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Rhye
Rhye performing in Oslo in 2018
Rhye performing in Oslo in 2018
Background information
OriginToronto, Canada
GenresAlternative R&B, downtempo, soul
Years active2010–present
LabelsLoma Vista Recordings
MembersMilosh
Past membersRobin Hannibal
Websitewww.rhyemusic.com

Rhye is an Contemporary R&B musical project of Canadian singer Mike Milosh.[1] He uses a rotating group of musicians to record and tour.

Rhye's sound is known to be androgynous. They have released three albums, Woman, Blood, Blood Remixed and two EPs, The Fall (Remixes), and Spirit. Woman was long-listed for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize.

History

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Band formation

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Milosh was born in Toronto, Canada,[2], the son of a professional violinist father, and teacher mother. He he studied classical cello, eventually joining his high school band.[3]

Later, Milosh moved to Berlin, Germany to pursue a music career as a vocalist and a producer, and became an electronic musician. Using the professional name Milosh, he signed with the record label Plug Research and released two albums, You Make Me Feel (2004), and Meme (2006).[4] He also contributed the track "Then It Happened" to the Ghostly International/Williams Street album Ghostly Swim, which was released in 2008.[5]

Musical releases

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Milosh met Danish instrumentalist Robin Hannibal in summer 2010, [6] the latter a prior member of the Danish duo Quadron (with Coco Maja Hastrup Karshøj). Hannibal was living in his native Copenhagen, and contacted Milosh in Berlin about singing on a remix.[7] The two musicians spent a week together in the studio recording three tracks for their first collaboration.

Milosh and Hannibal moved back to the United States, and formed Rhye.[8] Soon, they signed to the Plug Research label and began releasing singles beginning in 2012. Their first two were "Open" and "The Fall", and they were released on the internet complete with videos before the release of the album, Woman, on March 4, 2013.[9][10] Woman was recorded in bedroom sessions, and at the time of its release, the label provided no details on the two musicians on the album, which resulted in speculation about their sexuality and origins.[11] Milosh's voice and the band's instrumentation are likened to those of British-Nigerian singer Sade[12] and Everything but the Girl's Tracey Thorn.[13]

"We just didn't want to be in the imagery of it because we wanted people to have their own experience with the songs," he told NPR at the time.[8]

In June 2013, Woman was long-listed for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize. The following year Rhye toured the United States.[3]

Hannibal left the band in 2017, and Rhye evolved into a music collective led by Milosh and focused around the associated live band.[14]

In 2017, Rhye collaborated with Bonobo on a track called "Break Apart" from his album Migration. That June, the band released the split single featuring the songs "Please" and "Summer Days".[15]

The second album from Rhye was called, Blood, and was released on February 2, 2018.[16][17] It was largely written, produced, and performed by Milosh.[18] Rhye, under the direction of Milosh, and without Hannibal prompted Rolling Stone to write: "the original template of warm, breathy vocal jazz, soft rock and quiet storm remains, and Rhye is mostly content to expand it slightly, allowing the arrangements to breathe and the musicians to add brightly colorful touches."[11]

The cover art for Blood featured Milosh's naked girlfriend, Geneviève Medow Jenkins (a different woman from the one on the cover of Woman).[3]

In summer 2018, Rhye began an international tour to promote the album Blood.[19]

Rhye’s new EP Spirit, was released in May 2019.[20] The recordings, which were completed following the tour, feature Rhye’s usual electronic and guitar style, with "meditative piano arrangements and ambient mood-setting". The inclusion of the piano was the result of Milosh receiving and using a baby grand piano that his girlfriend gave him.[21]

On xxx, Rhye released a tracked called "Beautiful", which was inspired by an initiative called A Beautiful Weekend, in which the song was played on a 72-hour loop with a simultaneous video created by the musician in his home.[22] The song's release came with A “Box of Beautiful” care package, composed of a candle, an embossed journal, a gypsum crystal, and other items useful in the self-isolation of the Covid-19 pandemic.[23] Milosh also contributed to a Secular Sabbath his music as part of the series' ambient live-stream programming.[1]

Discography

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Albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
BEL
[24] 		DEN
[25] 		FRA
[26] 		UK
[27] 		US
[28]
Woman 22 12 164 143 55
Blood
  • Released: February 2, 2018
  • Label: Loma Vista, Hostess
  • Distribution: Concord Music Group
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
 10 38
[29]		 80 — 118
Blood Remixed
  • Released: November 16, 2018
  • Label: Loma Vista
  • Distribution: Concord Music Group
  • Formats: LP, digital download
 — — — — —
Spirit
  • Released: May 10, 2019
  • Label: Loma Vista
  • Distribution: Concord Music Group
  • Formats: LP, digital download
 160 — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

