-doesnt-play-by-the-rules\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:&quot;14097878&quot;}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 640px;\" data-original-width=\"640\" data-original-height=\"640\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 640px;\" data-original-width=\"640\" data-original-height=\"640\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"636\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"636\"> <img  decoding=\"async\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-attachment-id=\"22350\"  data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg\"  data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\"  data-comments-opened=\"1\"  data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\"  data-image-title=\"Sacred Ground &amp;#8211; Howling &amp;#8211; Sodwee.com &amp;#8211; Ry X Frank Wiedemann\"  data-image-description=\"\"  data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?fit=620%2C620&#038;ssl=1\"  data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?fit=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  width=\"636\"  height=\"636\"  loading=\"lazy\"  data-original-width=\"636\"  data-original-height=\"636\"  itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\"  title=\"Sacred Ground - Howling - Sodwee.com - Ry X Frank Wiedemann\"  alt=\"Sacred Ground - Howling - Sodwee.com - Ry X Frank Wiedemann\"  style=\"width: 636px; height: 636px;\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?w=636&#038;h=636&#038;crop=1&#038;ssl=1\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?resize=620%2C620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?resize=940%2C940&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?resize=330%2C330&amp;ssl=1 330w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?resize=690%2C690&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?resize=1050%2C1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?resize=32%2C32&amp;ssl=1 32w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?resize=64%2C64&amp;ssl=1 64w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a3218091167_10.jpg?resize=128%2C128&amp;ssl=1 128w\" > <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p><strong>RY X<\/strong>\u00a0started his career using his birth name. In an interview with\u00a0<i>Entertainment Tonight<\/i>, he mentioned\u00a0<em>Pearl Jam<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Jeff Buckley\u00a0<\/em>as the greatest influence on him.\u00a0He started writing music at 16, after he heard <em>Buckley<\/em>&#8216;s album &#8220;Grace&#8221;.\u00a0His song &#8220;Let Your Spirit Fly&#8221; appeared on the soundtrack of the 2006 film\u00a0<i>Hoot<\/i>. He moved to Los Angeles, where he was signed by\u00a0<em>Jive Records<\/em>, releasing his self-titled debut album on 20 July 2010.\u00a0He briefly toured with\u00a0<em>Maroon 5<\/em>, becoming their opening act in select venues.<\/p>\n[separator type=&#8221;space&#8221;]\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/190908516&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n[separator type=&#8221;space&#8221;]\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Interview by <a title=\"Check out Sophie's other Interviews...\" href=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/author\/sophie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sophie<\/a>. Photos by <a title=\"Visit Michela's official website...\" href=\"http:\/\/www.popuptale.com\" target=\"_blank\">Michela Cuccagna<\/a>.<\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<h6>Tonight you\u2019re in Paris to play your own music but you\u2019ve been involved in so many projects : The Acid, Howling or Hymn de Lune. How do you find time to do this ?<\/h6>\n<p>I don\u2019t ! (laughing) I don\u2019t find enough time. I shouldn\u2019t probably do all of this at once but I like to fuck with the industry (laughing)\u2026 I do !<\/p>\n<h3><div class=\"su-pullquote su-pullquote-align-left\">&#8220;I shouldn\u2019t probably do all of this at once but I like to fuck with the industry\u2026 I do !&#8221; \u00a0 &#8211; Ry X on being in\u00a03 different projects at the same time.<\/div><\/h3>\n<h6>You\u2019re almost everywhere now !<\/h6>\n<p>I don\u2019t like playing by the rules. I like to express myself in different ways and record labels and agents or people don\u2019t understand it sometimes but I just did it anyway. It\u2019s been fucking crazy for me too because there\u2019s been so much work and so many projects but I love to make work.<\/p>\n<h6>You haven\u2019t released your own album yet. Are you working on it ?<\/h6>\n<p>Yeah, but it\u2019s hard. RY X is difficult.<\/p>\n<h6>You mean being yourself is difficult ?<\/h6>\n<p>Well, it\u2019s hard to explain\u2026 Imagine that someone came into your house and undressed you, made you naked and just looked at you\u2026.<\/p>\n<h6>I would love it !