Ryan Hemsworth

Raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Hemsworth attended University of King's College, where he studied journalism.^[10]

In 2011, Hemsworth released a collaborative album with Shady Blaze, titled Distorted.^[11] His 2013 album, Guilt Trips, was released by Last Gang Records.^[12] It won the 2014 Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year.^[13] In 2014, he released an album, Alone for the First Time, which was placed at number 3 on CMJ's "30 Best Albums of 2014" list.^[14] In 2015, he self-released a collaborative EP with Lucas, titled Taking Flight.^[15]

Hemsworth launched his label Secret Songs in 2014.^[16] It has since released music from artists across the world including Tennyson,^[17] GFOTY, and Kero Kero Bonito.^[18] It has also released compilation albums such as shh#ffb6c1^[19] and shh#000000.^[20]

In 2020, Hemsworth signed to Saddle Creek under the moniker Quarter-Life Crisis.^[21] The self-titled Quarter-Life Crisis EP released December 2020 features Frances Quinlan, Hand Habits, and Claud.^[22]

• Distorted (2011) (with Shady Blaze)
• Guilt Trips (2013)
• Alone for the First Time (2014)
• Elsewhere (2018)^[23]
• Radio Active (with Bodysync, Giraffage) (2022)
• Nutty (2024)

• Ryanpack Vol. 1 (2013)
• Ryanpack Vol. 2 (2015)
• Ryanpack Vol. 3 (2020)

• Cover Yr Shame (2010)
• No Plans (2011)
• A Way (2011)
• Kitsch Genius (2012)
• Last Words (2012)
• Still Awake (2013)
• Taking Flight (2015) (with Lucas)
• Circus Circus (2019) (with Yurufuwa Gang)
• Pout (2020)
• Quarter-Life Crisis (2020) (as Quarter-Life Crisis)

• "We Deserve This" (2010) (featuring Chemist, James Valmont and Cop Magnet)
• "Someone to Make You Crazy" (2011) (featuring Jenn Mierau)
• "Day 'n' Nite" (2013) (with Liz)
• "Every Square Inch" (2014) (with Qrion)
• "Gods" (2014) (with UV Boi)
• "Cream Soda" (2014) (with Tomggg)
• "Afterglow" (2015)
• "How It Felt" (2016)
• "Burying the Sun" (2016)
• "Wait" (2016) (featuring Keaton Henson and Mitski)
• "In the Sky" (2016) (featuring Nebu Kiniza)
• "Commas" (2016) (featuring Adamn Killa)
• "Holy" (2016) (featuring RYAN Playground and Swim Good Now)
• "Hunnid" (2017) (featuring E-40 and Yakki)
• "Four Seasons" (2018) (featuring NewAgeMuzik)^[24]
• "Think About U" (2018) (featuring Joji)^[25]
• "Special Girl" (2018) (featuring SK and Tomggg)^[26]
• "Tiny Tea Room" (2019) (with Wednesday Campanella)
• "New Life / Sun Up" (2020)
• "Cold Feet" (2020) (with Eden)
• "Keep Touch" (2020) (featuring Leland Whitty)

