Ryan Celsius

Ryan Celsius


Washington D.C.-based music curator, DJ, video artist, and YouTuber who has been central to phonk culture since its early days. His channel, RyanCelsius° Sounds, launched in 2011, pairs underground phonk, trap, and lo-fi with nostalgic anime and movie visuals, sourcing most tracks from independent artists. His Trappin in Japan series, started in 2017, combines first-person footage of Japanese streets with clips from Akira and The Simpsons, and was key to bringing phonk to a wider audience. His channel also holds 24/7 live streams of visual mixtapes. In 2021 he performed alongside Flying Lotus and served as visualizer for the Yasuke Netflix series soundtrack.


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