<\/h6>\n<p>(laughing) French ! That was such a good answer ! Obviously your mind works better than mine ! You know, RY X is like undressed, very raw. It can be difficult to get to that place cause sometimes you might want to put make up on it. It takes time and then, when you give that to people, when you share that, people are seeing the most naked part of yourself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"640\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sodwee.com\\\/blog\\\/2015\\\/03\\\/itw-ry-x-doesnt-play-by-the-rules\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:&quot;14097878&quot;}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 125px;\" data-original-width=\"640\" data-original-height=\"125\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 185px; height: 125px;\" data-original-width=\"185\" data-original-height=\"125\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"181\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"121\"> <img  decoding=\"async\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-attachment-id=\"22417\"  data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a.jpg\"  data-orig-size=\"1200,800\"  data-comments-opened=\"1\"  data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1424272685&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Michela Cuccagna\\u00a9&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;39&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Ry X (Ry Cuming) ; Portrait 2015.Paris.Michela Cuccagna\\u00a9&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\"  data-image-title=\"Ry X (Ry Cuming) ; Portrait 2015.Paris.Michela Cuccagna\u00a9\"  data-image-description=\"\"  data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a.jpg?fit=620%2C413&#038;ssl=1\"  data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a.jpg?fit=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  width=\"181\"  height=\"121\"  loading=\"lazy\"  data-original-width=\"181\"  data-original-height=\"121\"  itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\"  title=\"Ry X (Ry Cuming) ; Portrait 2015.Paris.Michela Cuccagna\u00a9\"  alt=\"Ry X (Ry Cuming) ; Portrait 2015.Paris.Michela Cuccagna\u00a9\"  style=\"width: 181px; height: 121px;\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a.jpg?w=181&#038;h=121&#038;ssl=1\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a.jpg?resize=620%2C413&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a.jpg?resize=940%2C627&amp;ssl=1 940w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a.jpg?resize=330%2C220&amp;ssl=1 330w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a.jpg?resize=296%2C197&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a.jpg?resize=690%2C460&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a.jpg?resize=1050%2C700&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/a.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w\" > <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 85px; height: 125px;\" data-original-width=\"85\" data-original-height=\"125\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/05.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"81\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"121\"> <img  decoding=\"async\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-attachment-id=\"22312\"  data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/05.jpg\"  data-orig-size=\"800,1200\"  data-comments-opened=\"1\"  data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1424272951&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Michela Cuccagna\\u00a9&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Ry X (Ry Cuming) ; Portrait 2015.Paris.Michela Cuccagna\\u00a9&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;resized_images&quot;:[&quot;680x440&quot;,&quot;690x440&quot;]}\"  data-image-title=\"Ry X &amp;#8211; (Ry Cuming) Portrait 2015 &amp;#8211; Paris &amp;#8211; Photo by Michela Cuccagna for Sodwee.com\"  data-image-description=\"\"  data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/05.jpg?fit=620%2C930&#038;ssl=1\"  data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/05.jpg?fit=640%2C960&#038;ssl=1\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  width=\"81\"  height=\"121\"  loading=\"lazy\"  data-original-width=\"81\"  data-original-height=\"121\"  itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\"  title=\"Ry X - (Ry Cuming) Portrait 2015 - Paris - Photo by Michela Cuccagna for Sodwee.com\"  alt=\"Ry X - sodwee.com\"  style=\"width: 81px; height: 121px;\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/05.jpg?w=81&#038;h=121&#038;ssl=1\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/05.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/05.jpg?resize=300%2C450&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/05.jpg?resize=620%2C930&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/05.jpg?resize=330%2C495&amp;ssl=1 330w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/05.jpg?resize=690%2C1035&amp;ssl=1 690w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/05.jpg?resize=267%2C400&amp;ssl=1 267w\" > <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> RY X at Ga\u00eft\u00e9 Lyrique in Paris, just before he went on stage. