Mura Masa
Mura Masa was born in Castel, Guernsey on April 5th, 1996 and is the Music Producer. At the age of 28, Mura Masa biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Alex Crossan (born 5 April 1996), also known as Mura Masa, is a Guernsey-born electronic music producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist.
Crossan is perhaps best known for his album "Lovesick," which debuted on the Spotify Viral charts in the United Kingdom and the United States, making him the first artist to be nominated as both a musician and creative director for the same album.
At the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, Haim's "Walking Away" was the Best Remixed Recording Non-Classical.
Early life
Crossan was born and raised in Guernsey. Crossan began self-producing at the age of 15, "searching for samples on YouTube and other parts of the internet" after playing guitar, bass, drums, and singing in local punk, hardcore, deathcore, and gospel bands. He entered the electronic music scene after discovering Hudson Mohawke and streamed music on YouTube, where he discovered James Blake, Cashmere Cat, and SBTRKT. Crossan's influences, including Gorillaz and the Smiths, inspired him to write music and learn how to play various instruments. Starting at 16, Crossan began to make electronic songs with Ableton Live and posted them on SoundCloud the following year, under the name Mura Masa, a Japanese swordsmith who was inherited from Japanese swordsmith Muramasa Sengo. As he grew up with Japanese anime and Nintendo games, he took an interest in Muramasa's myth. His early work mixed elements of hip hop music, East Asian music (such as Shakuhachi flutes and thumb pianos), and glitchy electromechanicala.
Crossan's first songs, remixes, and bootlegs were posted on SoundCloud at 17, 2017. Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, Huw Stephens, and Phil Taggart were among the artists on BBC Radio 1's "Lotus Eater" to perform the song on their programs. Crossan began performing his music live at the Green Door Store in Brighton and Electrowerkz in London after leaving Guernsey to study English literature at University of Sussex in Brighton. Crossan started his career by releasing Soundtrack to a Death, a compilation of songs. The mixtape was then released in Europe by German label Jakarta Records.
Music career
Crossan signed to his own label Anchor Point Records in 2015, in partnership with Polydor Records and Interscope Records who distribute in the UK and in North America respectively. As well as Mura Masa records, the label has released music by Dublin artist Bonzai and post-music duo Jadu Heart.
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. Released via Anchor Point, the EP featured UK vocalists Nao, Denai Moore and Jay Prince. The track "Lovesick" from the EP reached number 1 on the Spotify viral charts in the UK and USA. On 27 April 2015 he broadcast a 60-minute mix on the BBC Radio 1 show Diplo and Friends Alex was long-listed for the 'BBC Sound of... 2016' in December 2015, and placed 5th overall in the shortlist in January 2016.
On 15 March 2016, he unveiled the second single "What If I Go?" from his upcoming album. On 30 September 2016, he released his collaborative single titled "Love$ick" featuring American rapper ASAP Rocky via Anchor Point and Downtown/Interscope Records. The song is a newer version of Masa's 2015 single "Lovesick Fuck". Crossan said he arranged a meeting to discuss the collaboration with Rocky when he happened to be in London for several days. An official music video for the song was published on 3 November 2016 by Mura Masa's VEVO channel on YouTube.
Crossan co-wrote the track "First Things First" on Stormzy's Gang Signs & Prayer, which entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1 on 3 March 2017. The track also entered the singles chart at number 25. On 17 March 2017, he released "1 Night", a collaboration with Charli XCX. Speaking about the collaboration, he said "I think I just had that beat lying around for a while and we sent it to a couple of people. Then Charli just did her thing".
Crossan released his self-titled debut studio album, Mura Masa on 14 July 2017. It was released on 14 July 2017 by Polydor, Interscope, Downtown and Anchor Point Records. The album was produced and recorded from 2014 to 2016, and has guest features by A. K. Paul, ASAP Rocky, Bonzai, Charli XCX, Christine and the Queens, Damon Albarn, Desiigner, Jamie Lidell, NAO and Tom Tripp. Upon release, it received positive reviews by critics, and debuted at number 19 on the UK Albums Chart and at 192 on the US Billboard 200. The album received nominations for Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Recording Package at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.
In June, Crossan worked with Nile Rodgers-organised collective Chic on the band's comeback album, It's About Time. He featured alongside Cosha and Vic Mensa on the comeback single "Till the World Falls", which was released on 22 June 2018. Before that, 12 June 2018, the band also premiered another song from the album "Boogie All Night", which features Crossan, alongside working affiliate Nao. Crossan's remix of Haim's "Walking Away" won Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on 10 February 2019.