Hi, my name is Ry. I'm a composer and session musician with over 20 years of experience composing and performing and recording. I was born and raised in South Africa and relocated to London in 2022.

I compose music for video games, gig regularly around Europe with my folk punk band The Shabs, make electronic music with my arcade funk project Human Bean Juice, and do session work ranging anywhere between jazz, rock, pop, soul, folk, afrobeat and reggae.

I love composition, songwriting and production and have co-written over 10 album/EP releases. Over the years I’ve also toured Australia, UK, all over Europe, South Africa, Tanzania and Mozambique with various projects.

In 2014 I graduated with honours in Jazz Performance from SACM, winning the prize for top jazz student and the Lyon Prize for ensemble playing. I was also selected as a member of the 2014 Standard Bank National Youth Jazz band, performing with the group at the Grahamstown Jazz festival, Joy of Jazz festival and the Stockholm International Jazz festival. Although I don’t play too much Jazz these days, I feel like it still informs a large amount of my musicality.

In 2025 I completed a short-course in music composition for video games lead by BAFTA-winning composer Jason Graves. I tied for top of the class, receiving a recommendation letter from Jason himself.