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 185px; height: 125px;\" data-original-width=\"185\" data-original-height=\"125\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/02.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"181\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"121\"> <img  decoding=\"async\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-attachment-id=\"22309\"  data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/02.jpg\"  data-orig-size=\"1200,800\"  data-comments-opened=\"1\"  data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1424272829&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Michela Cuccagna\\u00a9&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;37&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Ry X (Ry Cuming) ; Portrait 2015.Paris.Michela Cuccagna\\u00a9&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;resized_images&quot;:[&quot;680x440&quot;,&quot;690x440&quot;]}\"  data-image-title=\"Ry X &amp;#8211; (Ry Cuming) Portrait 2015 &amp;#8211; Paris &amp;#8211; Photo by Michela Cuccagna for Sodwee.com\"  data-image-description=\"\"  data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/02.jpg?fit=620%2C413&#038;ssl=1\"  data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/02.jpg?fit=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  width=\"181\"  height=\"121\"  loading=\"lazy\"  data-original-width=\"181\"  data-original-height=\"121\"  itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\"  title=\"Ry X - (Ry Cuming) Portrait 2015 - Paris - Photo by Michela Cuccagna for Sodwee.com\"  alt=\"Ry X - (Ry Cuming) Portrait 2015 - Paris - Photo by Michela Cuccagna for Sodwee.com\"  style=\"width: 181px; 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You\u2019re Australian, you\u2019ve been living in Los Angeles, you spent some time in Germany. Is there any place you can call home ?<\/h6>\n<p>Well, I don\u2019t know&#8230;yeah but it\u2019s not an arbitrary thing. I have a few homes. Berlin is one of my homes, so is California and so is Australia. I could actually live anywhere as long as I\u2019ve got community and love.<\/p>\n<h6>Would you be interested in trying other kinds of art ?<\/h6>\n<p>Yeah, I love lots of things. I actually direct the videos for <em>The Acid<\/em> and <em>Howling<\/em> and I creatively direct the projects too. Sometimes I write for other artists too and I produce them. I don\u2019t paint, I mean I paint but I don\u2019t paint for people, you know. There are some things that I maybe don\u2019t do. I think everybody is creative, it just depends on how much you\u2019re in touch with that part of yourself.<\/p>\n[separator type=&#8221;space&#8221;]\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/9872918&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n[separator type=&#8221;space&#8221;]\n<h6><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">In all your projects, there\u2019s always a strong link with nature. Will it also be a recurrent theme of your own album ?<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>I guess so\u2026 It\u2019s on the <em>Howling<\/em> stuff because this project is very much about spatial influence. Being influenced by the energy of Berlin or the energy of the mountains in California. The <strong>RY X<\/strong> album is like a landscape of your heart I guess. It\u2019s much more like the different places within yourself that you have to explore. In <em>Howling<\/em> and <em>The Acid<\/em> it\u2019s a balance between internal and external but <strong>RY X<\/strong> is very introverted.<\/p>\n<h6>Talking about Howling, you didn\u2019t start this project under this name so how did you pick this one ?<\/h6>\n<p>It was pretty obvious. We just wanted to have a name because the project started to take more of a shape &#8230; We didn\u2019t plan to be a project in the beginning, we didn\u2019t plan to have a record, we just wanted to make some music and then it turned out that we needed an album name, a band name so we thought how better than to start with the begining.<\/p>\n<h6>I read somewhere it\u2019s a reference to the man being a lone wolf.<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Yes, I live up on a mountain, I live a long way away from things. I kinda live a little bit of that life.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6>How did you meet Frank [NDLR: Frank Wiedemann] by the way?<\/h6>\n<p>We met randomly through a friend. We just met on skype actually and we saw each other in California when he was out playing and then I went to Berlin and spend some time with him. He\u2019s just a wonderful human being. So we became good friends, brothers.