Roy English

Roy English
Birth name Brandon Roy Wronski
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer-songwriter
  • producer
  • instrumentalist
Years active 2011–present
Labels Unsigned
Associated acts Eye Alaska
Website royenglish.tumblr.com

Brandon Roy Wronski, better known as Roy English, is an American record producer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has written and produced alongside music industry legends such as, Jeff Bhasker (Fun, Kanye West), S1 (Kanye West, Beyonce), Teddy Riley (Michael Jackson, Blackstreet), Rick Nowels (Lykke Li, Lana Del Rey), Dan Heath (Hans Zimmer, Lana Del Rey), Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, Faith No More) and Dave Sitek (TV On The Radio, Santigold).

History

English toured the United States in his former indie-rock band Eye Alaska from 2007–2011.[1] In 2012 while in the process of moving to Boise, Idaho to work at Pizza Hut, he met producer Jeff Bhasker who then helped English on his songwriting and production skills.

He was signed by Jason Flom to Lava and Republic Records in April 2013, only to be dropped one year later in April 2014. Despite being dropped, later that year English signed a publishing deal with Janice Brock and Guy Moot at Sony ATV for Europe.

English completed some production on Lana Del Rey’s single "I Can Fly,” alongside Rick Nowels and S1 which was featured in Tim Burton’s 2014 movie Big Eyes.

Releases

On January 22nd 2015, English premiered his first single “Julianne” on Pigeons and Planes."[2] The record was produced by English, and Stefan Ponce (Vic Mensa, Chance the Rapper), and written by English and Roc Nation artist Sunni Colon.

English gained attention after writing and singing on the Swedish DJ Alesso’s single “Cool[3] which premiered on February 13, 2015, on BBC Radio 1. The song was originally a vocal and orchestra piece written by English before being reinterpreted and produced by Alesso. English performs this song live at select tour dates with Alesso.[4]

In 2015, Michael Brun made the track Tongue Tied July together with Roy, which has been very successful.

References

  1. "ROY ENGLISH RELEASES THE FEARLOVE EP". underthefunreview.net. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. "PREMIERE: ROY ENGLISH – "JULIANNE"". pigeonsandplans.com. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. "Alesso Releases His "Cool" Video". idolator.com. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  4. "Alesso Ultra Music Festival Miami 2015 [FULL SET]". youtube.com. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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