This renewed focus found Ruthven learning the basics of production and beatmaking during breaks between callouts on night shifts at the fire station, stashing his recording equipment in a spare locker and subsisting on a steady diet of Prince, Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel. “I said once the kids get to the age of about five I was gonna give it another ago,” he recalls. The demands of a job in the Fire Brigade, particularly when you’re a new recruit, don’t necessarily lend themselves to outside pursuits, though, and Ruthven switched his focus to work while also spending quality time with his young family. “I feel like I can hear where the parts are going to go,” he says.įrom there he entered the Centre For Young Musicians to play drums, an experience that would solidify the artist’s ambition to become a session musician. They’re just locked in my head.” It’s from this early introduction that Ruthven developed what he considers to be his greatest musical asset, his ear. “I got to know Jazz Piano Grade Three in the ’90s,” he explains, “I know them pieces.
Growing up around a family of musicians and music lovers, the vocalist, songwriter, producer and proud Paul Institute alumnus would accompany his mother to piano lessons she would teach throughout south London. “Music’s kind of been life for me,” admits Ruthven.
At once fragile and swaggering, delicate and steamy, we’re delighted to present this thrilling showcase from a singular artist. Directed by Jasper Brown, the performance features an all-new live band, including Ben Reed, who featured on Frank Ocean’s Blonde and Endless, on bass, Avi Barath, who was the musical director for Berwyn & Pa Salieu, on keys, Nicola Sipprell on backing vocals, Calum Duncan on guitar and Ellis Dupuy on drums. To mark the release of his new single Fact invited Ruthven and his band members into 180 Studios to play some new songs. Fact invites vocalist, songwriter, producer and proud Paul Institute alumnus Ruthven into 180 Studios for an intimate performance of new songs, ‘123 Days’, ‘Don’t Keep It To Yourself’ and ‘The Window’.
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