Ryan Fisherman

There’s something called a three-field crop rotation, where one is simultaneously growing sustenance but leaving one field fallow for the next rolling meadow. A cycle of influence, pulling across the chaff, always making new progress.

It seems fitting that this metaphor suits multi-instrumentalist and producer Ryan Chin, who has never seemed content in making music in just one scene. Starting his career as a drummer for successful indie electronica act <a href="spotify:artist:168E3QBTeZ9HgPSfJsl84C" data-name="Doprah">Doprah</a>, moving into deep session work for a gamut of Aotearoa’s most successful independent acts (<a href="spotify:artist:3vMKpgD6qgvEqjd7hW3r2X" data-name="Holly Arrowsmith">Holly Arrowsmith</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:41lEh8pOJlLcXKM4EnzcKL" data-name="Amiria Grenell">Amiria Grenell</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0EQA7v5S5mw5MeqsZmzHC2" data-name="Ben Woods">Ben Woods</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2i8PjlwoRliIYTnNjEndXm" data-name="Mousey">Mousey</a>), whilst also adopting the nom de plume Ryan Fisherman only demonstrates the natural embracement of change of a mature recording artist.

His first debut album Vibe is an intensely self-reflective work, featuring notable musicians (<a href="spotify:artist:7j0BzSCCwuJbFXVIlhW0vI" data-name="Motte">Motte</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5ENM4Vw9brkpcN51HtC8ga" data-name="Marlon Williams">Marlon Williams</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5OdePVFdXCcObLgTbmfdTJ" data-name="indi">indi</a>) from across his storied history as a touring and recording artist. The album’s opiate country oeuvre rightfully earned a finalist placing at 2021’s Best Country Artist category at NZ’s Country Music Awards. Alongside extensive coverage on RNZ and festival appearances, Chin established himself as an austere voice in Aotearoa’s alternative music camp.
Now refocusing into new weird folk territory after supporting the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:12fRkVfO2fUsz1QHgDAG3g" data-name="Julia Jacklin">Julia Jacklin</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4G4W57CTe85hPEGZ6hJ0Du" data-name="Tiny Ruins">Tiny Ruins</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:5ep2Spbr5BdQT3WErx4kie" data-name="Kane Strang">Kane Strang</a>, Ryan Fisherman continues moving forward, making personable tunes for the ever-loved and to-be-loved.