Bio

Over the years, Tym Ryan has led all kinds of people on a variety of dancefloors to fall in love with electronic dance music. In the late 1980s, on the cold northern campus of University of Maine, Ryan DJed an industrial/electronic music program at the college radio station, using basic turntables without pitch control and fashioning his own slipmats out of felt and silk. As early Chicago house and acid house made their debut into the underground music current of the United States and Tym's record box, his stunning technical skills and instinctive track selection landed him behind the decks at the earliest warehouse parties and raves to occur in the United States. He and fellow Bostonian John Debo teamed up in the early 90s at Axis to host "Culture," widely-agreed as the most influential New England club night to spread the then-secret gospel of acid house. As one of the East Coast's first and best DJs, Ryan has always led the scene with his casual disregard for what's hot/what not, instead following his intuition. Since then, Ryan has humbly guided the dance music wave that washed over the States, playing gigs all over North America - LA, Miami, Seattle, Montreal, Quebec, Toronto - and Europe. Having been there, done that, played with (insert name here) and seen it all, Ryan remains unceasingly passionate about quality dance music and the pure fun that it inspires. Perhaps most impressively, Ryan's former resident club night, "Spin Cycle," was one of the longest running weekly club nights in the United States. The spirit of the night, much like Tym himself, focused on a funky, party-down atmosphere that aimed to have as much fun as possible in four short hours. In testament to Ryan's exceptional - but never snobbish - knack for quality, he was the first person to bring (now uber-successful) Timo Maas to play in the U.S., resulting in a two-year monthly Spin Cycle residency featuring Hope Recordings artists (Leon Alexander, Max Graham, Ian Wilkie, and Starecase). Ryan has a much-loved, fanatically loyal crowd - devoted to his tech-funk progressive selections and the dancefloor - that attended Spin Cycle religiously and continue to follow him wherever he plays.

- Kendra Borowski