EPs

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  • The Fall (Remixes) (2012)
  • Spirit (2019)

Singles

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  • "Open" (2012)
  • "The Fall" (2012)
  • "Please" (2017)
  • "Summer Days" (2017)
  • "Taste" (2017)
  • "Hymn" (2018)
  • "Needed" (2019)
  • "Beautiful" (2020)

Videography

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Music videos

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Title Year Director(s) Notes
"The Fall" 2012 Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen [30]
"Open" Jennifer Nies original version [31]
"Open" 2013 Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen second version [32]
"Please" 2017 Michael Milosh [33]
"Count to Five" 2018 Michael Milosh, Geneviève Medow Jenkins [34]
"Song for You" [35]
"Phoenix" [36]
"Beautiful" 2020 Michael Milosh, Geneviève Medow Jenkins [1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Vanderhoof, Erin (May 21, 2020). "Rhye's Music Video For "Beautiful" Is a Lesson in Social Distancing". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. ^ Ritchie, Kevin (February 28, 2018). "Searching for catharsis with Rhye's Mike Milosh". Now Toronto. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Haithcoat, Rebecca (June 5, 2018). "Rhye Gets Down to Business". GQ. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. ^ Demarco, Nicole (March 16, 2018). "A Midsummer Night's Dream: How Mike Milosh Is Reinventing Rhye". Village Voice. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. ^ Ranta, Alan (March 12, 2009). "Various Artists: Ghostly Swim". popmatters.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Four Things You Need to Know About Rhye". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  7. ^ Rosen, Jody (February 14, 2013). "A Warm Croon Wrapped in an Enigma". New York Times. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Rhye: Men Of Mystery Find A Feminine Sound". National Public Radio. Retrieved 6 March 2013. Cite error: The named reference "NPR" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  9. ^ Battan, Carrie. "Rhye Announce Debut Album". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  10. ^ Fitzmaurice, Larry. "Rising: Rhye". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  11. ^ a b Reeves, Mosi (February 2, 2018). "Review: Rhye Gently Returns Years After the Alt-R&B Buzz". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ Dave Simpson (7 March 2013). "Rhye: Woman – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  14. ^ Roberts, Randall (2017-11-05). "California Sounds: New music from Rhye, Gun Outfit and Josiah Steinbrick". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  15. ^ Cook-Wilson, Winston (2017-07-07). "Listen to Two New Songs from Rhye: "Please" and "Summer Days"". Spin. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  16. ^ "Review: Rhye – 'Blood'". Spin. 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  17. ^ "Rhye – 'Blood' album review". NME. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  18. ^ Patrick, Ryan. "Four Things You Need to Know About Rhye". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  19. ^ "Rhye Share New Single "Taste," Announce World Tour". Spin. 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  20. ^ Velez, Jennifer. "Rhye On The Meaning Behind 'Spirit,' Vulnerability In Songwriting & More". grammy.com. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  21. ^ Torres, Eric (May 18, 2019). "Rhye Spirit". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  22. ^ Martinez, Alonso (July 29, 2020). "Rhye: canciones para días de incertidumbre". GQ Mexico. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  23. ^ Hussey, Allison (May 8, 2020). "Rhye Shares New Song "Beautiful": Listen". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  24. ^ "Rhye". Ultratop. Ultratop. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  25. ^ Steffen Hung. "Discography Rhye". danishcharts.dk. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
  26. ^ Steffen Hung. "Discography Rhye". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
  27. ^ "CHART: CLUK Update 16.03.2013 (wk10)". UK Albums Chart. Zobbel.de. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  28. ^ "Rhye". Billboard. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  29. ^ "Track Top-40 Uge 6, 2018". Hitlisten. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  30. ^ Luke O Neil (9 Oct 2012). "Rhye Unveil Gorgeous New Cinematic Video For "The Fall"". Bullett Media.
  31. ^ "Music Video - Rhye - Open Original Version". Baeble Music. 14 Feb 2013.
  32. ^ David Knight (6 Feb 2013). "Rhye 'Open' by Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen". Promo News.
  33. ^ Michelle Geslani (7 Jul 2017). "Rhye return with two new songs, "Please" and "Summer Days": Listen". Consequence of Sound.
  34. ^ "Rhye - Count To Five (2018)". IMVDb. 1 Feb 2018.
  35. ^ "Rhye - Song For You (2018)". IMVDb. 13 Feb 2018.
  36. ^ "Rhye - Phoenix (2018)". IMVDb. 14 Jun 2018.
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