Draft:Ricky Jamaraz
English musician
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Thomas Ison (born 5 October 2007), known as Ricky Jamaraz, is an English musician from Nottingham, UK. He began his musical career by learning guitar during the COVID19 lockdown. Since then, he has released seven albums on his main account and various other forms of music by aliases of his. His 2022 song 'Read Between the Lines' was featured on an episode of BBC Music Introducing in August 2022,[1] and he was also featured in a second episode where he performed 'Microwave' and 'Infatuated' live to the BBC.
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Submission declined on 13 December 2024 by BuySomeApples (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for music. The draft requires either:
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Submission declined on 2 November 2024 by Theroadislong (talk). This draft's references do not show that the person meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for people. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:
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Submission declined on 19 August 2024 by DoubleGrazing (talk). This draft is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Wikipedia's verifiability policy requires that all content be supported by reliable sources.
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Submission declined on 6 August 2024 by Theroadislong (talk). This draft's references do not show that the person meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for people. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:
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Comment: Echoing previous reviews, this fails WP:NMUSICIAN. Also is inadequately referenced across several sections. If assertions cannot be supported by reliable citations, delete them - focus on what can be verified. Failure to address these concerns on a future submission will lead to the draft being rejected with no option to resubmit. Paul W (talk) 12:51, 1 July 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: Fails WP:NMUSICIAN and no independent sources? Theroadislong (talk) 22:01, 2 November 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Genius, Soundcloud and Bandcamp are unacceptable sources Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 10:26, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Personally, I wouldn't include those track listings, this is meant to be an article about the person, not about the albums. By all means list the albums (with years of release), but no more, IMO. DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:17, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: The sources aren't enough to satisfy WP:GNG, and I don't see how this could meet WP:MUSICBIO either.Twitter and TikTok aren't reliable sources. DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:16, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
October 5, 2007
- Knutmo Five
Ricky Jamaraz | |
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| Born | Thomas Ison October 5, 2007 |
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| Years active | 2021 - present |
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| Website | www |
Solo career
Any Day Now, Tunes From Deep Within, and Dw, I'm All Good!
Jamaraz's music career started on 13 May 2021, where he released his single Me You at Mars. On 20 July 2021, Jamaraz released an album, Any Day Now, on to Soundcloud. He re-released the album onto other streaming platforms such as Spotify, under the name Tunes From Deep Within on 3 September 2021. Me You at Mars was removed as a single and released onto Tunes From Deep Within.
Dw, I'm All Good! was released on 26 February 2022. Within this 10 track album, one of the more notable songs is 'Infatuated'. He performed this song live to the BBC in August 2022.
You Me Us Them, and 2am Jams
Jamaraz started sharing songs from his third official album, You Me Us Them (stylised in all lowercase for a short time) by premiering an acoustic version of album track Read Between The Lines on YouTube on 6 April 2022. Over the next month or so, he released more acoustic versions of album tracks on YouTube among other videos - including music videos for unrelated singles Fallen King and Please, Don't Bring Me Down, before releasing the official video for album single Supercrush on 27 May.
He released two more singles for the album Field Song on 15 June, along with an acoustic demo and a LoFi remix, and Arrogant CDs on 8 July, a Double A-side single featuring CDs! Noodles! and Am I Arrogant‽.[2]
The album was officially released on 26 August, and was compared to artists such as Coldplay, Gorillaz and Mika.[3][4] He released the final music video for the album, the video being for Read Between The Lines, three days after it was released.
Ricky later released 2am Jams, a more Lo-Fi EP, on 28 October 2022, with sources describing it as Lo-fi, dreamy, and some of his best material to date.[5]
Worst Album Ever, Honestly?, and Jamoween
On 10 February 2023, Jamaraz released the first single to his fourth album, Microwave. The single brought him quite a bit of traction as the song became popular on TikTok, and in early 2025 became his first song with over 5 million streams on Spotify. Eight days later, Jamaraz played Microwave and 2022 song Infatuated live to the BBC.[6] Jamaraz released three more singles for this album before eventually releasing it in August 2023. A fortnight after, he released a secret album - Honestly? - before releasing his third and final album of the year in December. Jamaraz also released the single Fuck Yr Metaphors!!, a cover of We Fell in Love in October by girl in red, and a Halloween EP. By the end of 2023, his music had been streamed 5.4 million times from 166 countries.[7]
Dec. 13th 1998, and Return To Zero
On 12 November 2023, a 31-second-long video was uploaded to Jamaraz's YouTube Channel that was titled 'An Announcement'. The video appeared quite cryptic, with Jamaraz speaking about a fictional warehouse collapse in the city of Anagood. Morse code text at the end translates to '13 12 23', the 25th anniversary of the supposed warehouse collapse in the D-M-Y format.
Over the following month, Jamaraz posted short snippets of songs on his social media profiles before the release of his sixth official album - Dec. 13th 1998 - on 13 December, the date leaked at the end of the announcement video.
In November 2023, Jamaraz started experimenting with 4-track recorders and decided to release his seventh official album by making the songs only with cassette recorders. He released various demos he had recorded with cassette recorders from November 2023 to March 2024 in a small collection of Bandcamp-only EPs in May 2024.
He released the first single for his album, Adam's Apple (which ended up being left out of the release's track list although two versions were added onto the deluxe), in April 2024. He released three more singles - Making Movies in June, and Meals and Torture in July - which were voted by his fanbase in a Discord server.
He published his 7th official album - Return To Zero - on his 17th birthday, with short promotional videos for each track published on his social media. Soon after, he re-released New Year's Eve (a track featuring on one of the demo EPs) as New Year's Eve 2023 to commemorate the end of 2024. After a long delay, the deluxe version of Return To Zero - intended to be released in early December = was released on 1 February 2025, featuring alternate versions of album tracks, covers of other songs (including songs by Pinegrove and American Football), as well as some songs that featured on the May 2024 demo EPs.
Personal life
He has an older brother - Daniel Ison - who he dedicated a song to on his Honestly? album. In a newsletter published in June 2026, he announced he was moving to Glasgow with his girlfriend.
Discography
Albums
- Any Day Now (2021)
- Tunes From Deep Within (2021)
- Dw, I'm All Good! (2022)
- You Me Us Them (2022)
- Worst Album Ever (2023)
- Honestly? (2023)
- Dec. 13th 1998 (2023)
- Return To Zero (2024, deluxe released in 2025)
- Young Gold Country (2025)
EPs
- 2am Jams (2022)
- 2am Jams - Extras Init (2022)
- Jamoween (2023)
- dude goodnight [nov 23 - jan 24] (2024)
- 4 track adventures [jan - mar 2024] (2024)
- 4 track tests [nov 2023] (2024)
- it's time these songs meant more to someone else than me, so enjoy (2025, renamed It's Time These Songs Meant Less in 2026)
Singles
- User Interface (2022)
- I Hate You All (2022)
- Fallen King (2022)
- Please, Don't Bring Me Down (2022)
- Boys Don't Cry (2022), a cover of the Cure song of the same name.
- Christmas '22 (2022)
- We Fell In Love In October (2023), a cover of the girl in red song of the same name.
- Fuck Yr Metaphors!! (2023)
- New Year's Eve 2023 (2024)
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