<\/p>\n[separator type=&#8221;space&#8221;]\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/178551876&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n[separator type=&#8221;space&#8221;]\n<h6><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">How do you actually manage to be involved in all these projects and still be yourself ?<\/span><\/h6>\n<h3><div class=\"su-pullquote su-pullquote-align-right\">&#8220;There\u2019s some sense of rawness, which is very important to me, to connect and contribute to society.&#8221; \u00a0 &#8211; Ry X on celebrity \/\u00a0stardom.<\/div><\/h3>\n<p>(sigh) It can be hard ! (laughing) I\u2019ll never be and I don\u2019t wanna be a pop star so you never have to think of that much but you\u2019re still under some awareness or scrutiny all the time. There\u2019s always a bit of, not expectations but, a little bit of awareness on the projects. I\u2019ve found out it\u2019s important to be even more yourself, even more raw, even more stripped. And if people don\u2019t like it they can fuck off. It\u2019s a very French attitude, isn\u2019t it ? (laughing) No, it\u2019s something about being yourself. This idea of being naked and getting used to it. You don\u2019t wanna do it sometimes but once you get used to it and you can stand naked in front of anybody and feel comfortable you get passed the borders. Yesterday in Brussels people writing an interview were like \u00ab he\u2019s got no shirt on, he\u2019s lying on a couch, he doesn\u2019t care and he\u2019s not put together \u00bb and I was like \u00ab Fuck you ! Like you don\u2019t do this too ! This is my home now ! \u00bb (laughing) I give exactly who I am. I think people see artists and they want a romantic notion of who they are. Some of it is bullshit. You don\u2019t need to go on stage every time with a new outfit. There\u2019s some sense of rawness, which is very important to me, to connect and contribute to society.<\/p>\n<h6>Last time I met you you were about to be a father, can I congratulate you now ?<\/h6>\n<p>Yes !<\/p>\n<h6>Bravo ! So now you need to find time for the baby too !<\/h6>\n<p>No, it\u2019s like now I need to find time for life outside of the baby! It\u2019s crazy, it\u2019s a really good reality check. Everything suddenly makes sense in a different capacity. Everything becomes relevant and irrelevant at the same time. You realize that the esteem or glory is not real and you don\u2019t need it cause you\u2019re just in love with a tiny human being !<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em>&#8220;<\/em>Sacred Ground<em>&#8220;<\/em>\u00a0will be out on May 4th via\u00a0<em>Monkeytown<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Counter Records<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/154587057&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Follow <strong>RY X <\/strong>on :\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RYXmusic\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/ry-x\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/ryxhart\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryx\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"http:\/\/ry-x.com\" target=\"_blank\">www<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With their album &#8220;Sacred Ground&#8221;\u00a0just around the corner and a mini European tour underway, Sophie sat down with\u00a0Ry&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":7118,"featured_media":22417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15413,13700,13536,5486,76,6417,6591],"tags":[1183,1199,10088,11176,16470,16466,16479,16472,3452,16478,16468,10894,16463,4336,4379,16465,16464,10280,16183,10897,5911,6074,16471,6297,16467,16477,16480,7052,7165,8658,16179,16469,11718,17200],"artist":[],"genre":[],"ppma_author":[21472],"class_list":{"0":"post-22304","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-15413","8":"category-housekeeping","9":"category-interview-2","10":"category-music-industry","11":"category-nouvelles","12":"category-radar","13":"category-review","14":"tag-audioblog","15":"tag-australia","16":"tag-berlin","17":"tag-california","18":"tag-doesnt-play-by-the-rules","19":"tag-dumont-dumont","20":"tag-falsetto","21":"tag-february-18th-2015","22":"tag-france","23":"tag-frank-wiedemann","24":"tag-freeland","25":"tag-gaite-lyrique","26":"tag-howling","27":"tag-interview","28":"tag-itw","29":"tag-jive-records","30":"tag-liminal","31":"tag-los-angeles","32":"tag-michela-cuccagna","33":"tag-music-blog","34":"tag-paris","35":"tag-photographs","36":"tag-portrait","37":"tag-producer","38":"tag-ry-cuming","39":"tag-sacred-ground","40":"tag-signes","41":"tag-signs","42":"tag-sodwee","43":"tag-sodwee-com","44":"tag-sophie","45":"tag-steve-nalepa","46":"tag-stockholm","47":"tag-the-acid","48":"cs-entry","49":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ITW - RY X doesn&#039;t play by the rules | Sodwee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sophie interviewed RY X and he &quot;doesn&#039;t play by the rules&quot;! 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