• Shady Blaze – "Dreamin", "Hood Nigga" and "Put the Speed On" from Rappers Ain't $#!% Without a Producer (2011)
• Vulkan the Krusader – "Industry People" from V for Vendetta (2011)
• Deniro Farrar – "Faith in Something", "Rich Ass Nigga", "No Games" and "Dublin" from Destiny Altered (2012)
• Shady Blaze – "Celebration" and "Faith in Something" from The Grind, Hustle & Talent (2012)
• Mishka & Rad Reef – "Hyperbolic Chamber Music" (2012)
• Aaron Cohen – "Wasting Time" from Murk (2012)
• Deniro Farrar and Shady Blaze – "43 Hours In", "Fallen Soldiers", "Cold Blood" and "Madonna" from Kill or Be Killed (2012)
• Hollywood Squadda – "Charles Glover" from My Room Look Like a Mall (2012)
• Shady Blaze – "51/50" from The Anomaly of Hip Hop (2012)
• Sole – "Letter to a Young Rapper" from A Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing (2012)
• Deniro Farrar – "Big Tookie" from The Patriarch (2013)
• Piu Piu – "W O" from Nightintale (2013)
• Starlito – "Again" and "Can't Get Over You" from Fried Turkey (2013)
• Deniro Farrar – "Separate" from The Patriarch II (2013)
• Kitty, Sasha Go Hard and Tink – "Spotless" from Druture Presents: Out of Towner Vol.1 (2013)
• Abgohard and Slater – "GTA" from Rich Yung Pimp (2014)
• The Underachievers – "Incandescent" from Cellar Door: Terminus Ut Exordium (2014)
• Swet Shop Boys – "Benny Lava" from Swet Shop (2014)
• Tory Lanez – "Mama Told Me" from Lost Cause (2014)
• Tinashe – "Wrong" from Amethyst (2015)
• Jose Guapo and Hoodrich Pablo Juan – "Juggin' Dat Pack" from Million Dollar Plugs 2 (2016)
• Cadell – "Off White" from London: The Album (2017)
• Adamn Killa – "Separate" from I Am Adamn (2017)
• Joji – "R.I.P." from Ballads 1 (2018)
• Jamie Isaac – "Melt" and "Drifted" from (04:30) Idler (2018)
• Yurufuwa Gang – "Hybrid" and "Speed" from Mars Ice House II (2018)
• Riri – "Luv Luv" (2019)
• Lightshow – "Everything I Came For" from If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2019)
• Ambré – "fubu" from Pulp (2019)
• Jung Jin Hyeong – "Emergency" from SOAR (2019)

• Kanye West – "All of the Lights" (2011)
• Main Attrakionz – "Perfect Skies" (Seiken Densetsu mix) (2011)
• Grimes – "Genesis" (2012)
• Main Attrakionz – "8ball" (2012)
• Toboggan – "Bermuda" (2012)
• Frank Ocean – "Thinkin Bout You" (2012)
• Tinashe – "Boss" (2012)
• Bruiser Brigade – "Errthang" (2012)
• Jenn Mierau – "A Little Blue" (2012)
• Mikky Ekko – "Pull Me Down" (2012)
• Lianne La Havas – "Age" (2012)
• Monolithium – "Bounce 4 Life" (2012)
• The 1975 – "Sex" (2012)
• Chaos in the CBD – "Never Ending" (2012)
• Mike Din – "Losing You" (2012)
• Cat Power – "Manhattan" (2013)
• Rhye – "Open" (2013)
• Lana Del Rey – "Summertime Sadness" (2013)
• Outkast – "Return of the G" (2013)
• Backstreet Boys – "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" (2013)
• Migos – "Bando" (2013)
• Birdy Nam Nam – "(The Golden Era) Of El Cobra Discoteca" (2013)
• ASAP Rocky – "Thuggin' Noise" (2013)
• Lorde – "Ribs" (2013)
• Beyoncé – "Mine" (2013)
• Disclosure – "F for You" (2013)
• Sinead Harnett – "No Other Way" (2014)
• Wave Racer – "Streamers" (2014)
• Mitski – "Francis Forever" (2015)
• Club cheval – "Discipline" (2015)
• Skylar Spence – "Can't You See" (2015)
• Nothing – "Nineteen Ninety Heaven" (2016)
• Joji – "Will He" (2018)
• Rina Sawayama – "Cherry" (2018)
• ILLENIUM – "Every Piece of Me (with Echos)" (2020)
• Alina Baraz – More Than Enough (2020)
• Francis Quinlan – Lean (2021)

• 2014: Juno Award for Electronic Album of the Year^[27]
• 2014: SOCAN Breakout Award^[28]

• Official website  
• Ryan Hemsworth discography at Discogs