Michael Smith

Man with glasses and a beard sitting in front of a large, dark wooden door with a sign above it that reads "Abbey Road". Two potted plants are on either side of the door, and there are wall-mounted lights on each side.

Michael Smith spent his early twenties producing and as a touring musician in various bands, weaving his way around Europe & the US, before finally settling back in London to pursue a career as a producer. He spent the next few years honing his craft, working on early tracks from Wolf Alice, Delights, Noah Yorke, Hex Girlfriend, Bess Atwell and Anteros. His passion for artist development saw him working smaller acts like Honey Lung, Low Girl, FLOWVERS, Harvey Jay Dodgeson, Safe At Any Speed, Mackenzie FAERS and JerryWilliams and working closely with their teams to help build their profiles. As well as heritage acts like Elvis Costello, The Saints and The Spencer Davis Group,

Now working out of his own studio, RYP recordings in North West London Michael Smith has developed a production style that has resonated with DSP’s and radio tastemakers alike. His work gaining regular play from BBC Radio 1, 2, 6 and BBC Introducing from Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens, Jack Saunders and Annie Mac to as far afield as Triple J i nAustralia and A Rádio Rock in Brazil. His tracks have amassed millions of streams across Spotify & Apple Music with features in New Music Friday US, UK, Finland, Iceland and Denmark.