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This article is about the electronic music artist. For the famous swordsmith, see Muramasa. For other uses, see Muramasa (disambiguation).
Mura Masa
Birth nameAlexander Crossan
Also known as
  • Mura Masa
Born (1996-04-05) 5 April 1996 (age 28)
Castel, Guernsey
Genres
Occupations
Years active2014–present
Labels
Websitewww.muramasa.me

Alex Crossan (born 5 April 1996), also known by the stage name Mura Masa is a British electronic music producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Guernsey in the Channel Islands. He is signed to his own label Anchor Point Records and distributed by Polydor Records in the UK and Interscope Records in North America. Mura Masa started his career by posting a mixtape called Soundtrack to a Death to SoundCloud in 2014. The mixtape was subsequently distributed globally by German label Jakarta Records. His debut EP Someday Somewhere was released on April 10, 2015 via Anchor Point and featured UK vocalists Nao, Denai Moore and Jay Prince.[1] The track "Lovesick" from the EP reached number 1 on the Spotify viral charts in the UK and USA.[2] On 27 April 2015 he broadcast a 60-minute mix on the BBC Radio 1 show Diplo and Friends [3]

Life and career

Alex Crossan was born and raised on the small island of Guernsey. After playing guitar, bass, drums and singing in local Punk, Hardcore, Deathcore and Gospel bands as a teenager, he discovered Ableton Live at the age of 16 and began making Trap Music. At the age of 17 he uploaded his first tracks, remixes and bootlegs to Soundcloud. The track "Lotus Eater" was picked up by BBC Radio 1 with Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, Huw Stephens and Phil Taggart all playing the song on their shows. After leaving Guernsey to study English Literature at University of Sussex in Brighton, Crossan began playing his music live, with sold out shows at the Green Door Store in Brighton [4] and Electrowerkz [5] in London. In April 2015 he released his debut EP Someday Somewhere, with lead track "Firefly" being chosen for the In New Music We Trust playlist at BBC Radio 1.[6]

Alex was long-listed for the 'BBC Sound of... 2016' in December 2015, and placed 5th overall in the shortlist in January 2016.[citation needed]

Alex co-wrote the track 'First Things First' on Stormzy's 'Gang Signs and Prayer' which entered the BBC Top 40 album chart at number 1 on 3 March 2017. The track also entered the singles chart at number 25.

On March 17th 2017, he released 1 Night, a collaboration with Charli XCX.

Anchor Point Records

Anchor Point Records is Crossan's own label in partnership with Polydor Records and Interscope Records. As well as Mura Masa records, the label has released music by Dublin artist Bonzai.[7] and post-music duo Jadu Heart.[8]

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

  • Someday Somewhere (2015)

Mixtapes

  • Soundtrack to a Death (2014)

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[9] 		AUS
[10] 		BEL
(FL)
[11] 		DEN
[12] 		NZ
[13]
"Firefly"
(featuring NAO) 		2015 — — — — — Someday Somewhere
"Love for That"
(featuring Shura) 		— — — — — To Fall Out of Love To
"What If I Go?"
(featuring Bonzai) 		2016 — — 47 — —
"Love$ick"
(featuring A$AP Rocky) 		59 14
[14]		 46 20
[15]		 13
[16]
"1 Night"
(with Charli XCX) 		2017 — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Songwriting and production credits

  • Låpsley - "Seven Months" (2016) (Co-writer / producer)
  • Stormzy - "First Things First" (2017) (Co-writer / Producer)

Remixes

Year Song Artist
2014 "Drums" Hartebeest
"Upper Echelon" Travis Scott
(featuring T.I. and 2 Chainz)
"Kings and Queens" Brooke Fraser
"I'll Be Alright (Tonight)" Childish Gambino
(featuring EraNetik)
"Kingpin" RL Grime
(featuring Big Sean)
2015 "Stranger / Lover" Ibeyi
"Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran
2016 "Night Swimmers" Foals
2017 "In the Morning" Nao

References

  1. ^ "Someday Somewhere Review". Pigeons and Planes.
  2. ^ "Spotify Twitter". Spotify.
  3. ^ "Diplo and Friends". BBC.
  4. ^ "Green Door Store Gig Listing". Songkick.
  5. ^ "Electrowerkz Gig Listing". Songkick.
  6. ^ "Huw Stephens In New Music We Trust". BBC.
  7. ^ "Bonzai KBG Review". Blushing Panda.
  8. ^ "Jadu Heart".
  9. ^ "Love$ick peak position". Official Charts. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Discography Mura Masa". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Discografie Mura Masa" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Mura Masa Discography". Denmark Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  13. ^ "Discography Mura Masa". New Zealand Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  14. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Hitlisten.NU - Track Top-40 Uge 5, 2017". Hitlisten. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  16. ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  17. ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  18. ^ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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